Happy New Year and welcome to 2023! After a short break, IndiMarin is diving back with some great actions you can take during this rainy week ahead.
With the midterms thankfully behind us, many of the opportunities for us to fulfill IndiMarin's mission of "taking action to create a more just, caring and inclusive America" will take place at the state-level. Helping strengthen our Democratic base in all states is a very important way to preserve our democracy and make it work better for every American.
If you are new to postcard writing or phonebanking, both of the opportunities below are great ways to jump in and get involved. It you are a veteran of these programs, your experience will be valuable.
Write postcards for a pivotal election for Supreme Court Justice in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has an election on April 4, 2023 with a Supreme Court race that has enormous implications for the 2024 presidential and Wisconsin Senate elections. Currently, Wisconsin's Supreme Court has a Republican majority. If we can flip this seat, the court will be able to support expanded voting rights, protect election integrity, and reject gerrymandering, thus strengthening chances for Democratic candidate victories. The primary for that election is February 21 and the deadline for the postcards is January 26, at the latest. You can request the script and addresses via email, of pick up packets if you live in or near Marin. Click here to go to our webpage for all links to sign up to participate.
Phonebanking with our partner Swing Left for a special election in Virginia
Remember how the Republican Glenn Youngkin narrowly won the Virginia Governor’s race in 2021? Now Dems need as many seats as possible in the state legislature to fight his campaigns to ban abortions after 15 weeks and oppose vaccine and mask mandates.
Now, Swing Left is offering a great phonebank opportunity via Swing Left to support Aaron Rouse who is running in a special election next week in Virginia’s 7th State Senate District. The Dems have a small majority (+3) in the State Senate and Aaron Rouse would make it +4.
They are well-organized phonebanks in which volunteers call likely voters to tell them about early voting which ends this Saturday, and Election Day which is next Tuesday, Jan 10. The phonebanking platform is “Scale to Win” which is very easy to use and connects you directly to voters - NO voicemail. Our phone mentors tested out the phonebanks and the voters reached were gracious, and mainly Dems who wanted the information on voting locations and times.
If you’d like to get involved, there are a dozen time slots open between now and Tuesday. Sign up here.
Here's to an active and productive 2023!
