John,

When voters in Michigan’s 12th congressional district turn out to vote, our voices are heard at all levels of government.

But during our August primary this year, over 19,000 Democrats didn’t return their absentee ballots.

Since then, we’ve been working hard to engage and encourage those folks to follow through and vote in the general election. And so far, 10,243 have voted―that’s more than 53%!

Through text messages, door-knocking, phone calls, and handwritten postcards, we’re working to ensure the remaining 8,896 people vote between now and Election Day.

Here’s me and Joshua knocking on doors in a city that only had 11.76% turnout. We visited with neighbors who had a sporadic voter history.

In addition to engaging lapsed and sporadic voters, we’re also reaching out to the 15,859 people who registered to vote in the 12th district this year. Thus far, only 7.4% have voted. That’s why we sent each a personal letter from me and followed that up with a text message and phone call. Studies show that direct voter contact is the most effective method to get our neighbors the information they need to vote.

In 2020, our team helped increase voter turnout by 3% in our district with a similar voter outreach program. With one week until Election Day, please donate today to power our campaign to ensure voters have what they need to make their voices heard and vote their entire ballot, including the non-partisan section.

Here’s an update on the direct voter contact our campaign team has done over the last 6 weeks:

🚪 2,638 doors knocked (including in Inkster, where only 11% of residents voted in the last election)
☎️ 39,164 phone calls
🤳 89,587 text messages
📝 2,858 post-walk postcards sent out
✉️ 30,000 letters mailed

Here are members of our campaign team, plus 21 volunteers, who joined me and State Representative Dylan Wegela heading out to knock doors in Inkster:

We have just 7 days left until Election Day and early voting is underway throughout the state. Can you rush a donation today to power our voter turnout efforts in this final week?

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Our democracy works best when each of us is informed and engaged. Your donation today is helping drive major voter turnout in Michigan in the final days of this critical election.

In solidarity,

Rashida