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Happy Thursday, Fellow Democrats!

We are now 33 days away from electing Joe Biden as our next President of the United States!

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THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN AND THE IRC DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS—ALL ARE VIRTUAL OPERATIONS
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It has become apparent that new visitors to the office are not aware that the Florida Democratic Party has been virtual since March because of COVID-19. The Biden Campaign is also a virtual operation. They do not have a brick and mortar office anywhere in the country except one office in Philadelphia. There are no field organizers anywhere with volunteers on the ground canvassing doors or registering voters on a face-to-face basis. As a result, local party offices around the country remain closed for business but our officers, staff and volunteers continue to work long hours virtually from our homes.

Because of these policies to keep our Democrats safe from the coronavirus, our office remains closed for inside visits and meetings. Operations Coordinator, Stacey Klim, has agreed to physically be in the office on Wednesdays and Fridays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. for visitors to pick up Democratic gear (yard signs, bumper stickers, etc.) and to conduct other “essential services,” which the FDP will allow. Like many of us, she is doing this at some risk to her family, two of who have sensitive, pre-existing conditions.

If you come to the office, please knock on the door, social distance, and wear a facemask. Please be respectful, kind and friendly as we continue to look after the safety of our fellow Democrats. We realize our office hours are limited, but they must be as we follow through on Vice President Biden’s policy to follow the science and take heath precautions for our staff and volunteers.


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** YARD SIGNS AND BUMPER STICKERS
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Tired of Trump yard signs? Do you live on a well trafficked street or in a neighborhood of opposition supporters? If so, come to our HQ at 2345 14^th Avenue, Suite 7 in Vero Beach and purchase a Biden/Harris or I Give A Dem yard sign to display in your yard. While you are there, purchase a Biden or Democrats of Indian River bumper sticker or grab a free Al Griffiths and Scot Fretwell bumper sticker! But a Biden/Harris button to wear around town and grab some of our free buttons. We may not outnumber the other party in our county, but we can support our candidates and the Democratic Party!

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WAYS TO VOLUNTEER FOR VICTORY
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As we get closer to November 3^rd, we get busier. We have a great group of regular volunteers, but we need more help! Here are some ways you can help.

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** Sign Waving
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Our first two Sign Waving events in Vero Beach were a big success! Thank you to all of you who showed up. It was fantastic! We still have many more scheduled and we need YOU to show up! We will be wearing masks and social distancing. Signs will be provided, but if you have your own, feel free to bring them. Join us on:

Thursday, October 1^st, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the corner of Hwy. 510 and Hwy. 512 (Sebastian).

Monday, October 5^th, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the corner of A1A and Beachland Blvd. (on the barrier island).

Saturday, October 10^th, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the corner of Oslo (9^th St) and 27^th Ave. SW (South Vero, parking in Winn Dixie shopping mall).

Tuesday, October 13^th, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Sebastian Riverview Park (Sebastian).

Here are some more opportunities:

Every Friday, through October 29^th there will be sign waving and a car caravan in Sebastian. Meet at 3:45 p.m. in the parking lot behind the Speedway on U.S. 1, across from Riverview Park. The sign waving event will last for one hour and the car caravan for about an hour and a half. Decorate your car to drive in the caravan, or bring signs to wave (homemade signs are always welcomed).

There will also be a sign waving and caravan event this Sunday, October 4^th at 10:45 a.m. in Fellsmere. Meet on the East Side of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church on Hwy 512. Masks and social distancing of 6 feet is mandatory. Some signs will be provided but bring your own creative signs too. Vote by mail forms will also be available. Contact
[email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or 321-205-4079 for more information.

Also, we have a group that is busy in Fellsmere and Wabasso contacting Hot Democrats and putting signs in their yards, reaching out to businesses to help get residents registered to vote and vote by mail, and holding Socially Distance Rallies. We hope to do a caravan there next weekend. Anyone who would like to help in Fellsmere or Wabasso, please contact Kelly at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

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Volunteer Opportunity with Florida Rights Restoration Coalition

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** The official Democratic policy and the Biden campaign’s policy is to run a virtual volunteering effort during this election cycle. However, if anyone you know would like to help restore the voting rights to “Returning Citizens,” there is a non-profit, The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), that is looking for volunteers. The FRRC passed Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to over 1.4 million Returning Citizens (people with past convictions). The organization is now working all over Florida and they have funds to help . FRRC takes care of the fines and court fees of returning citizens so that they may be able to vote. But they only have until October 5^th to register these individuals.

The FRRC’s website is [link removed] and you can go to “Get Involved” and “Volunteer” to sign up to help. They are looking for people to knock on doors or leave literature on door knobs, but also their form says they are doing calling and texting.


