Friday, September 21, 2018

Friday 9/21 Call to Action

Friday
Early Voting Has Begun!
Today is the first day of absentee/in person early voting in Minnesota. I have to admit, I am pretty excited. My absentee ballot arrived in the mail yesterday and I am looking forward to filling it out later today. Have you made a plan to vote yet? My call to you today is to encourage at least five other people to vote. Few states make the voting process easier than Minnesota does. If people understood how many options there were to fill out a ballot, I bet they would get the job done. We can do it! Let’s get out the vote! Like Howard Dean said, “YEAH!!!” https://youtu.be/9j6xm7e5bJo
Check out CD2Action’s list of groups in the area working hard to increase voter turnout. Volunteer today! https://cd2action.com/1533-2/
The Secretary of State’s website has all the information you need to get your vote on. You can apply for an absentee ballot, figure out where to vote and even get a sample ballot so you can do your research ahead of time. https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/
Did you know that Minnesota is first in the nation for voter turnout? Our Secretary of State Steve Simon has worked hard to give all Minnesotans the option to vote. Thanks Secretary Simon! https://youtu.be/tfZmBYe241E
If you would like to hear more from Secretary Simon, Indivisible groups are hosting Town Halls with him on September 23rd in Brooklyn Center https://www.facebook.com/events/303485016873039/ and October 17th in St. Paul https://www.facebook.com/events/308321799980787/
Mark your calendars!
Voting is vital but it’s not enough. We have got to commit to helping out our local campaigns. The results of the midterm elections will determine the direction of our country for years to come. Listen to Julia Louis-Dreyfus in this video here. Don’t just vote, Volunteer! https://thehill.com/…/407224-julia-louis-dreyfus-not-enough…
Go to multiplyyourvote.org for more information.
Now Take Action!
Snail Mail Your Way to Victory!
Check out Vote Forward. This program helps you send letters to voters in Minnesota’s Congressional District 2 MN-02 (Jason Lewis) and encourages them to get out and vote. Another hot option is pro-Russia Dana Rorhabacher's CA-48 district in California. https://votefwd.org/
Text Your Way to Victory!
Many of us may feel overworked, over scheduled, and under-slept, but have the desire to get out the vote for the November midterms. We can join MoveOn’s texting team and transform the tiny bits of time in our week into progressive action in key jurisdictions across the country.https://front.moveon.org/join-moveon-text-team/
Tweet Your Way to Victory!
Here’s a way to use social media to support candidates we support. Let’s take a look: https://sterbalssundrystudies.miraheze.org/…/Helping_the_ca…
Candidates cannot win without help from us. Commit today to doing your part.
Each candidate on the November ballot has a website where you can sign up to volunteer. Every person can do at least one thing per week to help these candidates win.
District 1 Daniel Feehan https://danfeehan.com/
District 2 Angie Craig https://www.angiecraig.com/
District 3 Dean Phillips https://www.phillipsforcongress.org/
District 4 Betty McCollum https://www.mccollumforcongress.com/
District 5 Ilhan Omar https://www.ilhanomar.com/
District 6 Ian Todd www.iantoddforcongress.com
District 7 Collin Peterson http://www.petersonforcongress.com/
District 8 Joe Radinovich https://www.joeradinovich.com/
Minnesota House Campaigns
Check out these calendars for upcoming events near you.
https://cd2action.com/calendar/
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed…
National healthcare advocate Ady Barkan, who has ALS, has an interesting approach to courting Sen. Collins (R-ME) vote on Kavanaugh. He is soliciting donations to go to her opponent in her 2020 re-election bid should she vote for Kavanaugh. https://theintercept.com/…/brett-kavanaugh-susan-collins-a…/ Over $100,000 has been raised so far. Let’s see if we can help:https://www.crowdpac.com/…/either-sen-collins-votes-no-on-k…
Study after study shows that the most effective way to get people to vote is by having conversations with them in the four days before Election Day (Saturday, November 3rd–Tuesday, November 6th). Volunteer here to be part of the last big push. https://thelastweekend.org/?source=MN02
Sister District Action Network did a study on the impact of postcards on voter registration and released the results showing positive results:https://mailchi.mp/…/dark-money-fireside-chat-and-critical-… Let’s read the report and keep on writing postcards!
This event is happening today at 3pm. Check it out!
What's at Stake for Women's Health with Special Guest Cecile Richards
Join Cecile Richards, U.S. Senator Tina Smith, Angie Craig, and Ruth Richardson as they discuss what's at stake for women's health this election cycle with Cearah Hamilton. RSVP here: https://secure.ngpvan.com/bCiZ2fGIy0qMcOjy-lBYGg2
Klobuchar-202-224-3244
Smith (202) 224-5641
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
MN Legislators: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legislators
Resistbot: https://resistbot.io/
Governor Dayton- https://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/
YOUTUBE.COM
The Maurice White story is a MUST read for any true fan of the mighty EW&F: http://smarturl.it/MW_MyLifeEWF?IQid=ytd Click to…

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