Dear MoveOn member,
My name is Robert Fox, and I’m MoveOn's chief operating officer. The last
time I emailed you was over the summer—100 days out from the election—to
share with you what MoveOn was working on to defeat Donald Trump and the
GOP.
There are only 47 days until Election Day, so I wanted to follow up with
you now, to share an update on our work for this final stretch. We have
fewer than 50 days to ensure that Trump is defeated, Mitch McConnell loses
control of the Senate, and a blue wave washes over the country. To make
this happen, MoveOn is sprinting to the finish line of the biggest,
boldest election program in our 22-year history.
But we need your help to meet our budget for the final stretch and fully
bring these plans to life. I crunched the numbers this morning, and I’m so
grateful that in just the past week, thousands of MoveOn members like you
have stepped up and contributed to our collective work. But we still need
8,975 people to become weekly donors by midnight to meet our budget goals.
This is the last time I will email you before Election Day, so I need to
ask: With fewer than 50 days left and the clock quickly running out, will
you chip in $3 a week to power our get-out-the-vote programs? (MoveOn will
bill your weekly donation to your credit card once a month starting today
and will contact you shortly after the election to see if you want to
modify or cancel your weekly donation.)
[ [link removed] ]Count me in.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
Whether you have yet to make your first donation to MoveOn this year or
you’re a longtime donor, I need to explain to you why your donation today
is so critical.
The fact of the matter is that many people wait until just days before
Election Day to chip in. While I’m so grateful for every dollar that every
MoveOn member contributes, the truth is that the earlier you contribute,
the better.
Here’s why: Voting is already underway in the critical battleground states
that will decide who wins this election. Last week, voters in North
Carolina began getting their ballots in their mailboxes, and by the end of
this week, voters in half of the battleground states will begin voting.
Due to the pandemic, millions of people—especially Democrats—are voting by
mail for the first time in their lives. While mail-in voting is safe and
secure, we know that people might have questions about how to fill out and
return their ballots.
That’s why my colleague Emma is leading a powerful get-out-the-vote
initiative called "ballot chasing." Emma and her ballot chase team are
texting mail-in voters the information they need to properly fill out
their ballots, and the team is on hand to answer any questions voters
might have. This work is especially important, because more than half a
million mail-in ballots were rejected during this year's primary season
due to people improperly filling out their ballots.^1 And in a recent
poll, more than half of voters under the age of 35 say they don't have the
resources or knowledge they need to vote by mail.^2
But that’s not all we’re doing to ensure every vote is counted. Starting
this Friday, voters in the swing state of Minnesota will be able to vote
early in person. So my colleague Elsie and her team are creating videos
tailor-made to get the word out and to give Minnesota voters the info they
need to vote early at a polling place.
And my colleague Kate and her team are pioneering an innovative
friend-to-friend voter mobilization program called "Vote Tripling." Recent
studies show that one of the most effective ways to turn out voters is if
their friends and family encourage them to vote. So Kate and her team are
asking MoveOn members to take Vote Tripling pledges: pledges to reach out
to three friends, help them make a plan to vote, and ensure they vote in
the fall. This program is so effective that last week Trump's campaign
began using it as well—which means we need to double down and fight back.
That’s just some of what the team here at MoveOn is doing to win this
election.
But my colleagues can’t do this alone. They need your help.
With fewer than 50 days to go until Election Day, will you chip in $3 a
week to enable us to fire on all cylinders? (MoveOn will bill your weekly
donation to your credit card once a month starting today and will contact
you shortly after the election to see if you want to modify or cancel your
weekly donation.)
[ [link removed] ]Count me in.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
I’m going to be honest with you, John. At many other political
organizations, the chief operating officer spends most of their time
wining and dining the billionaires and corporate donors that bankroll
them.
But not at MoveOn. I don't answer to corporate bosses, and billionaires
don't call the shots around here. MoveOn is powered by thousands of
small-dollar grassroots donations from members like you across the
country.
Will you chip in $3 a week to help ensure we meet our budget necessary to
defeat Trump, flip the Senate, and power a massive blue wave? (MoveOn will
bill your weekly donation to your credit card once a month starting today
and will contact you shortly after the election to see if you want to
modify or cancel your weekly donation.)
[ [link removed] ]Count me in.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
Thanks for all you do.
–Robert Fox, Chief Operating Officer, MoveOn
Sources:
1. "More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far
Outpacing 2016," NPR, August 22, 2020
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2. "Poll: More Than Half Of Young People Lack Resources To Vote By Mail,"
NPR, July 30, 2020
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Want to support our work? As Robert Reich says, "No organization in
America has a better track record of success in developing cutting-edge
strategies to get out the vote and win elections than MoveOn." But it will
take each of us doing our part to defeat Trump and flip the Senate!
Will you chip in $3 a week to help MoveOn combat right-wing lies, make
sure every vote is counted, and win this election?
[ [link removed] ]Count me in.
[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
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