Dear MoveOn member,

Because this election is so crucial, MoveOn members across the country are
engaging their friends and family in conversation about the importance of
voting. While speaking to my own best friend from high school, I asked her
about what it means for her to vote this year. What she told me is a story
of exhaustion and resilience. “Where do I begin?” she said. “I’m a mom who
is currently battling COVID-19 while working from home and also holding
down homeschooling for my son. I am tired, but I have to do everything in
my power to make sure the world is better for my family. That’s why I’m
voting, volunteering, texting, and talking to everyone I know about this
election.” 

Despite her exhaustion, her illness, her duty to her son and her
community—or perhaps because of how clearly it outlines what's at stake in
this election—this incredible woman has not stopped fighting for the
America she believes in: an America that belongs to all of us. 

[ [link removed] ]John, this is the final push for all of us to have a chance
at this America in this election. Do you have a plan to vote by November
3? Click here to find everything you need, including hours and locations
for voting and where to drop off your ballot.

The story my friend tells me is a story I’ve heard from MoveOn members
across the country: resilience and resistance mixed together to render a
powerful blossoming of revolutionary actions across all lines of
difference. We are showing up with each other, and that is giving us the
power to change the story of ourselves and our communities. 

When Republicans tried to dismantle the post office, to curb our ability
to vote, MoveOn members fought back in droves.^1 When they tried to trick
us with fake drop boxes we resisted.^2 When they tried to disenfranchise
us by restricting early voting, we turned out in record numbers.^3 When
they thought long voting lines would deter us, we danced to pass the
time.^4

They tried to make it harder for us to vote at every turn but, against all
odds, we are showing up. This is because we have a collective dream to be
better, stronger, more resilient, and better prepared as a nation to deal
with any challenges that come our way.

With one week left, this is our final opportunity to demonstrate our
resilience and our resistance. [ [link removed] ]This is our last opportunity to vote and
to show up for each other, no matter what curveballs they throw at us.
Will you make your plan to vote by November 3?

Election time is not just a time for action; it’s also a time for
reflection. It’s time to evaluate what has happened in the past four years
and to enumerate what it is that we want to see changed this time around.
Over 60 million Americans have taken their wishes to the ballot box, and
now it’s time to gather up and to cheer on the rest of us headed to vote
by November 3.

[ [link removed] ]If you’re one of those 60 million people who’ve already voted, let’s
keep the momentum going. Now’s the time to keep having conversations with
our friends and families to ensure they have what they need to vote.

Share this email with the people you love, tell them why voting is
important to you, and watch the video below to be inspired by the spirit
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Thank you for your resilience and your resistance. Thank you for showing
up at the polls. Thank you for dancing. For surviving. Thank you for
wearing your mask and social distancing in lines. Thank you for
homeschooling, caretaking—for texting, calling, volunteering, and for
talking to friends and family. Thank you for doing whatever it takes to
change our future. 

Let’s bring this win home together.

Thanks for all you do.

–Chrissy, Emma, Erica, Brieanna, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "‘Save the Post Office Saturday’ draws thousands of protesters
nationwide," The Washington Post, August 22, 2020
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2. "California GOP installed unofficial ballot drop-off boxes. State
officials say they’re illegal," The Washington Post, October 12, 2020
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3. "US early voting hits 58.6 million, surpassing all of 2016 early and
absentee voting," The Hill, October 25, 2020
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4. "People Are Obsessed With This Video Of Voters In Philadelphia Doing
The 'Cha Cha Slide,'" BuzzFeed News, October 25, 2020 
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Want to support our work? As Senator Elizabeth Warren says, "If you are
committed to helping win this life-or-death fight, now is the moment to
step up. MoveOn and I are giving this fight our all." With just days left
in one of the most consequential elections in U.S. history, we have an
urgent question: 

Will you chip in to help MoveOn power a blue wave, defeat Trump, and flip
the Senate?



[ [link removed] ]Click here to chip in $3 or whatever you can afford.





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