Well here we are! I hope you got a good night’s rest. It will be a busy week.
Short words today because I hear there’s a lot going on. *smirk*
If you are feeling anxious, I recommend shutting down Twitter, turning off the t.v., navigating away from FiveThirtyEight, and taking action.
There’s something therapeutic about putting one foot in front of the other – literally, or figuratively.
I call it Action Therapy. It works for me for a few reasons.
Perhaps because anxiety sneaks up on me when I’m in a quiet moment. My brain will find something to noodle on, after all, so giving it something productive to do is better than giving it free rein to freak out and spin down rabbit holes.
As you’re here, reading this, I imagine you have had a similar experience.
But besides keeping my mind occupied, Action Therapy serves another – equally important – purpose.
Tomorrow, the sun will rise.
And when it does, there will be a reckoning in my heart – whether we have a great night, or a terrible night.
Did I do enough?
Could I have done more?
What else should I have done?
Regret is a harsh teacher. Over my lifetime, I’ve taken her class enough times already. I don’t need a refresher.
So friend, do what you can today so that tomorrow morning is easy on you, regardless of the outcome.
Helpfully, there’s no shortage of things to do so you have plenty of choices!
I’m including a few Ballot Cure activities at the top, because those are incredibly high priority. After all, these phone banks are to reach folks who have already voted and just need to fix something on their ballot. Let’s make sure their votes are counted.
Lay it all out there on the field, friend.
I’ll see you on the other side.
Let’s get to work.
Join PA’s Working Families Party to Cure Ballots
https://www.mobilize.us/nope/event/540421/
ELECTION DAY SCHEDULE: 10am-1pm. 1pm-4pm. 4pm-7pm
In PA, there are over 3,500 people whose ballots were rejected and we need to call them to help them cure their ballots.
Especially with so much on the line in this close election, we want to make sure no one’s voice is cancelled out due to a technicality.
Join Michigan Dems Voter Protection to cure Ballots
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/492768/
In Michigan, when a voter’s returned absentee ballot is rejected, the voter has until the end of day on election day to correct any errors or vote a new ballot.
At this training you will learn about what errors require curing, how to guide a voter through the process of submitting the necessary information to their clerk, and how to record that information. We will teach you everything you need to know in order to help empower voters to make sure their voices are heard and their ballots are counted.
Join us to help provide a critical service to voters in Michigan during the November General Election voting period whose ballots are in danger of not being counted.
Join Sister District to drive turnout for state legislative races:
https://www.mobilize.us/nope/event/387377/
Let’s keep & turn states Blue! Help elect top-priority Dem state legislative candidates & drive votes up the ticket in key states.
This works. Each National Phonebank averages 17 Vote Plans Made with supporters & 14 Undecided Voters Identified. We only call voters in the ballpark. Join us & make a concrete impact.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Ellie Kemper T 11/8 1pm ET
ELECTION DAY Schedule (subject to change, prep mtls sent upon sign-up)
T 9am ET PA challenger Melissa Cerrato
T 11am ET NC State Sen. Deb Butler
T 1pm ET PA challenger Arvind Venkat
T 3pm ET MI State Rep. Rachel Hood
T 5pm ET WI State Rep. Lee Snodgrass
T 8pm ET NV State Rep. Brittney Miller
Come one, come all! No experience necessary. Each virtual shift over Zoom is led by Sister District staff with full training & check-ins.
Join the DNC to GOTV for Dems in battleground states:
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/538375/
We are calling voters from 9am-12pm ET / 12pm-9pm PT the last four days of the election, to turn out voters in key states & races! Sign up now to make calls anytime that works with your schedule.
Join NextGen’s Social Media Organizing Team:
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/501063/
Combining relational organizing and digital tactics, NextGen’s Social Media Organizing Program mobilizes young people to vote and empowers them to organize their own communities. Join the team every week until Election Day to make content, drop links, send dm’s and more as we prepare young voters for this upcoming election.
New to social media organizing? No worries! We’ll walk through all of the tactics we use and provide you with a toolkit for continued learning.
Join Supermajority this afternoon for a Text Bank to women voters at 12:00 eastern
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/534844/
What’s at stake on Nov. 8? What do we have to gain? Everything. We are on the verge of securing better representation in Congress so that the Senate will pass policies women desperately need, from federally protected abortion access to paid leave to complete student debt relief. We have one final HUGE get-out-the-vote weekend together to contact hundreds of thousands of voters before polls close. We’ll contact thousands of real women voters, remind them to m
Wisconsin Dems have phone banks all day:
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/503186/
Help GET OUT THE VOTE by phone banking with the WisDems Call Team for Democrats up & down the ticket! Talking to voters and making a plan to vote is one of the most effective ways YOU can make a difference this November. This is a critical year for our Democracy – winning in Wisconsin is VITAL! We need all hands on deck to get out the vote!
Progressive Turnout Project has text banks all day (you will text your own contacts)
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/541135/
Join Progressive Turnout Project, the nation’s largest voter contact organization, and rally Democrats to vote! Together we will download a texting app so you can connect with contacts you have in Arizona, Georgia, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, states key to holding our Senate majority.
Activate America has phone banks all day:
https://www.mobilize.us/activateamerica/event/540017/
Join our community of phone bankers as we call key voters in battleground states urging them to cast their ballot for Democratic Congressional candidates.
And don’t miss our all-day Phone-a-Thon on Election Day! Shifts start at 9 am Pacific (noon Eastern) and on the hour thereafter, with the last shift ending at 8 pm Pacific (11 pm Eastern). We’ll call voters in each state until a half hour before their polls close. The Zoom link will be open all day – stay for a couple of hours or more, or feel free to hop on or off according to your schedule.
WHEW! GO TEAM!
P.S.: Why don’t you make someone’s day and send this pep talk to a friend or two? I bet they need it.
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My deepest gratitude in advance.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for writing. I read and respond to every email! We’re in this together. Don’t you forget it.
Small Deeds Done 