I made a tough decision this morning, John.

In a meeting with our organizing team about this final week of early voting, we were talking through the latest turnout numbers. That’s when it became clear that, given the resources, we had a chance to bank a good number of additional votes before Election Day even gets here.

The resources were not in our budget before today, but I authorized the organizing team to put the plan into action.

Yes, that was a risk, but one that I felt was critical to take. Because while we knew turnout would be high, more people are voting early than we had projected, so we needed to make sure we could reach those who are still deciding.

I was comfortable making this risky decision on that bet that if we asked you, then enough people on this team would step up to fill the budget gap to make sure Lucy wins. So I’m hoping you’ll do that now — for Lucy and our movement.

Will you donate $3 today to help us quickly fill this budget gap created by our effort to bank even more early votes this week? It’d be a big problem to get caught without the funds we need right before Election Day.

Look, this was a very, very hard decision. But we’ve seen folks do incredible things for our movement when it mattered most, and we knew this was one of those moments.

We know how important it is to bank early votes in a state like Georgia, where Republican officials’ voter suppression tactics often create barriers for Democratic voters on Election Day. Executing this plan correctly will go a long way to reduce those risks for a number of our voters.

Thanks so much,

Jake Orvis
Campaign Manager

DONATE