We all want to spend our time wisely during the last weeks of the 2020 Election Campaign! So, what actions will do the most to make our government more BLUE?
One thing you can do is spend your time with voters who have ballots.
Here are two actions you can take:
Ballot chasing: This work is calling or texting people who have mail-in ballots but have not yet returned them. It is a friendly reminder call. Activists worked for a whole year to persuade Democrats to register to vote by mail. All that effort will have been wasted if the voter forgets to return it. With effort, we should be able to get nearly 100% of these ballots into the box.
Ballot curing or fixing: This work is calling or texting people who have already voted BUT they made a mistake on their ballot and it will not be counted. The ballot is in the box! But, it is flawed. Most states give the voter an opportunity to correct their ballot so that it can be counted. During the 2020 Primary Elections, more than 550,000 ballots were rejected! We can’t let this happen in November!
Ballot Curing for Manatee County Florida
Contact the organizer, Joan Blair, at blair.joan@gmail.com, for instructions about training and joining this team.
Chase and Cure for the Iowa Voter Protection Project Evenings 7-10 pm ET
Sign upherefor a 30-minute Ballot Cure Team Briefing.
Ballot Curing for the Montana Voter Protection
Montana Voter Protection anticipates approximately 30,000 Democratic absentee ballots will be undeliverable and several thousand submitted ballots will be rejected over the course of the election.
This project starts mid-October and will be ongoing. They will hold trainings. You can sign up here for Montana Voter ProtectionThey will contact you and schedule your training.
Minuteman Indivisible's three focus candidates--Sara Gideon, Cal Cunningham, and Carolyn Bourdeaux--are leading tight races and need our help to bring home victory.
Below is a list of actions you can take to support them. At this point, phone calls go to supporters, so they are easy, friendly calls.
On the ground on Election Day and after: Come to Georgia and join the voter protection team in GA 07.Volunteers are needed from Monday, November 2 (9 am) through Wednesday, November 4 (noon). For more information, contact Spencer Smith: spencer@carolyn4congress.com
If you're looking for an additional project or for something new to do to ensure a Blue Wave in November, we’ve put together ashortlist of key links and contacts. The idea of the shortlist is to keep it simple with a few great links.
WE MUST WIN THE PRESIDENCY!
JOIN LEXINGTON AREA PHONE BANK TO ELECT JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS
This phone bank will take place several nights a week at 4 PM.
RSVP to Eileen Zaliskeach week for that week's Zoom link.
With just three weeks left, we have one of our most important events this Saturday. A GOTV Summit with Stacey Abrams! Will you join us at 3:00pm ET to learn how to use digital tools to mobilize your community in this pivotal stretch? Here is the link. Please sign up and share with friends.
Be in the Town Hall where it happens with members of our Original Broadway Cast LIVE THIS FRIDAY, October 16th, at 9PM ET! We've got a LIVE Q&A and a never before seen performance just for you.
RSVP AND DONATE NOW: http://JoeBiden.com/Hamilton
JOIN TEAM JOE FACEBOOK COMMUNITIES
Be part of an online community of fellow Biden supporters, learn how you can help Joe win in your state in November, and be the first to hear about all the amazing things that are happening on the campaign trail all across America. Join #TeamJoe today! Click below.
Reach out to your friends, family, neighbors and contacts. Download the Team Joe app by texting APP to 30330. Learn how to best organize your virtual community. Text SOUL to 30330 Make calls to battleground States? Text CALLS to 30330. Send texts to battleground States? https://www.mobilize.us/2020victory/event/293967/
We need people to join the phone banks recruiting voter protection teams in the swing states, phone banks recruiting poll workers and poll watchers, phone banks reaching out to voters who have had absentee
ballots disqualified and helping them fix or “cure” their ballot. We need people to staff help lines and hot lines. We need lawyers to join legal voter protection teams. There is a volunteer opportunity that is perfect for everyone. You can see the whole list of voter protection activities byclicking here
We also need volunteers to keep reaching out to voters to make sure that they vote and vote early. You can do that through phone banks. These are easy calls. You can also reach voters through texting.
Marshall Ganz will be showing us all how to recruit our networks to protect the vote. October 19, 7 PM Click hereto sign up.
We are going to win this election but it will take all of us working these last 4 weeks.
Indivisibles and friends are concerned about voter disinformation and active voter suppression tactics, and they are taking action in response! We all must continue to work relentlessly to get out the vote, because Biden and the Dems down ballot need a landslide win on November 3!
Many Indivisibles have also signed up to protect the vote in key swing states or here in MA where their help is also needed. Now you can plan to attend aProtect The Resultsevent that Indivisible Massachusetts Coalition (IMC) is hosting with other progressive organizations in Boston, Northampton, Cape Cod, and other MA locations. Use the map and search by zip code.
On Thursday, October 22 from 7:00 - 8:00 PM, IMC is hosting a statewide call focused on protecting the results. Register here.
Massachusetts Rapid Response Team
Are you an Indivisible committed to protect the vote before, during, and after the election or know someone who is? If you or your friends are ready to pivot when help is needed, please join the new MA Rapid Response Team. This is a collaboration between Indivisible Mass Coalition and Swing Left Greater Boston. It's the ideal opportunity for experienced volunteers with enough flexibility in their schedules to free up several hours to several days in order to provide targeted assistance where needed. Click here to continue the conversation.
It’s Official! Ranked Choice Voting has made it to the Massachusetts November state ballot as Question 2. Thanks go out to all the Minuteman Indivisible members who helped by collecting signatures or signing the petition.
A new committee has been formed that will replace Voter Choice 2020 called Yes on 2 More Voice. The web site can be found here.
Many people still don’t know what RCV involves. One simple way you can help is to sharethis videoof Elizabeth Warren and Maura Healey explaining the advantages of RCV.
Talking to voters about the benefits of RCV is key to getting Question 2 passed, so the Yes on 2 campaign will be holding multiple virtual phone banks each week from now through the end of October to reach as many voters as possible. Get a list of upcoming phonebanks and sign up to help out here.
You can also help the Yes on 2 campaign in other ways including sending postcards to friends or displaying a window or yard sign. Get all the details here.
Or contact Minuteman Indivisible ChampionBob Avalloneby email or on Slack.
We all know how critical the 2020 election is. Each week Together for 2020 will be highlighting specific key actions. With all the groups in Massachusetts working together, we can have a huge impact. We hope to have your help to get the message out to your members.
Together for 2020 (T2020) is a volunteer deployment project led by a community of activists from Indivisible MA, Swing Left Greater Boston, Progressive Mass, Take Back our Democracy Western Mass, Force Multiplier, Left of Center, Act on Mass and numerous other progressive organizations.
