Weekly Check In October 21

[tanaqui]

We've had lots of great suggestions for targeted actions for the midterms this week, whether you can make donations or not, whether you can phone bank or canvas or not, and whether you live in an area with competitive races or not.

Upcoming Elections - New
Action: Postcards To Voters
More Slates!
Action: Vote Forward
And Now There's Give Smart 3!
Matching Donations for the Great Slate

Other Actions - New
Actions relating to abortion rights

Upcoming Elections - Ongoing
Find a DNC event near you and phonebank with MomsRising
If you fancy some long shots in your rage-donating
Encourage your friends to vote with VoteWithMe app
North Dakota is making it harder for Native Americans to vote
Get out the vote with letter writing and texting, focus on local elections
Volunteer to help elect Democrats
BallotReady.org lets you research all races in your location
Motivote sort of "gamifies" the midterm voting process (you sign up at the site and as you complete various actions to prepare to vote, you're entered to win prizes.)
Help ProPublica by installing their Political Ad Collector
For Your Rage-donations
Strategy Call: Moveon.Org
More Postcard Campaigns!
Here Comes The General
Info to Share: Lyft are going to be providing half-price or free rides to the polls on Nov 6 for those in need
Register or check your voter registration
ACLU Voter Postcards for midterm turnout
Crush the Midterms and NC GoVote
The Protect American Votes and Elections Act 2018
Florida - Voting Restoration Amendment
C&P from Indivisible: Action for the 100 Days Pre-Midterm
GOTV Resources from Organising for Action
Make a difference in the 2018 Midterms - organization organizing for all levels of elections
District funds for the mid-terms
Support progressive Congressional candidates in competitive rural districts
Information on State Primary Dates and list of pro-NRA Republicans who are vulnerable

Voter Registration, Voting Rights and How to Vote

Useful How-to Guide For Voters
Link(Spam): US Voter Information
Deadlines to register: in table format and in graphical format.
There have been more reports of people being removed from rolls so check your registration and tell others to as well.
Cancelled voter registrations: If You're In Indiana Or Know People In Indiana
Check For Availability Of Provisional Ballots, And Resist And Win Calls

If you're looking for actions not related to the elections, take a look at past check-in posts where we have suggestions specifically for immigration (and also here) and for other issues

Housekeeping (the usual stuff)
Reminder that we now have a Friending Meme and a (locked) post where you can connect with others with live in the same area. We hope you find both of these posts useful!

We also have a suggestion post if there’s a topic that you’d like to see discussed but would like to ask the mods to look into. This can be anything from general information, or a how-to-do-a-thing, or something you may want to discuss as a community. Folks are welcome to post directly to the comm as always, but if you’re not comfortable/don’t have spoons, we can help too.

As we don't always get the time to pull things out of the suggestions post into their own separate posts, it may be worth checking every week (or tracking the post) to see if there's any new information you're interested in.

Also if you need help with tags, PM redbird, who is our tag guru. Both tassosss and I are very grateful for the help.

So, what have you all been up to in the last week or are planning to get involved in next week?

Poll #20607 The Week

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

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This week, I...

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called my one senator
1 (8.3%)

called my other senator
1 (8.3%)

called my representative
1 (8.3%)

called my governor
1 (8.3%)

called my state reps
1 (8.3%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
5 (41.7%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
7 (58.3%)

attended an in-person activist group
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone/online training
1 (8.3%)

went to a protest
0 (0.0%)

signed up for alerts
3 (25.0%)

took care of myself
7 (58.3%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
1 (8.3%)

did something else
5 (41.7%)

committed to action in the coming week
6 (50.0%)

Comments

[sabotabby]

Ran a union meeting, encouraged someone to attend a union meeting, encouraged people to vote and knock on doors on election day, plan to door-knock tomorrow if my health allows.

[acelightning]

Mailed in my "absentee ballot".

Pinned a button that says VOTE to my purse, which goes everywhere I go.