MoveOn field organizer makes GOTV phone calls
Daily Kos just got its 1,000th person to sign up to make phone calls with MoveOn’s Voters Rising program—where volunteers save the Senate from their home.
Will you sign up so that we get 1,500 volunteers?
Even under the best of circumstances, keeping the U.S. Senate in Democratic hands in 2014 was always going to be a daunting task.
Besides the drop-off in voter turnout we see in midterm elections, just look at what states will decide who controls the upper chamber. Short version: it's brutal.
If you live in a deep-blue state with no competitive Senate race this year, this can feel very disempowering—and you are wondering: how can I help make a difference?
Daily Kos and MoveOn have set up Voters Rising—where anyone can make phone calls to targeted voters in these states from their home.
We are calling Democratic voters who vote in presidential elections—but have not voted in midterm elections. In other words, exactly the voters who could save the Senate. We are also calling voters who are more likely to be reached by phone, and at times of the day when we are most likely to reach them.
All you have to do is sign up for a specific shift here, and someone will contact you. This week, for example, we are calling voters in North Carolina, Colorado and Kentucky.
Voting by mail is convenient, easy, and defeats the best of the GOP's voter suppression efforts. Sign up here to check eligibility and vote by mail, then get your friends, family, and coworkers to sign up as well.
Head below the fold for more information!
Never done phone banking? You will get a brief training before—so you’ll be all set.
If you live in some parts of the country (Seattle, Chicago, New York City and the Bay Area), MoveOn is organizing phone bank nights at specific locations—so you can make calls with other volunteers, rather than at home. Click on the above links to sign up there.
Over 1,000 Daily Kos members have signed up so far—with the election 26 days away. Sign up today.