October 17, 2024 - 18 Sleeps To Go!
Ways we can help get out the vote
MAKE CALLS TO ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AND OTHER DEMS
The Harris/Walz organizing team needs our help making phone calls for Kamala Harris and other Democrats down the ballot! There are sessions scheduled every day up to the end of October, so there’s lot of chances for us to participate. All sessions start with an 20 minute training and an overview of the calls we’ll be making that day (if we want a head start, we can also check out their dialer instructional video here). We can use a computer, tablet or smartphone to make calls, but joining the zoom with a computer or tablet will provide a better experience. We can find out more, choose a day and time that works for us here, and then get busy calling!
MOMSRISING NEEDS TEXTING HELP
MomsRising shipped postcard packets to over 70 THOUSAND volunteers with enough time for those volunteers to complete and mail 5 MILLION postcards to mom voters who don't always vote! Many of us were part of that. Now, as the election gets closer, they are moving to texting. They will provide everything we need, including training and a fun environment to text with other volunteers if you want! Let’s sign up here. Â
GET OUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN VOTE
The Native American vote surged in Arizona in 2020, functionally providing the margin of victory for Joe Biden, Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes. This cycle, organizers are working to ensure indigenous voices are heard in this state again. We can join organizers in phonebanking Thursdays and Sundays to reach Navajo, Hopi and Apache voters and assist them in returning their ballots here, and help call to make the last push with these crucial folks during the last weekend of the election here.
POSTCARDS TO VOTERS STILL NEEDS HELP
Postcards to Voters is winding down its campaigns with its recommended last mailing date of Oct. 29th, but some of the campaigns still need writers. We can follow PTV’s progress on their Facebook page. Here’s where we can get involved - let’s check here and see where we can help. Â
RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IS ON THE BALLOT
The Trump era has laid bare that our electoral system has serious structural flaws we cannot put off addressing. Advocates for ranked-choice voting and similar systems have seized the moment to make their case, and their work has already paid dividends – helping keep extremists like Sarah Palin out of office in 2022. Voters in multiple states will have a chance to weigh in on these reforms next month, whether expanding RCV to new elections or resisting right-wing pushback against it. Let’s help ensure the change we need by helping out in:
·        Alaska, where we must defeat Measure 2 to stop the repeal of the existing ranked-choice voting system
·        Arizona, where voters are faced with dueling initiatives – Proposition 140 to use open primaries and ranked-choice voting and Proposition 133 which would prohibit top-two and top-four primaries, thus overruling Proposition 140
·        Colorado, where Proposition 131 would institute ranked-choice voting and top-four primary elections
·        Idaho, where Proposition 1 would bring ranked-choice voting and top-four open primaries to the state
·        Missouri, where advocates are trying to stop Amendment 7 from banning ranked-choice voting
·        Montana, where CI-127 would require election winners to garner a majority of the vote to win rather than just a plurality, laying the groundwork for requiring runoffs or ranked-choice voting
·        Nevada to help pass the ranked-choice initiative Question 3
·        Oregon to help pass Measure 117 for federal and state elections
·        Washington, DC to help pass Measure 83 and establish ranked choice voting in the district
STATE-SPECIFIC ACTIONS
MA – UNION RIGHTS FOR RIDE SHARE DRIVERS
Voter in our state are casting their ballots on Question 3, which if passed would allow those who drive for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and similar companies to unionize and collectively bargain just like other employees. The measure has earned the support of the Service Employees International Union and the Machinists Union, Our Revolution, the Women’s March, Progressive Massachusetts and leaders like Reps. Pressley and McGovern and Attorney General Campbell, and would make history – Massachusetts would be the first state in the nation to let drivers organize! Let’s show our support for drivers and union organizers and vote yes for the initiative and join those hitting the doors and phones to get out the vote for it.