If that list sounds like a foreign language, it may be time for you to up your game.
Texting, phonebanking, and canvassing are the three MOST IMPORTANT methods for getting out the vote as we look ahead to the final week before the election.
The good news? You can learn how to become a master texter, caller, or doorknocker in no time!
Read on for all the opportunities this week and beyond. Click the links to learn more, to train yourself up, and to RSVP.
ONWARD!
Check out the MI Calendar on our website
for the full line-up of events and opportunities
in the coming days.
Early voting begins TODAY in Massachusetts!
You can go to the polls NOW.
And if you cast your ballot early,
you can continue to work to GET OUT THE VOTE through November 6.
MAKE A PLAN. SIGN UP NOW. DON'T SIT ON THE SIDELINES OVER THE FINAL WEEKEND.
MI Activism Event: Postcard for Stacy Abrams for GA Governor, TODAY, Oct 22, 10:00-11:30 am, Lexington
Join Marci at Ride Studio Cafe to write to Georgia voters about the dynamic team of Stacy Abrams and Sarah Riggs Amico for Governor/Lt. Governor. Why this race? Google "voter supression" and "Georgia" to learn how important it is to get out the vote for Stacy and Sarah! Bring postcards, postcard stamps, or a cash donation with you, if you can. Email marci@minutemanindivisible.org to RSVP.
MI Activism Event: Postcard for Lauren Underwood, Wednesday, Oct 24, 6:30-8:30 pm, Lexington
Join Kim at the Munroe Center for the Arts for more postcards for Lauren Underwood in IL-14. Her race is a tight one, so getting out the vote is crucial. Email democracy@minutemanindivisible.org to RSVP.
Postcard for Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota, Wednesday, Oct 24, 6:30-8:30 pm, Cambridge
If Central Square, Cambridge, is easier for you on Wednesday evening, consider postcarding with our friends at CAST (Cambridge Area Stronger Together) for Heidi Heitkamp, a Democratic Senator who's facing a tough re-election. Click here to learn more and RSVP.
Debate Visibility for Maura Healey, Wednesday, Oct 24, 2:00-3:00pm, Boston
Attorney General Maura Healey will debate her opponent on live radio/streaming at UMass-Boston's Campus Center, and you're invited to come be part of a crowd supporting Maura. Click here to RSVP.
MI Activism Event: Flip the House with Minuteman Indivisible, Thursday, Oct 25, 6:30-8:30 pm, Lexington
Join us at our weekly Thursday evening activism at First Parish in Lexington. This week, we plan to postcard for Lauren Underwood, phonebank for Amy McGrath, and text/phonebank for Stacy Abrams in Georgia. Please bring your laptop, charging cord, phone, and earbuds. Please RSVP to elections@minutemanindivisible.org - if you plan to text/call for Stacy Abrams, we need to register your name and email with the campaign.
We can send you specifics on training up on the text/phone platform prior to Thursday. We can also help you complete texting tutorials on Thursday evening, but you may not get much actual texting accomplished if you wait until then to do the training.
Jay Kaufman's Open House: "A Look at the 2018 Ballot Questions," Thursday, October 25, 7:00 - 8:00 pm, Lexington
Although there are 3 questions on the ballot, the main focus of the evening will be Question 1, the proposal to establish Patient-to-Nurse Limits Two different associations of nurses are on opposite sides of the question and representatives of both sides will be present to make their case.
A representative of LexPride and the “Yes on 3” campaign will join Representative Kaufman to explain the milestone law that advances protections for transgender individuals and to argue against its repeal.
Want to send postcards by October 30? Request addresses for Lauren Underwood's postcarding campaign by emailing Marisa from the Elections Team.
Want to write letters to be mailed to voters in districts around the country, including Dan McCready's NC-09? Check out Vote Forward and click here to sign up.
How Do You Get Voting Facts You Can Trust? Vote Smart Presentation, Thursday, November 1, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Lexington
Richard Kimball, Vote Smart President, will be demonstrating Vote Smart's new tools defending each citizen's right to the truth. The presentations, at the Lexington Community Center, will be in four parts about 10 to 15 minutes each.
If the daytime presentation is not convenient, you might consider attending the presentation on November 2, 7:15 pm at First Parish in Bedford.
Forum on Question 1, Friday, November 2, 9:30-11:30 am, Lexington
The League of Women Voters of Lexington presents a forum on Ballot Question #1, which would limit how many patients could be assigned to each registered nurse in Massachusetts hospitals and certain other health care facilities. The forum will take place in the large meeting room at Cary Memorial Library; coffee will be available at 9:15 AM, and the forum is free and open to the public.
Donna Kelly-Williams, RN, President of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will speak for a YES vote and Anu Puri, Senior Director of Health Care Finance and Research at the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, will speak for a NO vote. Each side will have 20 minutes to explain their position, followed by questions from the audience.
But wait, there's more!
There's not enough room in this Muster for everything on our calendar - make sure you visit our MI Calendar to find out about even more ways to join us and make a difference!
