Do Something Now! - Election 2024
You have friends who do not vote...
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Can't imagine that any of your friends or family don't vote? Think again. We vastly overestimate how many of our friends and family actually vote. Plus, the rules on how to vote have changed in many states post pandemic.
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Pick three friends or family members to adopt and get them ready & jazzed for the election
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Ask them to ask three more​
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Check with friends who are elderly or have limited mobility
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Consider throwing a ballot party
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Share a selfie when you drop off your ballot
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A bit of encouragement and helpful advice from a friend can go a long way to getting people over the hump -- from overwhelm. discouragement, avoidance, or , to engagement and action.
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We all need to help each other to successfully do this most important act this fall.​
Do you know a young person who just turned voting age in the last 4 years? A college student? Someone who moved recently? Someone who has been incarcerated? Someone who is just discouraged or cynical about the state of politics and the world? There is a very high likelihood that they are either not planning on voting or are not registered in the right place to vote. There are a million reasons why people may not be registered properly or may not know how to vote early and safely. Let’s make sure their vote is counted.​​
Pick three friends or family members to adopt and talk to them about the election.
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Tell them you just checked your registration, re-registered, or whatever you have done. Encourage them to do the same
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Ask what they are thinking about the election and ask if they have checked their registration.. Send them to Check Your Registration and help them Fix It if needed.​
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Help them make a plan to vote, just like you already have. Share this website with them.
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Help them overcome obstacles to voting​
If they are a student or live overseas or have moved or are disabled or homeless or have no permanent address or were incarcerated or have any other situation that raises questions about voting, point them to the Special Cases info on our Vote page.
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Harris in a nutshell
If they don't talk politics as much as you do - or they do and they are openly discouraged or cynical, tell them what gives you hope that a vote for Harris/Walz will not only stop Trump and Project 2025 attacks on our fundamental rights, but also help us:
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protect reproductive health and LGBTQ+ rights,
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bring down drug costs,
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tackle climate change
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rein in gun violence
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stop price gouging corporations.
See Harris/Walz Policies & Meet Kamala for more Remind them that Harris has deep experience with most of the problems facing the country right now (see this USA TODAY quick summary of some of Kamala Harris’ many accomplishments as VP.
And isn’t her VP Tim Walz a breath of fresh air? A really nice, but very straight talking guy, with real family and community values who gets things done in purple territory (Meet Tim)​
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More ideas:
Ask those three friends each to ask three more
​If they haven’t registered, or were not planning on voting, or did not know how to vote early, they probably know others in a similar situation also and can become agents for change. That is really multiplying your effort! (This is called Vote Tripling and it really works - see NY Times article)
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Check with friends who are elderly or have limited mobility
​Ask if they need help registering or getting to the clerk or to their polling place.
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Throw a ballot party
​​Pull together friends and/or family to help each other sort out the local candidates and issues that can be harder to find information about.
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Share a selfie when you drop off your ballot
​​Post it to your favorite social media to encourage your friends. Share this website with them.
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Get help doing this
Online training in how to Organize Your Friends and Family every Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon​