People For Member, We're now ONE WEEK out from the first key election of 2021: California's governor recall. We need to keep up the drumbeat and make sure that people vote NO on the recall by or before September 14 – and we'll need your help to do that. We wanted to make sure you saw Ben's message inviting you to an exclusive briefing featuring People For Co-Founder Norman Lear and civil rights leader and People For board member Dolores Huerta on the CA recall and why your help in this last week will be so critical. Thank you for helping us keep our country's largest state blue! – People For's Digital Team ----[previous message]---- Friend, California leads the country on progressive reforms, from environmental regulations designed to dampen the severity of climate change to increasing access to the ballot box. But if the Far Right’s recall of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is successful eleven days from now, all of that progress would go right out the window. The story of how we got here is complicated, so here at People For the American Way we wanted to make sure our members have a chance to hear directly from experts on the issue – and on why it’s so important each and every one of us gets involved to get out the vote against the recall. Right now, Gov. Newsom is polling within the margin of error against radical right-wing radio host Larry Elder – and having Elder as governor would be catastrophic for all the issues most important not only to Californians, but also to progressives nationwide. At the briefing, Norman, Dolores, and I will talk about how Gov. Newsom’s policies align with our progressive goals, and how we cannot afford to let the most progressive state in the country fall to a far-right candidate like Elder. And most importantly, we’ll share what you can do, no matter where you live, to make sure that California votes NO on the recall. Progressives need to go all-in to stop the radical right takeover of our nation's largest state – please help us make sure that the right-wing’s recall effort does not succeed. Thank you for working with us to help California fend off this latest far-right outrage. Ben Jealous, President
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