Weekly Check in Oct 27

[tassosss]

It's been a rough week. The election is coming up and early voting has started in many states. This is the time to do your ballot research for the down-ballot races. Ballotepedia can help, and also local papers (if you still have them and they are trustworthy) can at least shed light on propositions and things like that. Take care of yourselves and each other.

Upcoming Elections - New
GiveSmart Women (slate number 4!)
Voto Latino partners with Lyft to enable Dodge City voters to get to the polls
Excellent thread on effective voter contact
Maximize your donating efficiency with SCIENCE! (yes, it's another slate)

Other Actions - New
Scripts protesting HHS memo erasing transgender people
"Hell No To The Memo: 7 Action Items To Protect Trans and GNC People"
Tree of Life synagogue and HIAS refugee resettlement donation pages

Upcoming Elections - Ongoing
Action: Postcards To Voters
More Slates!
Action: Vote Forward
And Now There's Give Smart 3!
Matching Donations for the Great Slate
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 tanaqui 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 #20645 This week

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

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This week

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called my one senator
3 (21.4%)

called my other senator
3 (21.4%)

called my representative
2 (14.3%)

called my governor
1 (7.1%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
5 (35.7%)

attended a town hall
1 (7.1%)

donated money to a cause
12 (85.7%)

attended an in-person activist group
5 (35.7%)

participated in phone/online training
2 (14.3%)

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went to a protest
4 (25.0%)

signed up for alerts
3 (18.8%)

took care of myself
8 (50.0%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
2 (12.5%)

did something else
9 (56.2%)

committed to action in the coming week
7 (43.8%)

Comments

[ekaterinn]

Thanks for the links!


This week has been so long and awful that I almost forgot went to a protest for trans rights on Tuesday. Also, would it be possible to get a survey reply about working with a political campaign? I've been doing that a lot lately.

[tassosss]

Yes. I can’t edit this week’s poll but we’ll add it to next week’s.

Thank you for doing that work.

[ekaterinn]

Thanks! (And thanks so much for modding this vital community).

[alexseanchai]

Given...Recent Events...I think a lot of y'all Jewish folks could use a few smiles right now. So I'm doing a Happy Jewish People prompt call. I'm also giving away a few e-copies of Shira Glassman's contemporary Jewish f/f romance Knit One, Girl Two.

This evening I'm going to a vigil at the synagogue. (Or maybe I'm not, bc my heart's pounding like you wouldn't believe. I hate anxiety so much.)

[tassosss]

*hugs* I know the feeling. Thanks for the link to the prompt call and take good care of yourself.

[alexseanchai]

*hugs*

I'm trying, I'm just...I thought I was holding it together enough I could turn my attention from NaNo prep to actual urgent personal problems and nothing bad would happen, you know?

HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAA

(clearly I am going nowhere tonight)

[kitajmaze]

Thank you for this.

[sabotabby]

I went door-to-door for a candidate running for city councillor in my ward. Alas, he lost (by 300 votes), as did my pick for mayor and school trustee (though the one who won was my very close second choice), and the whole thing is status quo with a reduced and less effective municipal government, but hey, at least the Nazi only came in third.

[tassosss]

Thank you for getting out there. I’m sorry your people didn’t win but glad too that the nazi was trailing behind.

[kore]

Fantastic linkspam, thank you.

[tassosss]

Glad to do it. I am so thankful for the community here that contributes.

[teaotter]

I voted!

I also reminded a whole bunch of my friends in various locations about early voting and how to find their polling place, with a promise (threat?) to follow up next week if they don't vote before then.

[tassosss]

Huzzah! That's great!

[sathari]

Thank you for all of these, and for modding this community in general.

[tassosss]

Our community does a good job of finding them! :)