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HELP TURN ARIZONA FROM PURPLE TO BLUE
From a reader: Arizona is still purple, but with your help, it could become blue. In 2022, Democrats won the Arizona Attorney General's race by 280 votes out of 2.5 million ballots cast. Governor Hobbs won by only 0.56%. Arizona is also home to the fastest growing swing state legislative district (AZ 15) in America where a small handful of local Democrats decided to organize for the first time. They put together a team and began recruiting volunteers and organizing local events, which has been very successful. However, the district has more than 23,000 unregistered households, and about 2,000 new home build permits are being issued per week in the district. They need to build capacity very quickly to get thousands of new blue-leaning voters registered in time for 2024. No matter where we live, we can sign up for D15’s Dem2Dem program to help them contact local Democrats who are targeted as likely volunteers to build their capacity to register these much-needed blue-leaning voters. Let’s learn more and sign up here wherever we live!
RAISE ASSET/SAVINGS LIMITS FOR SSI PROGRAM RECIPIENTS
S2767/HR 5408, The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act is a bipartisan bill that would increase the assets a person on SSI disability could have in savings from $2000 to $10,000 for an individual and from $3,000 to $20,000 for a couple (eliminating the marriage penalty). The asset limits have not been updated since the 1980s and increasing them is not only necessary to address inflation, it would encourage more people to participate in the labor force to the extent they are able and be able to save money for housing. Let’s tell our MoCs we want them to pay attention to this bill and bring it to the floor for a vote.
NEW GOP SPEAKER CANDIDATES
Nine (now eight as Rep. Dan Meuser has dropped out) GOP members have thrown their hats in to become the new Speaker of the House. Only Tom Emmer (MN) and Austin Scott (GA) did not object to certifying the 2020 election; all the others did. They also voted in favor of the stop gap measure to avoid the government shut down in September. However, all nine of them joined in the amicus brief to the Supreme Court to consider overturning the election. Their voting history is what we’d expect it to be. (thanks to DemCast for the spreadsheet) We need a functioning House led by a Speaker who can work on creating alliances across the aisle. Let’s kindly reach out to our reps reminding them of the work that needs to be done (avert a government shut down, pass bills, wars overseas, climate issues) and there is no time to waste on political shenanigans.
CAN WE FORCE AN UPSET IN MISSISSIPPI?
Mississippi is as red as ever, but there are continued signs the governor’s race will be close. The Democratic Governors Association has released a poll suggesting incumbent Republican Tate Reeves leads the Democratic nominee, public service commissioner Brandon Presley, by just one point, justifying their historic investment in the race. Reeves is particularly vulnerable due to multiple corruption scandals and his refusal to expand Medicaid, and Presley is balancing his forced birther social conservatism with heavy outreach efforts to Black voters, an emphasis on his working class background and a platform of ethics reform, expanding Medicaid, eliminating grocery taxes, investing in HBCUs and ending punitive policies towards Jackson. Let’s do what we can to help get out the vote – we can volunteer to make calls with the Presley campaign here and join Black Voters Matter’s texting campaigns here.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS!
We’re often inundated with media coverage of national elections, and maybe we get some news about big state elections, like those for governor. But local elections matter—a lot! Let’s learn why it’s important to pay attention to elections for school board, sheriff, prosecutor, city council, mayor, and other local offices, and let’s test our knowledge by taking this fun, informative quiz.