PM Weekly Memo for Monday November 7, 2022: Vote!! Claim Your Power, Save Our Democracy
[Pre-header]: Our weekly newsletter covering the 2022 election and news you can use!

Dear Friend,

This is it! Decision time for voters across the country and across our state. If you or your family members haven’t yet voted, you need to go to the polls tomorrow! Polls open at 7:00 a.m. We strongly recommend that you go in the morning and take care of this important civic duty before getting into the rest of your day and risking an unforeseen issue that prevents you from getting to your polling place in time. If you’ve received your ballot by mail be sure to drop it at a drop box today or tomorrow before 8:00 p.m.

Questions about voting? Check out this guide. Folks who are not registered can still register to vote and vote in person tomorrow.
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This election year, we’re taking our demands for a more just and inclusive Maryland to the ballot box. We have a chance to vote for candidates and ballot measures that will support our communities and protect our democracy. Be sure to vote up and down the ballot: all of these elected officials matter in our day to day lives because of the important decisions they make.

Your vote makes a difference and volunteering will help us talk to voters in the next 24 hours.Make phone calls tonight and tomorrow:

Sign up to phone bank: [link removed]

Text bank with our Election Day team: : [link removed]

Thank you! Look for posts and pictures on social media from our folks in the field tomorrow! Stay tuned for information about Election Night Returns Watching and a debrief next week on November 17.

Here’s to victory!

In solidarity,
The Progressive Maryland Team









📝 Election Corner
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Click here for answers to your questions about voting.
In-person at voting location on Election Day : Nov 8

If you encounter issues, call the Election Protection Hotline at 202-833-1200 or visit their website here.


Check out PM’s endorsed candidates



Task Forces and Issue Campaigns Updates:

Health Care For All
On the national level, People’s Action launched a grassroots Care Over Cost campaign this year! Read more about it in the In These Times article about wrongful denials of claims by insurance companies like Elevance. PA’s Care Over Cost campaign We’re getting ready for the state legislative session which starts on January 11 where we’ll be working to lower Rx prices at the state level, end the burden of Medical Debt and to expand healthcare services for Marylanders in need. We need more folks to take part in this critical campaign to fight corporate greed in our healthcare system. To join us, contact Patty.

Campaign For Justice and Ending the War on Drugs
Justice is on the ballot this year! We’ve been door knocking and phone banking voters to urge a FOR vote on Question 4 to legalize cannabis. Punitive marijuana laws fueled mass incarceration and widespread racist policing practices.Legalization has many benefits, including redirecting public resources spent on thousands of arrests to community needs and social services.

If you’re interested in joining our efforts, please contact Kurt or Dev.


Returning Citizens Task Force (RCTF)
Check with Kurt for our upcoming meetings schedule.




Local Chapter Updates:

Frederick County: Sheriff’s Race
The Sheriff’s race here embodies the growing state and national campaign to win better policing practices and build more local progressive power.Our chapter is campaigning to elect a new Sheriff who will focus on building trust with the community and transforming the office.To volunteer tonight or on Election Day, contact Zack .
Progressive Harford County
Join Zack and other Chapter leaders and PM members for our Get Out the Vote Phone banks tonight and tomorrow. [link removed]


Lower Shore Progressive Caucus
LSPC is door knocking every day to get the word out about several outstanding progressive candidates. Help turn more of this beautiful part of our state blue. Contact [email protected] . Or check for GOTV events here: [link removed]

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State and National News:
People are voting tomorrow all over the country, every state – “the great mystery of democracy” as a 20th-century political sage called it will actually happen and the polls will be history, right or wrong. The era of early voting including mail-in has muddled that sense of one-day-settles-all. Here is the morning tally from Pluribus News: More than 40.5 million Americans have voted already this year, according to University of Florida political scientist Michael McDonald’s U.S. Elections Project. In the 23 states where voters register by party, Democrats hold a 43%-34% turnout edge.
Also in News You Can Use this week: Election disruption attempts in Maryland and some other states; Congress's "lame duck" session; Wes Moore gets ink; a West Virginia refugee crisis here? Read on.
Get the details on all these pressing topics in News You Can Use, our blog of Maryland and national progressive concerns. If you need an incentive to vote progressive, look no further.
Progressive Maryland BlogSpace:
We value creating space for our members to express their thoughts on any issues related to our campaigns. Have an idea for a blog post? You can submit writing, film, graphic design, etc. to be published on our website to the blog moderator Woody.
New Today – Tomorrow: "The Great Mystery of Democracy" -- then the year-round fight to keep it
Struggles for kids learning – and for families fighting inflation and greed – top the News You Can Use
Shaky performance on environment, grid cleanup draws notice -- news you can use
Voting (and your plan) gets clearer; schools, new laws and more
Mail ballots will be counted on time; caregiving, education recovery and mental health on Assembly agenda
>>Read more on the homepage of progressivemaryland.org

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