Friend — Trump has just released a new shortlist of names he would consider for the Supreme Court if any vacancies open up. Included on the list: Senators Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton.

Tom Cotton — who called slavery a "necessary evil." Ted Cruz — who recently denied that there's systemic racism within policing in the country. Both of whom are still unapologetic climate change deniers.

Our job is to make sure that Trump never picks another Supreme Court Justice. We need your help to do that.

Here's the situation. Full transparency: it's not good. New polls show Trump gaining ground in Florida, Michigan, and North Carolina. If he wins these states, he's got a good shot at another term.

Our research is showing that environmental voters will make up the margin of victory in each of these states — but vote-by-mail efforts are still underfunded.

So, we're asking: Can you rush a donation to fund vote-by-mail efforts in swing states? This really matters — if environmental voters turn out, we win. Every contribution will be triple matched. Even $3 can make a difference »

Trump is failing at every possible level. As California, Oregon, and Washington experience historic wildfires, we've never seen such obvious urgency to listen to science and finally tackle the climate crisis. But Trump cannot and will not rise to the challenge.

His failure as a leader won't be enough to defeat him. friend, the environmental movement — and whether we turn out or not — will decide this election. But it's going to come down to mail ballots and the truth is major vote-by-mail campaigns will take resources we don't have right now.

There are serious challenges for voters to overcome — lack of pre-paid postage, requirements that ballots be received rather than postmarked by Election Day, and signature match rejections. Right now, this what we're hoping to pull off:

• Engage 2.5 million voters, including traditional climate voters, young people, and communities of color via "virtual" canvassing with calls and texts.
• Send 1.7 million pieces of follow-up mail to voters who have yet to return their ballots, using tested and refined messaging techniques to maximize response.
• Generate more than 33 million impressions via extensive digital programming to help mobilize voters and push turnout through Election Day.

We're hoping to scale up — but Friday morning, our campaigns team is meeting to assess our financials. Right now, we're still short $80,000 — but if everyone reading this pitched in — even just $3 — we'd blow through that goal.

Right now, a group of donors are triple-matching every contribution. Please, pitch in today »

Thank you for everything you do — we can do this.

Onward,

Pete Maysmith
Senior Vice President, Campaigns
LCV Victory Fund
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