Get Out the Vote in Virginia

THIS November 7, voters in Virginia will send one of two messages to Trump and his GOP lackeys. One message is that we don’t want your policies of hate and swamp-filled corruption in our country so we WILL vote you out of office and take back our country starting right now. The second is we might complain a lot, but you can keep doing what you are doing because our passion and our outrage do not translate into votes against you. It goes without saying which message we want to send, but we need to put actions to our words and SHOW them we are serious.

Hopefully, you are aware of the elections happening this November, but in case you aren’t let’s hone in on one particularly important one: Virginia’s Gubernatorial race. The short story is that the current Lt. Governor, Ralph Northam is running against former Keeper of the Swamp, I mean former RNC chairperson, Ed Gillespie, who is running a Trump-style campaign. I don’t need to tell you how important this race is to us. The takeaway is that this one is going to come down to turnout and when that is the key factor, Democrats often come up short.

The good news is that Virginia has been running blue lately and Northam is up in the polls, BUT if you might be tempted to take your foot off the gas and sit this one out, remember Hillary was also up in the polls this time last year… Ok, enough chitchat what do we do?

If you live in Virginia-

VOTE, but don’t stop there. Remind, plead, and even shame your friends and family into voting.
- Use a texting app on your phone to get friends to vote
VOLUNTEER. Knock on doors, make calls, find out ways you can get would-be voters to their polling places.
- Canvassing information – Go door to door
- Driver information – Give rides to polling places

If you don’t live in Virginia-

Stir up a frenzy. We need to be buzzing about these off-year elections and make sure we all know what is happening, what is at stake, and most importantly how we can help.
VOLUNTEER. If you are not close enough to knock on actual doors, you can still make calls and texts to voters.
- Sign up for a shift to text voters in Virginia
- Sign up for a shift to call voters in Virginia

You can also get more information from these groups who are doing work on the ground:

And it isn’t just VIRGINIA that is having huge elections in November!

Here are all the areas having an election on November 7th.

Roll your sleeves up and get to work!