October is voting month—and it’s coming up fast
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The election starts next month. Now's the time to make your voting plan—as we well know, concepts of a plan aren't enough.
If you’re already registered to vote, you’ll get your ballot in your mailbox in early October. That means we’re in the home stretch for voter registration and GOTV. With critical local and state races, several swing districts for the House, and one of our Senate seats up for grabs, the stakes could not be higher in California. So, let’s do what we can now.
- Check your voter registration status on the California Secretary of State’s My Voter Status website.
- If you need to, update your voter registration. In California, you can submit your voter registration online.
- Read your voter guides! California’s voter guide is already available online; San Francisco’s Voter Information Pamphlet is coming soon. We’ll have links to both as well as progressive endorsement slates on our Vote page. And don’t forget the Blue Voter Guide, which any voter in the country can use to identify the blue choices that suit them on their ballot.
- Reach out to voters in CA swing districts (or other swing states and districts!). We’re gathering on Sunday to write postcards over some pints at Standard Deviant, so that’s a great opportunity to start. We also have phone and text banking opportunities listed below. Need a phone banking tutorial? We have personal experience with SURJ National phone banks—they have great trainings and lots of support.
- Encourage friends and family to do the same. The more the merrier!
The time is now to do something. Join us in building the #BlueWave2024 to protect our freedoms, uphold our civil rights, and build a prosperous democratic future.
Yet another Pints & Postcards on Sunday!
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Last week we wrote nearly 150 postcards—and we’re doing it again! Join us at Standard Deviant on Sunday, September 15 from 4–6 PM to write postcards to swing districts and swing states.
RSVP on Eventbrite—we’d love to see you there!
Tell Gov. Newsom: Veto AB 2527, which allows solitary confinement for pregnant people!
The California legislature has passed a bill under the guise of prison reform that will actually do more harm than good for pregnant people.
This legislation, AB 2527, would allow prisons to place pregnant people in solitary confinement for up to five days. Solitary confinement has been clearly shown to cause long-term harm to all incarcerated people, pregnant or not. Instead of codifying the use of solitary confinement, we should be moving to eliminate it from our prison system entirely. This bill is on Gov. Newsom's desk, and we need to make sure he vetoes it!
Tell Gov. Newsom: Veto AB 2527!
New COVID-19 vaccines are here. Get your shots now!
It’s important to keep up our protections against COVID-19, which is still making us sick and disabling people with long COVID.
- Wear a mask: San Francisco’s Department of Public Health has encouraged residents to wear masks in crowded indoor spaces, as have other public health authorities such as Contra Costa County’s.
- Get this year’s vaccine: New Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax vaccines are available now. You can make an appointment at your local pharmacy. Use Vaccines.gov to find available appointments near you.
- Get more rapid tests: The Biden-Harris administration is bringing back COVIDTests.gov at the end of September where you’ll be able to order four more rapid tests to your home address.
COVID-19 is a part of our present reality and will be for the foreseeable future. We can maintain healthy, full lives by acting accordingly. |
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Indivisible SF Pints and Postcards: Sunday, Sep. 15, 4–6 PM at Standard Deviant. Join us once again to reach out to voters in other districts/states to help win elections! Standard Deviant is at 280 14th Street (near Mission), San Francisco, CA 94103. RSVP here.
TODAY: Bay Area Coalition Phone Banks to CA, NV, and AZ: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 5–7 PM (and every Wednesday through Oct. 30). Join to help elect Adam Gray in CA-13 and Rudy Salas in CA-22. This phone bank also calls into swing states Nevada and Arizona. RSVP here.
TODAY: Text Bank into California with DCCC: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 4:30–5:45 PM. Join the DCCC Text Team to mobilize voters for 2024 via text. RSVP here.
TODAY: The Many over MAGA Phonebank: Call white voters with Showing Up for Racial Justice: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 3–6 PM and Sunday, Sept. 15, 12–3 PM. Call white voters in Georgia, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio with SURJ on Wednesdays and Sundays! RSVP here.
TODAY: TRUE to BLUE Phone Banks supporting Democrats in 2024: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 5–7 PM and Saturday, Sept. 14, 1–3 PM. We join the California Democratic Party to make calls to voters in the Central Valley in CA-22 (Rudy Salas) and CA-13 (Adam Gray) to talk about voting in 2024. RSVP here.
Text Bank into California with DCCC: Monday, Sept. 16, 4:30–5:45 PM. Join the DCCC Text Team to mobilize voters for 2024 via text. RSVP here.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 1 Candidate Forum: Monday, Sept. 16, 6–8 PM at the Internet Archive. Join the League of Women Voters of San Francisco for a Candidate forum for the Board of Supervisors District 1. RSVP here.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 3 Candidate Forum: Tuesday, Sept. 17, 6–8 PM at Club Fugazi Experience. Join the League of Women Voters of San Francisco for a Candidate forum for the Board of Supervisors District 3. RSVP here.
Department of Elections Job Fair: Wednesday, Sept. 18, 10 AM–4 PM at 49 South Van Ness. The SF Department of Elections is hiring around 50 seasonal positions to support the election. Don’t miss out! Register for the Job Fair on their Google form today. RSVP here.
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If you’ve seen our newsletter posts on social media, you might have noticed that we include a photo or graphic with each issue.
Today’s graphic is our “October is voting month” graphic.
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Keep Fighting,
The Indivisible SF Team
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