Wednesday, July 5th - Phone Bank for WI / Phone Bank for Abortion Rights in Ohio
Action You Can Take Today
Action 1: Phone bank for Wisconsin special election on July 15
Action 2: Phone bank to protect abortion rights in Ohio TODAY
Action 1: Phone Bank for WI Special Election
Eventually, we will break the extreme right's gerrymandered stranglehold on the Wisconsin state legislature--but we'll have to do it one seat at a time. And here's a chance to flip one, a special election to be held on July 18 to fill a seat just vacated by a Republican.
Our candidate is Bob Tatterson, a businessman who is well-known to the voters in Wisconsin's 24th assembly district. (It shares a lot of territory with the 8th senate district, where many of you have phoned before.) Bob is running for women's health care rights, common-sense gun laws, and fair election maps. He wants to use Wisconsin's budget surplus to help the families that need it most, not to fund another favor-the-rich tax cut as Republicans have just proposed.
Indivisible Chicago and WisDems are collaborating on these get-out-the-vote phone banks in the final days of the race. They will be on the OpenVPB platform, which means they'll be especially easy for tech-challenged volunteers. First-timers are especially welcome. We provide all the training you need and patient one-on-one support. We pride ourselves in making it easy for veteran phone bankers and newbies alike.
This ultra-low-turnout election is just the kind we can win with a few hours' calling. It's a great opportunity--join us and help to seize it!
Join us for one of two phone bank shifts on Saturday, July 15.
Action 2: Phone Bank to Protect Abortion Rights in Ohio TODAY
Indivisible Chicago is joining forces with the Democratic Party of Ohio to block what newspapers are calling a “statehouse con” and a “historic abuse of power”--an effort by Ohio Republicans to sneak into law an anti-abortion/anti-democracy measure that would leave voters without recourse against the extremism of their far-right legislature.
This cynical power-grab is called “Issue 1” and it’s the only thing on the ballot in a special election scheduled for August. To protect their right to a voice in their own government, Ohio voters must VOTE NO on this initiative.
The shamelessness of Issue 1 is breathtaking. Last year Ohio Republicans voted to eliminate August elections because they are expensive and extremely low-turnout. But when Ohio doctors and activists began collecting signatures for a ballot initiative to protect abortion rights, far-right extremists realized that an ultra-low-turnout is just what they need! So they have scheduled this election, which will cost Ohio taxpayers $20 million, to slip in a new rule requiring 60 percent of voters to approve constitutional amendments; the current threshold is 50 percent plus one. This change would make amendments virtually impossible in Ohio, leaving no recourse for citizens whose voices are stymied by their impossibly gerrymandered legislature.
Because turnout will be super-low, this election can be won on the phones. Join us getting this message to Ohio voters: vote NO on Issue 1!
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