2/16/19 Swing Left Greater Boston Newsletter 2/16/19 Swing Left Greater Boston Newsletter
Signed, Sealed and Delivered. 1,562 Letters to Voters
Swing Left Greater Boston activists hosted 13 house parties in February. Collectively, 231 party attendees wrote 1562 letters to unregistered individuals in Georgia. This certainly is an impressive start to the new political season! Now consider this: if Swing Left Boston were able to reproduce this single weekend of activism, each month all the way to the summer of 2020, we could contact about 28,000 likely Democratic voters.
Testing 1-2-3: This Voter Registration by Mail campaign is part of a randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of letters written by volunteers. We’ll soon report back on assessments of the data to determine whether this is an effective strategy (or not).
We are not just activists. We’re political strategy pioneers.
Want to host your own Swing Left letter-writing party? Swing Left Greater Boston enables anyone who owns a computer to host a successful event. We provide end-to-end seamless support, from helping you register and promote your event through the final thank-you email to your attendees. Parties must be held before March 31st.
Hosting a Letter-Writing Party Couldn't Be Easier
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Only You Can Prevent Provisional Ballots
The 2018 elections were marred by massive voter roll purges, blocked voter registrations, shifting polling locations, voter ID requirements and very long lines at polling places. Would Stacey Abrams have won in a fair race? We’ll never know. But we have the opportunity now to help thousands of voters in Georgia ensure that their vote will count in 2020 by reminding them re-register after they move.There were a large number of provisional ballots filed in Georgia in the 2018 elections. In theory, these ballots should be verified by county election officials within three days, but in practice, they are not. The day after the election, as Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams was seeking to uncover every possible vote, volunteers sprang into action to help make sure that at least some of the 27,000 provisional ballots were counted within the three-day window.On the last day of the last hour before the deadline, (click here to continue..)
Upcoming Events
CAMBRIDGE: Voter Registration by Mail (VRBM) to GeorgiaSunday, February 17⋅4:00 – 6:00pm
Activist Afternoons, Workbar, 45 Prospect St., Cambridge, MA 0213Join us at Activist Afternoons as we write letters to Georgia voters who moved and have not updated their voter registration.
BROOKLINE: Sister District Little Bit of Everything at Stacey D's House
Tuesday, February 19⋅7:00 – 8:30pmStacey is hosting again as we start on our second wave of postcards going out to likely Democrats who are low-propensity voters in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia. These "last chance" states have important elections in 2019 and we're writing to remind voters that their vote can really make a difference to their state and in their own lives.
Sponsored By: Sister District MA/RIAddress upon RSVP
CANTON: Waterfall Bar & Grille, 643 Washington St
Tuesday, February 19⋅7:00 – 8:00pm
Indivisible Canton is hosting an action hour to write Postcards to Voters. Meet up with neighbors to take positive action, and stay for trivia night afterward if you like. Postcards are provided, and donations for postage are welcome.
Sponsored By: Indivisible Canton
Contact: Denise Falbo, debanan76@gmail.com
Swing Left Leader’s CallJoin us for our monthly volunteer leaders update and training on Thursday, February 28th at 8pm ET.
These monthly leaders calls are an opportunity to share information and provide a place where leaders from across the country can discuss challenges and best practices.Register here.
For more events, check out the Swing Left Greater Boston Event calendar and Event map
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