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PRESS
RELEASE
For Immediate Release ~ January 21, 2004
Contact: Sushan Demirjian
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AADLC Voter Guides Sent to Over Two Thousand Armenian American Households in New Hampshire
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Arlington, VA - In the first of a series of grassroots efforts to help Armenian Americans cast fully informed ballots this election season, the Armenian American Democratic Leadership Council (AADLC) this week sent mailers to more than two thousand New Hampshire Armenian American households outlining the views of the Democratic candidates on the Armenian Genocide.
The January 20th letter, sent on the eve of the January 27th New Hampshire primary, noted the AADLC's pride that "so many of the Democratic presidential candidates have such strong records supporting Armenian American issues — from Genocide recognition and Nagorno Karabagh to foreign aid and the expansion of U.S. — Armenia trade." The letter, signed by AADLC representative Tsoghig Margossian, also reminded Armenian American voters about the consistent support of Democratic office-holders for Armenian issues. Citing the example of the Genocide Resolution currently before Congress, Margossian noted "more than 80% of the U.S. Senate cosponsors of the legislation are Democrats (29 of 35); on the House side, 75% of the cosponsors are Democrats (83 of 111)."
The AADLC mailing featured a listing of selected statements by the Democratic Presidential candidates on the Armenian Genocide. All except Gov. Howard Dean have records of supporting U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide. The mailer also included a brief review of the Bush Administration's policies on Armenian American issues, most notably his broken 2000 campaign pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Click here for the full text of both the AADLC letter and the Bush Administration review in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
Margossian closed the letter by stressing that, "more important than who you vote for, is that you vote. So, please, make a special point of calling and emailing relatives, friends, and Armenian community members about the importance of getting out to the polls on Tuesday."
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