Three days into sham hearings, one thing is clear: Republicans will do everything they can to seat Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court. To protect the healthcare of all Americans, reproductive freedom, and LGBTQ+ rights, our Members of Congress must do everything in their power to stop the nomination.
We must do our best to stop this nomination. Even if we don’t succeed, our fight is important in another way: we will make very clear that we will not allow right-wing extremists in our government to harm people without consequence. Here’s what you should do.
- Call your Senators and tell them: Defend Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat! By withholding quorum, our Senators can slow down the nomination process at least until after the election.
- Call your Representatives and tell them: Defend Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat! Our Representatives, especially Speaker Pelosi, can also help slow and stop the nomination process by passing legislation that requires immediate Senate action ahead of other business, like amendments to Senate bills, articles of impeachment, and more.
- Join our contingent at the San Francisco Women’s March for Our Rights on Saturday, October 17, at 11 AM. Hosted by Women’s March, League of Women Voters, NARAL, and others, this event will show our Members of Congress that we’re serious about protecting our rights and those of our neighbors.
The ISF contingent will meet at the steps of the Asian Art Museum at 10:45 AM. Bring a sign if you have one—and be sure to wear a mask!
Letter-writers: It’s almost time for the Big Send!
If you wrote letters to voters with VoteForward, Saturday is the day of the Big Send! Vote Forward is asking 2020 GOTV letter-writers to send their letters on Saturday, October 17th. They did the math and this Saturday is the optimal time to send your letters, so don’t delay. Make sure they’re marked with first-class postage.
Don’t have postage or envelopes? If you live in San Francisco, we can pick up your letters and mail them for you. E-mail [email protected] with the subject line “VoteForward Letter Pickup” and we’ll be in touch.
If you wrote postcards with Postcards to Swing States (Postcards 2 Wisconsin, Postcards 2 Michigan, etc), your mail date is coming up soon as well. Please follow instructions on their website. You can use 35¢ postcard stamps for postcards. (Letter stamps will also work—you just need 35¢ or more of First-Class postage, and a letter stamp is 55¢.)
Don’t delay—vote TODAY!
The time has come—the 2020 Election is NOW. If you’re registered to vote, you will soon receive your ballot by mail, if it hasn’t already arrived. Considering the urgency, now is the time to follow the plan you made to vote as early as possible. Be an #OctoberVoter and get your ballot in well before November.
Tracking your ballot, before you get it and after you cast it: California is providing online, email, text, and phone hotline resources to voters to check the status of their ballot this year. San Francisco voters can track their ballot on the Voter Portal at https://sfelections.org/voterportal; voters throughout the state can sign up for ballot tracking notifications at https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-status/wheres-my-ballot.
Haven’t gotten anything in the mail about this election? Check your voter registration status right now. Yes, even California purges its voter rolls, so if you haven’t voted in a few elections, you may have been removed. If you’ve moved or changed your name, your registration may be out of date. It never hurts to check and it only takes a minute.
Not registered to vote? Get on that ASAP! You’ll need to register by Monday, October 19, to receive a ballot in the mail. Register to vote TODAY. We recommend you do so as early as possible—this year, we can’t afford to leave anything until the last minute. You can register to vote quickly and easily at https://registertovote.ca.gov/—do it now!
If you miss the deadline, don’t fret—ask about Conditional Voter Registration at your polling place or at the Voting Center.
Looking for guidance? The presidential race isn’t the only thing to vote on. There are California propositions and City ballot measures, and we have our ballot guides plus other resources on our vote page. This page also links to all of the information described above—it’s your one-stop shop for all the information you’ll need to make your voice heard in this election.
Make a plan NOW to vote.
You can mail in your ballot using our beloved Postal Service—the earlier the better. Every county will also have places where you can drop it off early; in San Francisco, that will be the Voting Center in front of Bill Graham Auditorium, near City Hall. If you leave it until Election Day, you can drop off your ballot at your local polling place.
Learn everything you need to know to vote in 2020.
Protect the vote. Our democracy is at a critical turning point right now, and we need to stay informed, stay alert, and stay active. If you want to do more to protect democracy than cast your own vote, you can help get out the vote, serve as a poll worker, monitor the count, and counter disinformation. You can read more about all of these options on our blog.
