Team,

My job as Finance Director is simple: Money — both raising it and figuring out where we're going to spend it.

Most of the time, I'm making sure almost nothing is going out the door except rent and our staff pay. Every penny we can hold back, I fight to keep in our piggy bank.

But now? Now is the time we smash open that metaphorical piggy bank and spend every cent to elect Democrats up and down the ballot here in Ohio.

At this point, the piggy bank is nearly drained. But there are still plenty of expenses like printing flyers for canvassers to leave at voters' homes, getting more phones for our phone banks, and snapping up last-minute ad space.

I ok'ed this spending because I know grassroots donors like you will make sure we stay on track in these final days. So, can I count on you to pitch in $5 or more before midnight on Thursday?

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The day after Election Day — I'd rather see a balance of $0 on our ledger and know that we put everything we could into winning than sit on a few thousand dollars that could have swung a critical race.

Thank you,

Emily, Team ODP