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** Canvassing for Jim Kennedy
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Jim Kennedy's campaign is looking for volunteers to place door hangers in Indian River County. They are targeting NPAs and will work with volunteers to define and deliver turfs close to their home/precincts to work on their own time. They are focusing on NPAs with VBM ballots now and will transition to other NPAs as early voting begins. Please contact Joanne Terry at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or 321-684-3295 if you are interested.


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** Phone Banking/Texting
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The Biden campaign is currently phone banking and texting. These calls are “Persuasion Calls.” You may be calling Republicans and No Party Affiliation voters to persuade them to vote for Joe Biden. If you are interested in volunteering for this, click on the links below, sign up online and the Biden campaign will reach out to you with more details.

*Please note that since our Indian River County phone bankers did such an amazing job, the Biden Campaign is done making calls in our county. They are now focusing on East Central Florida, specifically Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, and Melbourne that need help with phone banking. So please, keep making those calls!

Phone Banking:

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** Florida Democratic Party
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The Florida Democratic Party is now texting Voting Guides for each county to voters. So many Democrats have signed up to vote by mail — but we need your help to remind them to fill out their ballots and send it in! This is a statewide text bank that will also send Democrats who are voting by mail their personalized #SunshineSlate Democratic voting guides. We are doing everything we can to help voters so November can bring victories up and down the entire ballot! Sign up here to help:

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The Florida Voter Protection Team has set up an open virtual phone bank to contact approximately 27,000 Florida voters, with Democrat support scores of 60 or higher, whose Vote by Mail (VBM) ballots were returned as "undeliverable" during the August Primary. We have precious little time to help these voters update their mailing addresses and request a new VBM ballot. We need experienced phone bank volunteers to help call through this list now through September 30. Once the list has been called through once, it will be sent to a second round.

Training slides are available here:
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The Phone Bank link is here:
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** Letters to the Editor
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Our local newspaper, TC Palm, accepts letters to the editor from anyone. Wouldn’t you like to see letters from Indian River County residents supporting Biden in the newspaper every day? Well, let’s make it happen! We have 2 more months to share why Biden is the best candidate for the job, so write your letter today! To submit a Letter to the Editor, go to: [link removed]


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** Poll Watchers
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This election season is the most important one many of us have had in our lifetime. The safety and security of our voters is imperative. We must ensure that every vote is counted and valid. One way for us to do that, is to have Democratic Poll Watchers in the voting locations. This is a vital volunteer position. Poll Watchers are needed for Election Day (November 3). If you are interested in being a Poll Watcher, send an email to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])


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** Postcard Writing
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Want to write postcards to voters in swing states, including Florida? Here are a couple of programs that do just that.

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** Resist Bot
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Resist Bot is an amazing and super easy texting tool to use with numerous advocacy options. With Resist Bot you can write your own letters to Congress, State officials and even the President; access phone numbers of officials anytime; create your own petition for others to sign and see trending petitions; even get 3 newspaper front pages every morning. It took me about 1 minute to sign 2 petitions and send letters to Scott and Rubio asking them to hold off voting a new Supreme Court Justice and to stop forced hysterectomies on ICE detainees. To start using Resist Bot, use your mobile phone and go to [link removed]



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** REGISTER TO VOTE
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If you know someone who hasn’t registered to vote, let them know about this event tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.!

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** WE HAVE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES!!!
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This November not only will you be voting for a new President, but also local Congressional and State seats.

Jim Kennedy is running to unseat Bill Posey. Posey has been in his position for 12 years and it is time for a new member of Congress to represent us. You can learn more about Jim at [link removed]


Al Griffiths is a candidate for Florida House Seat 54, running against Erin Grall. Learn more about Al at:

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Scott Fretwell, is running against Debbie Mayfield for Florida Senate Seat 17. Learn more about Scot at:

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[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Both Al Griffiths and Scot Fretwell are looking for volunteers for their campaign. If you have time to help these candidates, please reach out to them ASAP.

Please come by our office to pick up FREE yard signs for these candidates!

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** DEMOCRATIC CLUB NEWS
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October’s Democratic Club speaker will be Indian River's Supervisor of Elections, Leslie Swan. Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 14th. Leslie will be speaking at about 6:05 p.m. so please log in early. You will receive the Zoom link closer to the date. If you are not a Club member, please email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) to receive the Zoom link.

