46th LD Blog

Well this has been all very Seattle, right? Summer came a month late, but at least it brings ballots with it! That’s right, the August 4th Primary is almost upon us and ballots will be hitting mailboxes over the next few days. Even in the midst of a pandemic, the 46^th LD will do everything we can to turn out voters in our district and across the state. But since we can’t meet for a picnic in the park as we have in the past, we’ll instead bring the event to wherever you are, bringing together candidates and activists to kickoff the most important election season in our history. Join us this Saturday!

• 46^th LD Democrats Virtual Summer Picnic: Sat July 18^th @1pm
• Volunteer to help Get out the Vote in 2020
• GOTV Training: Office hours with Andrzej

As a reminder, to keep people safe during the COVID-19 crisis, we’ve avoided meeting in person, and are not able to do our traditional Summer Picnic to kick off our GOTV door-knocking efforts for the August Primaries. I also wanted to let folks know that in response to the significant spike in reported COVID-19 (our cases statewide have around doubled from around 3 weeks ago), we as the 46^th LD Democrats Executive Board urge you not to participate in traditional door-to-door outreach at this time.  It is imperative that we, as an organization, advocate for and practice policies that keep both our membership and our community safe.

But in lieu of in-person meetings, we hope you can join us for a virtual version of our Summer Picnic. Rather than handing off lit and walklists, PCOs will be signing up for phonebank codes. Candidates and activists will have the chance to have a bit of Q&A so we understand the messages we communicate in our calls. And we are thrilled to be hosting a chat with T’wina Nobles, an impressive candidate looking to flip a State Senate seat in the 28^thLD (Tacoma), and we’ll be talking with her about how she grounds her work and her candidacy in social justice. Join us on Saturday July 18^th @1pm at this Zoom link.

Thanks to all who had signed up to be volunteers for the 2020 cycle. We’d love to get more folks signed up as well in our on-going efforts through November. We’ve put together a variety of activities from PCO recruitment to phone banking in the 46^th and beyond. Make your voice heard by finding the GOTV Volunteer form here {https://forms.gle/KsSPRsdY6SgDeTUz5}. And if for any reason you are unable to click into the form, don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly ([email protected]), and I’ll take the time to help you out.

And it’s not too late to build your skillset on GOTV strategy. Our intrepid PCO Coordinator, Andrzej Montaño, is holding a series of PCO Training sessions, giving advice on the tools we use for GOTV and letting activists know what gets people to commit to voting. We hope you can make it to one of the next couple sessions.

• Fri Jul 17, 2020 @5pm
  • https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88150854661
• Sun Jul 19, 2020 @~2pm
  • https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82690370053

There are a lot of ways to be involved this critical election cycle and we hope you join us in this work!

Dear 46th LD Dems,

I wanted to send a brief note to alert everyone that after some discussion amongst the 46^th LD Executive Board, we have decided to postpone our Picnic by a week, now July 18^th @1pm. We want to ensure we would be centering the event around a speaker list, which is better in keeping with our tradition of having a strong GOTV kickoff for the August Primary. Bringing together candidates and canvassers to get you ready for the phonebanks, is how we as an organization want to help bring democracy to the people. I hope you can join us!

• 46^th LD Democrats Virtual Summer Picnic: Sat July 18^th @1pm
• Volunteer to help Get out the Vote in 2020
• PCO 101 with the King County Democrats

To keep people safe during the COVID-19 crisis, we’ve avoided meeting in person, and are not able to do our traditional Summer Picnic to kick off our GOTV door-knocking efforts for the August Primaries. I also wanted to let folks know that in response to the significant spike in reported COVID-19 (our cases statewide have doubled in the last two weeks), we as the 46^th LD Democrats Executive Board urge you not to participate in traditional door-to-door outreach at this time.  It is imperative that we, as an organization, advocate for and practice policies that keep both our membership and our community safe.

But in lieu of in-person meetings, we hope you can join us for a virtual version of our Summer Picnic. We’ll look to hear from candidates, and PCOs will receive their precinct phonebank lists! We’ll be specifically highlighting candidates that you’ll later have the opportunity to advocate for during events this summer. Keep an eye out for emails in the next couple weeks announcing these candidates and why they deserve our support and our work. Join us on Saturday July 18^th @1pm at this Zoom link.

And that’s just the beginning of the cycle. We’d also love to get folks to sign up to volunteer in our on-going efforts through November as well. We’ve put together a list of activities from PCO recruitment to phone banking in the 46^thand beyond. We’d love to get your help putting in the work necessary to make this election cycle a success, even under the most trying of circumstances. Make your voice heard by finding the GOTV Volunteer form here {https://forms.gle/KsSPRsdY6SgDeTUz5}. And if for any reason you are unable to click into the form, don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly ([email protected]), and I’ll take the time to help you out.

And it’s not too late to build your skillset on GOTV strategy. The King County Democrats are putting on the final in a series of PCO trainings. I went to the first one last Saturday and had a great time meeting new PCOs and hearing their stories, hosted by the 46^th’s own Anne Udaloy and Melissa Taylor. There will likely be other dates in coming months, but make sure to make some time now! Click the link to register.

• Sat Jul 11, 2020 @10am
  • https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkdO-upzkjGtNi3zyNAMv5OcoRTmkcvCeF

There are a lot of ways to be involved this critical election cycle and we hope you join us in this work!

In Solidarity,

Marty Ross
Vice Chair, 46th LD Democrats