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Voter Mobilization and GOTV Voting Actions
Contact our Mid-Atlantic Organizer: Kelsey Cowger kelsey@uusj.org; or UUSJ at 202-600-9132
In collaboration with Reeb Project
Learn more about the Reeb/UUSJ Voter Mobilization Project 2020
Check out our UUSJ’s Guide to UU Questions for Candidates 2020: Getting Candidates on the Record even in this virtual environment!
Current Opportunities – (updated Sep. 23) click Here for an updated current list by date
Postcards to North Carolina – Ongoing
We are starting a new exciting phase of our postcard campaign with Reclaim Our Vote to reach out to disenfranchised voters. We’re gearing up to write 25,000(!!) postcards to voters in North Carolina who have been purged from the voter rolls to encourage them to re-register before the deadline for the November election. We have active postcard groups writing at UUCR/Rockville, the Washington Ethical Society, the Reeb Project/All Souls, Cedar Lane, UUCC/Columbia, Paint Branch, Cedarhurst, Baltimore, Fairfax, MVUC/Mt. Vernon, Accotink, Reston, Sterling, River Road, and Arlington. If you’re a member of one of these churches and want to help, reach out to your congregation’s postcard captain and ask for a packet!
Text Banking – need computer
CASA (The Center for Popular Democracy) Volunteer Text Bank
Text voters in PA with CASA: Our partners at CASA are reaching out to voters (particularly Latino and immigrant) in underserved, underrepresented parts of Pennsylvania and helping them register to vote, and they are having great results reaching voters by text. Many of our volunteers have been very enthusiastic about text banking, since it can be a nice option for people who get nervous about phone calls, and we’re excited that we will have many opportunities to text with CASA over the next two months. Vote by Mail: Sun, Sep 27, 2-5pm; Sat, Oct 3, 10-1pm; Sat, Oct 10, 10-1pm; Sat, Oct 17, 10-1pm; Get Out the Vote: Sun, Oct 18, 2-5pm; Sat, Oct 24, 10-1pm; Sun, Nov 1, 2-5pm
Phone Banking – need computer
UU the Vote non-partisan weekly phone banks into North Carolina every Thursday night from 6-8:00pm ET, between now and the election. Sponsoring congregations pledge to bring at least 10 volunteers (and ideally more!) to the phone bank they host to make calls to NC voters who might need help getting registered or figuring out their voting plan. Training and tech support are provided the night of the phone bank: all sponsoring congregations need to do is provide volunteers and enthusiasm! If your congregation would like to sponsor a night of NC calls (or if you would like to sign up to phone bank as an individual), please fill out this form HERE. NC: September 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
UU the Vote National Call-in Days to Voters in Wisconsin and Florida: Every other week until election day, UU’s from across the country are making non-partisan calls together to register, mobilize, and persuade voters in 2020. Please sign up here! Sept. 29 (FL), 30 (WI); Oct. 21 (WI), 27 (FL); Nov. 2 at 6pm (FL), 7pm (WI)
Pennsylvania Stands Up Weekly Voter Registration Phone Bank: Join us for our Thursday, 4-8pm weekly phone bank to help register people across the state of Pennsylvania! With this November’s election shaping up to be the most important in decades, we need YOUR help to reach our goal of registering 5000 new voters! Are you in? Thursdays, 4-8pm ET, Sep 24; Oct 1, 8, 15
Voter Education
Send a friendly note to your friends and family members asking them to use Vote.org to check their voter registration, register online, vote by mail, locate their polling place and find the latest COVID-19 voting information. Fair Elections Center has a wealth of state-specific voter information.
VOTING 2020