Indivisible NEWS

COUNTDOWN: 32 WEEKS
to a RATHER important election

Upcoming Events

Mar 26 Swing Left Letter-Writing Party - Cancelled for social distancing.

• Here’s how to write SwingLeft letters from home.

• 10-11:30am: Join us on a Zoom call for discussion of current issues and for SwingLeft letter-writing. Request the call info be sent to you.
• Ahead of time: You can download and print out a packet of 20 letters (instructions here) for the call, or you can request an already-prepared packet from us.

• Here’s how to write postcards-to-voters from home.

• 6-7:30pm: Join us on a Zoom call for discussion of current issues and for SwingLeft letter-writing. Request the call info be sent to you.
• Ahead of time: You can download and print out a packet of 20 letters (instructions here) for the call, or you can request an already-prepared packet from us.

Calls to Action

National Vote-by-Mail Legislation

Call your US Senators and Representative.

MESSAGE:

For Wyden and Merkley

I’m calling/writing to thank the Senator for his support of the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act, to expand vote-by-mail and modify no-excuse absentee voting. I want to urge that the bill allow mailed ballots for all voters, not just those who ask for them, and that funding for vote-by-mail be included in Congress’s pandemic response planning.

For Walden

I’m calling/writing to urge Rep. Walden to support the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act, to expand vote-by-mail and modify no-excuse absentee voting. I want to urge that the bill allow mailed ballots for all voters, not just those who ask for them, and that funding for vote-by-mail be included in Congress’s pandemic response planning.

Undo Wisconsin Gerrymandering

SwingLeft is organizing phonebanking for Wisconsin's April 7th election for Supreme Court.  Sign up here, and you'll receive an email with training resources.  This race is key to un-doing gerrymandering in Wisconsin.

Moving Forward

Making it happen: Week 32

We didn’t have our usual letter-writing parties this week, as you can imagine - and we missed them! But we’re planning to have our first VIRTUAL SwingLeft letter-writing party this Saturday, March 28, 10-11:30am. Should be fun! Also easy to fit into your schedule, since your schedule has probably…um…loosened up a bit lately. See Mar 28 in the calendar above for details and instructions.
 

Make it happen: Choose your action

ALL hands are needed on deck to ensure CHANGE in 2020! Partner with ICG to do your part for the next 32 weeks. We ask each of our followers and subscribers to commit to at least one action from ICG’s 2020 Action Menu each week. Let us know what you did, for a virtual gold star on your virtual collar.

Coronavirus vs. Thomsen Recall

Have you signed the recall petition for Chuck Thomsen? If yes, YAY for you! If not, please do it right now. Then tell all your friends, by whatever means possible!!

·         Print petition here & sign.

·         No printer? Email us.

·         Mail to:  Recall Chuck Thomsen ; PO Box 1596; Hood River, OR 97031

Covid is threatening the recall because our usual signature-gathering methods (door-to-door, walking around town, etc.) are kaput. We are working with WORD OF MOUTH - so, please, use yours!
 

Coronavirus vs. Workplace Safety

Is your boss not taking covid seriously enough? What you can do.
 

Protecting the 2020 Elections

The coronavirus pandemic threatens to massively disrupt the 2020 presidential elections, now just over 5 months away. There is no way to know what the state of the pandemic will be in November, and whether it will be safe for anyone, voters and poll workers alike, to be out waiting in lines and crowding into polling places.

Past crises have not stopped elections. Americans voted even during wars. It can and most certainly should be done this time too. The Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act, proposed by Senators Wyden and Klobuchar, would allow this to happen safely and dependably by 

• Expanding vote-by-mail (VBM) to all states,  

• Allowing for no-excuse absentee voting for anyone requesting an absentee ballot, and

• Lengthening early voting perhaps by 20 days to reduce crowding. 
   

The bill could be improved to allow mailed ballots for all voters, not just those who ask for them, and to include funding as part of Congress’s pandemic response.

It is likely that this obvious and sensible strategy will meet with firm opposition from factions that invite foreign interference and/or have traditionally relied on voter suppression to win elections. It’s up to all of us to urge our federal representatives to support the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act, with the improvements noted above.

It is easily conceivable that Trump will try to postpone or cancel the November elections. We (ICG) and the entire Indivisible network are in discussions to make sure that doesn’t happen. Stay tuned.