Beach Cleanup

The International Coastal Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, October 17^th. The Democratic Club and the Democratic Women's Club Environmental Committee are hoping to put a team together. It should be safe: we will be outdoors, wear masks and keep our distances. Anyone interested can contact Claudia Martino [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])


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DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S CLUB NEWS
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The next DWC Virtual Luncheon will be on Saturday, October 10^th. Planned speakers are Alison Morano, Strategic Director for Biden-Harris 2020 and Adrienne Bogen, Women for Biden Leader. If you are not a DWC member and would like to join the discussion, email Pat O'Hara at pattiohara [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .


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** IMPORTANT VOTE BY MAIL DATES
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* October 5 – deadline to register to vote
* October 12 – ballots can begin to be canvassed
* October 24, 5 p.m. – deadline to request ballot be mailed to voter
* November 3, 7 p.m. – SOE must receive completed ballots from in-state and absent stateside voters
* November 5, 5 p.m – deadline to cure ballots with signature mismatches
* November 13 – SOE must receive completed ballots from overseas voters




THIS WEEK WITH JOE BIDEN

* Yesterday, Jill and Joe Biden embarked on the “Build Back Better Express” train tour to travel across eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania— areas that went to Trump in 2016. Vice President Biden and Dr. Biden launched the tour in Cleveland, Ohio where he gave remarks on what’s at stake in this election, how Donald Trump has failed working families, and what Biden will do as President to rebuild the middle class. You can watch full remarks HERE ([link removed]) .


* Yesterday, the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) endorsed Joe Biden for President. And on Monday, former Montana Governor and Republican National Committee Chair Marc Racicot endorsed Biden as well. And Governor Marc Racicot endorsed ([link removed]) Joe Biden during a Yellowstone Public Radio interview.


* Tuesday night, Joe Biden won the first presidential debate of the General Election! At the debate, Joe Biden exhibited statesmanlike leadership and spoke to the American people about his plan to heal the nation and build our country back better.

* Kamala Harris travelled to Raleigh, North Carolina to deliver remarks on the Supreme Court and what's at stake in this election for the American people, from the Affordable Care Act to other issues affecting their everyday lives.

* On Sunday, Vice President Biden delivered remarks on what President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee means for American’s future, rights, livelihood and their access to affordable and quality health care. Biden urged Americans to vote and let their Senators know that they want to be heard before the Senate votes to confirm a new Justice. And he also urged every Senator to take a step back and do what is right for the country.

* On Saturday, Senator Harris will participate in the virtual 111th NAACP National Convention to discuss racial injustice, the global pandemic, and the Biden-Harris vision for the future of America, which will be open press.

* On Friday, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, and Kamala Harris paid their respects to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Capitol.

* Former Pennsylvania Republican Governor Tom Ridge endorsed Joe Biden for President of the United States. In an op-ed ([link removed]) in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Governor Ridge wrote, “Joe Biden has the experience and empathy necessary to help us navigate not only the pandemic, but also other issues that have fractured our nation, including social injustice, income inequality, and immigration reform.”


* Biden for President released a new ad featuring a veteran who was severely injured in a blast while serving overseas and lambasts Trump for his reported comments about American soldiers. “Sergeant King ([link removed]) ” will be on television and digital platforms in key battleground states targeting media markets and areas with a high number of military households and veterans, including Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Wisconsin

* Superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced his support for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in a video ([link removed]) . Johnson cited Biden and Harris’ compassion and heart, as well as their long careers standing with working families.


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UPCOMING VIRTUAL EVENTS WITH BIDEN/HARRIS TEAM
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There are numerous virtual events you can attend with some high profile figures over the next few weeks. Click on the links for registration and cost information.


Thursday, October 1

Virtual Conversation with Sen. Ted Kaufman & Amb. Mark Gitenstein
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Raise Every Voice with Ali Stroker, The O'Jays,
José André Montaño, Melissa Gilbert, Itzhak Perlman, & Sen. Tammy Duckworth
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Children and Families Virtual Fundraiser with Valerie Jarrett & Carmel Martin, BFP Senior Policy Advisor
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Virtual Foreign Policy Conversation with Sec. Madeleine Albright
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Friday, October 2

Virtual Conversation with Joe Biden
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Tuesday, October 6

African American Leadership Finance Council Presents: A Virtual Conversation with VP Joe Biden
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Virtual Conversation about the U.S.-Israel Relationship with Amb. Dan Shapiro
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Wednesday, October 7

Virtual Conversation on Making Americans Safer
at Home and Abroad with Amb. Susan Rice, Former U.S. National Security Advisor, Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
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Thursday, October 8

Virtual Conversation on Restoring America's International Leadership with Sec. Madeleine Albright & Amb. Samantha Power
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Women for Biden & Women's Leadership Forum
United for Victory Series: Women Who Lead
with Jen O'Malley Dillon, BFP Campaign Manager,
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** That’s all folks. Stay healthy!!!
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