2018 State Primary Election Dates

[tanaqui]

State Primary Elections are another (important) opportunity to vote:

These primaries are used by political parties to determine candidates who will run for all partisan offices in their states on the general election ballot on Nov. 6, 2018. These include legislative seats in 46 states along with U.S. senators and representatives, governors and statewide officials.

Find out when your state is holding its primary elections in 2018 at:
http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/2018-state-primary-election-dates.aspx#Dates

Also, a handy compilation of "the 23 most vulnerable House Republicans (R+3 or less) who have an "A" rating from the NRA": https://mobile.twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/977622008337960961?p=v

Action: targeting competitive elections

[tanaqui]

Tech Solidarity is raising funds for progressive Congressional candidates fighting competitive races in eight winnable rural districts.

Each of the candidates here is a first-time candidate with a credible path to victory, an enthusiastic team of volunteers, and a day job, running in a winnable district that has nevertheless been neglected by the Democratic Party. These are the places where our support can flip a red seat blue!

https://techsolidarity.org/resources/great_slate.html


We've previously posted about Swing Left, Sister District and Get Her Elected, which are all doing similar things.

(Also, I don't say this nearly often enough, but I really appreciate all the people who bring great links to the US Politics thread at FFA that I can repost over here - thanks!)

Weekly Check in March 25

[tassosss]

Yesterday was the March for Our Lives on gun control led by the Parkland shooting survivors who are a great inspiration to me right now. I was unable to go due to a family commitment, but if you did go, rachelmanija  has a post about her experience where you can share yours. In all the coverage, I found this article from Vox about closing the passion gap between who politicians hear from on gun issues one of the most illuminating. The bottom line: on guns the voters they hear from are anti-restriction gun owners. They are not punished at the voting booth for "thoughts and prayers." If you regularly call your state and federal representatives, or even if you just want to contact them about gun control now, consider adding gun control to the list of topics.

In the comm, we've been carrying on with elucidate_this's great idea for Giving up on Giving Up for Lent. Thanks to nanila for making this week's Check in Post #3, and to the members who've inspired us by sharing what they're doing. Lent ends in 1 week. If there is an action that you've been meaning to do, consider trying to do it this week.

New Actions

Planning Ahead in Case of Mueller Firing
HHS is accepting Comments on New Rule Protecting the Right of Health Workers to Discriminate for Religions Reasons
Information and Organizing to End Police Violence
Information on State Primary Dates and list of pro-NRA Republicans who are vulnerable
Support progressive Congressional candidates in competitive rural districts

Ongoing Actions

Make a difference in the 2018 Midterms - organization organizing for all levels of elections
Boycott the NRA - contact streaming media companies to ask them to drop NRATV
District funds for the mid-terms

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 #19707 This week I...

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called my one senator
0 (0.0%)

called my other senator
0 (0.0%)

called my representative
0 (0.0%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
2 (40.0%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
4 (80.0%)

attended an in-person activist group
1 (20.0%)

participated in phone/online training
1 (20.0%)

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went to a protest
5 (50.0%)

signed up for alerts
1 (10.0%)

took care of myself
8 (80.0%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
2 (20.0%)

did something else
2 (20.0%)

committed to action in the coming week
3 (30.0%)