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ISF General Meeting: Sunday, October 18, 1–3 PM via Zoom. Register here to join our online meeting. The meeting is open to anyone interested in resisting Trump's radical agenda of hate, division, and greed.
Women’s March: Saturday, October 17, 11 AM–12 PM at Civic Center. Join our contingent at the San Francisco Women’s March for Our Rights. Hosted by Women’s March, League of Women Voters, NARAL, and others, this event will show our Members of Congress that we’re serious about protecting our rights and those of our neighbors! The ISF contingent will meet at the steps of the Asian Art Museum at 10:45 AM. Bring a sign if you have one—and be sure to wear a mask!
Wednesday, October 14, 5:15–6:15 PM: Indivisible National Phone Bank Training and Calling. With the election coming up so quickly, we need to take every opportunity to talk to voters. If you want to get involved, sign up for this phone banking training followed by calling voters in key states! RSVP here.
Thursday, October 15, 12–2 PM: Thursday Lunch for Biden & Harris. Make calls for competitive U.S. Senate races nationwide. RSVP here.
Saturday, October 17, 12–2 PM: Central Valley Phone Bank with DemAction SF. Join DemActionSF for a phone bank for key House races in the Central Valley. RSVP here.
Saturday, October 17, 12–3 PM: Indivisible GOTV Call-A-Thon: Payback Project Cardboard Caucus. Join the Indivisible team for our first of three Call-A-Thons to Get out the Vote. We'll be making calls to voters in key states—and having a lot of fun doing it together! RSVP here.
Saturday, October 17, 3–5 PM: U.S. Senate Phone Bank with DemAction SF. Make calls for competitive U.S. Senate races nationwide. RSVP here.
Sunday, October 18, 12–2 PM: Noon on Sundays with Biden and Harris with DemAction SF. Make calls for Biden for President. RSVP here.
Sunday, October 18, 1–7 PM: Phone Bank for AZ State Legislature with Sister District SF. Join Sister District SF, Swing Left SF, and Democracy Action SF every Sunday to get Arizona candidates Felicia French and Coral Evans elected and flip Arizona blue! RSVP here.
Sunday, October 18, 1–3:30 PM: NC Elections Phone Bank with DemAction SF. Make calls to flip North Carolina. RSVP here.
Sunday, October 18, 2:30–4:30 PM: Sundays with Biden and Harris with DemAction SF. Make calls for Biden for President. RSVP here.
Monday, October 19, 5:30–7 PM: Manny’s Monday Phone Bank for Biden-Harris. Make calls to flip the Senate and hold the House. RSVP here.
Tuesday, October 20, 3–5 PM: Phone Bank for Biden & Harris and Senate with DemAction SF. Call voters to take back the White House and Flip the Senate by “voting blue” . RSVP here.
Ongoing Events
Several organizations are running ongoing events daily or weekly until election day. Sign up for a shift on the dates below:
Seven days a week: Virtual Phone Banks with Flip the West. Flip the West and Commit to Flip Blue jointly host a virtual phone bank focused on flipping U.S. Senate seats, six days a week, right up until November 3. Sign up for a shift here.
Seven days a week: Spanish Language Phone Banks with Flip the West. Fluent Spanish-speakers are urgently needed to call Spanish-speaking voters about electing Democrats to the Senate and White House. Sign up for a shift here.
October 17–Nov 3, 7 AM–3 PM: GOTV Month for Tedra Cobb. We are looking for volunteers to join our team to phone bank for Tedra Cobb, who is running against Republican Elise Stefanik in NY-21. RSVP here.
Wednesdays: Pennsylvania Stands Up/Seed the Vote Phone Bank training. PASU will train you to phone bank to help support general election work between now and November. Sign up for a shift here.
Seven days a week: Audrey for Congress. Phone bank for Audrey Denney, the Democratic candidate in critical House district CA-1. Sign up for a shift here.
Multiple Shifts with Windivisible: Join Indivisible National’s phone banking effort. Their goals: Defeat Trump, Flip the Senate, and Hold the House. Sign up here.
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