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From: Gary Sampliner <gsampliner@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 1, 2020, 11:03 AM
Subject: Fwd: Something to do on a cold, rainy pre-election Sunday
To: gary sampliner <gsampliner@hotmail.com>
Hi folks — might you have nothing special that you need to do today and be looking to burn off some pre-election nervous energy? Here’s something you might want to consider that I tried last night: make some followup calls to recipients of Reclaim Our Vote postcards, mostly people of color in NC and other battleground states who haven’t voted recently for whatever reason. This is a non-partisan group, but it seems safe to assume that most of the people they reach are in the D column. And you’ll see that many of them (e.g. ex-convicts, confused seniors, people on Indian reservations who don’t know a nearby polling place) can use our help.
Some of you are probably working on other phone banks or text banks with groups you know, but in case you aren’t, I thought these people are particularly good ones to try to reach because they need to be nudged to vote. You’ll see, on the left side of the computer screen when you call them, how many times they’ve voted in the past three elections — and it’s often 0/3. Most people don’t answer, of course, so we leave a lot of voicemails, but a few do, and say they’ll come out.
If you’re free any time from 1:00-11:00 (calling to different time zones) today, you can go to https://www.votinginformation.org/callapalooza and give it a shot — pick the state you’re interested in calling. They’ll also have a Zoom conference that you can link into for a little entertainment and inspiration, and breakout rooms for anyone who needs help in getting linked up with the network or have voter questions that aren’t answered from the online resource guide they give you.
Best — Gary
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Get put the vote! Thanks to Deb Sanders for sending this along!
PWS
11-01-20