46th LD Blog

Tuesday, September 15, marks 49 DAYS to the November General Election, and we cannot leave anything on the table.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who phone banked with the 46th and the Coordinated Campaign last night!

TONIGHT our own Our State Representatives hold their big 2020 fundraiser! 5:30pm - 6:30pm. 

I will be there, and I hope you will, as well.

Join Representatives Gerry Pollet and Javier Valdez for a lively interview by WA Democratic Party Chair Tina Podlodowski as they kickoff their general election campaign.

Both of our Representatives are generous with their time and support of other candidates around the state, and they are committed to turning out the vote here in the 46th to help our statewide incumbents, and especially our statewide challengers - Gael Tarleton for Secretary of State and Mike Pelliciotti for Treasurer!  Expanding our turnout numbers will also help our endorsed ballot measures for State, county and city!

Submit your questions for our representatives!

Use this link to RSVP and register (contributions split unless designated by the donor otherwise):

https://files.constantcontact.com/a94b3589001/4a432ee5-9abc-446e-9ea4-a2e7ad67528d.pdf

OR, email [email protected] to RSVP

Reminder: Our Wednesday, September 16th monthly meeting will be held online with Zoom.

The opening Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program will be at a special time: 6:30pm.  Please join us for the following agenda items and register for the meeting here to receive updates and information on how to join the Zoom meeting.

Environmental Caucus is at 5:30pm, at the same Zoom link.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upQqdu6ppzwiaJwPMttxw5zaZm3IoVmbJQ

For full meeting details click here!

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As always, feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have questions or suggestions!

We are 53 days away from November 3^rd, Election Day. And importantly in Washington, we are only 33 days until ballots are mailed out. Here in the 46^thLD, maximizing turnout is key to bringing progressive change to our state. Whether it’s returning our excellent delegation in the legislature or bringing big vote totals for state wide offices and initiatives, what happens in the 46^th LD is crucial. Every vote is vital, and from now until Election Day, every day is important. We need to be both seen and heard!

First off: being heard! Because of the on-going COVID-19 outbreak, we are re-focusing our voter outreach from canvassing in-person to phone-banking. We’ll be able to reach more voters this way, while keeping our community safe. So while our PCOs will be calling their precincts as ballots drop to maximize turnout, we are also teaming up with the Washington State Democrats for a weekly phonebank from now to the election every Monday. We will be hosting a concurrent Zoom for training, real-time help, and to foster community for our local activists. Below are the relevant registration links for both the Zoom and the phonebank. Make sure to sign-up for both.

• Zoom Registration: Zoom Training & Hangout
• Phonebank Registration: NGP VAN Phonebank

And make sure to check out our website calendar for the other phonebanks as well.

And secondly: being seen! There is an old adage that yard signs don’t vote. While technically true, it is important that we do what we can as a district within our borders to make sure our neighbors have that visual reminder, even in strange times, that it is election season and we all have to vote! So again to keep our community safe, we have built a distribution system for Yard Signs! You simply sign up that you are interested in any of our available yard signs and we’ll reach out to you straight away to arrange for either no-contact delivery or pick-up from one of our neighborhood sign distribution locations.

• Yard Sign Form: Request Yard Sign(s)

Lastly, we are still looking for volunteers in the 46^th for all the outreach efforts that are upcoming, so if you haven’t yet filled out the sign-up form, you can do so here: GOTV Form.

In Solidarity,

Marty Ross
Vice Chair, 46th LD Democrats