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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
July 2, 2020 at 6:28 PM

Step One to defeating Trump: Get trained up!

Email Campaign Sign up for our first volunteer training Hi John,  The year is halfway over and we’re on a mission to expand vote-by-mail. Good news because we just got access to the tools we need to reach out to voters which means we need YOU to join us to volunteer!  Our first volu…
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  Suzy · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 11:23 PM

Wear a mask and vote-by-mail

Email Campaign Our plan and why we need your help Hi John,  "Wear a mask and vote-by-mail" is pretty much our go-to slogan for 2020. We need to flatten the curve and defeat Donald Trump. Here's the problem we need to solve: Only 10.7% of voters in key swing states -- Michigan, Penns…
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
June 30, 2020 at 12:48 AM

News: Trump's reelection campaign is suing to make it harder to vote at home in key swing state

Email Campaign Pulling out all the stops to keep people from accessing the ballot box "The Trump campaign is suing Pennsylvania over how to run the 2020 election" - The Philadelphia Inquirer Hi John,  How is Trump getting out the vote in 2020? His campaign is suing to stop Pennsylva…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
June 29, 2020 at 5:38 PM

We're lucky to have you supporting vote-by-mail -- now your donation is matched

Email Campaign Hi John,  We have a serious fight on our hands and we're excited to tell you today that a donor has agreed to match all contributions to support our grassroots vote-by-mail movement. It's our first end-of-quarter deadline as an organization and the pressure is on to …
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  Ben & Suzy · [email protected]
June 28, 2020 at 10:25 PM

A message to meet the moment

Email Campaign Unlike Trump, we take what our words seriously, so we don’t say this lightly Hi John,  Before we start here, we want to make it clear that we debated internally here for a while about this message. We don’t want to be an organization that engages in hyperbole and outr…
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  Ben Tyson · [email protected]
June 27, 2020 at 7:21 PM

Join the "Ignore The Polls And Do Something" club

Email Campaign Hi John,  Every Election Day these past few months we hold our breath and watch as voters are forced to wait in line to cast their ballots. Who would have thought 2020 would turn out like this? It’s even worse knowing that Republican officials in those same states are d…
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
June 27, 2020 at 1:19 AM

Breaking: SCOTUS deals serious blow to vote-by-mail in key swing state

Email Campaign It's up to the grassroots movement “U.S. Supreme Court declines Texas Democrats' request to allow all Texans to vote by mail” John -- Texas is the state to flip in 2020 and Republicans know it. That’s why the state’s Attorney General threatened to file lawsuits against a…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
June 26, 2020 at 7:42 PM

2000% increase in vote-by-mail in Kentucky

Email Campaign We’re shocked by these stats John -- Kentucky is on track to break primary voting records and vote-by-mail played a major role. Let’s look at the big picture: In 2016, 38,112 Kentuckian voted by mail.  In 2020, they’re on track to reach nearly 800,000 absentee ballots…
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  Ben Tyson · [email protected]
June 25, 2020 at 11:31 PM

Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining

Email Campaign John, I still remember when this campaign manager I worked with years ago introduced me to the phrase “don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining" when I tried to deflect on some not-so-impressive numbers in my weekly report. Anyway, it really stuck with me and to…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
June 24, 2020 at 7:22 PM

COVID Cases On The Rise: Demand Texas Expand Vote-By-Mail

Email Campaign We can protect our democracy and our health John, A few things we're worried about right now:  Texas is surging with people testing positive for COVID-19. Texas does not allow everyone to vote-by-mail.  This is a problem. With 132 until Election Day, Texas officials m…
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  Kentucky Election Update · [email protected]
June 23, 2020 at 5:48 PM

One polling place for an entire county

Email Campaign Stomach is in knots John, It's like a slow tidal wave of voter suppression has been building up in Kentucky and is now crashing down as people head to the polls today. All eyes are on Jefferson County where half of Black Kentuckians live, but has just one polling plac…
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
June 22, 2020 at 5:43 PM

It's 2020 and all I can think about is snail mail

Email Campaign It's our ticket to making the 2020 elections more accessible Hi John,  I could never have predicted that in 2020, the year we get the chance to defeat Trump, I'd be obsessed with mail. Yes, "snail mail." That's because my background is in digital communications in vot…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
June 21, 2020 at 8:02 PM

This Tuesday: 17,310 voters for 1 polling place

Email Campaign This is voter suppression Wisconsin, Georgia, and now Kentucky…Kentucky's primary election will happen on Tuesday with 3,500 FEWER polling places than what’s normally open. That’s 1 polling place for every 17,310 voters -- a 94.6% cut, John. We’re in the middle of…
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  Ben Tyson · [email protected]
June 20, 2020 at 8:02 PM

Pop quiz: What song from the 1970s best describes Trump these days?

Email Campaign Think "crazy" John, Not sure if anyone else has a classic weekend playlist, but when Jackson Browne’s “Running on Empty” came up on mine this morning while I was reading the latest article about Trump’s attacks on vote-by-mail in Politico, I couldn’t help but find it …
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
June 19, 2020 at 5:46 PM

Honor Juneteenth every year, in a big way

Email Campaign Liberation from enslavement Hi John,  It's Juneteenth and we're honored to be celebrating this historic holiday. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas bringing news of the Emancipation Proclamation and that the enslaved people were free. It’s th…
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  Ben Tyson · [email protected]
June 18, 2020 at 12:38 AM

John, it's easy to imagine what we could face on Election Day

Email Campaign Republican politicians are setting voters up to fail "Some voters waited two to three hours Tuesday at the Park Tavern polling place in Atlanta. Many voters said they requested absentee ballots but never received them." - The Atlanta Journal Constitution.  Hi J…
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
June 17, 2020 at 5:37 PM

BREAKING: Georgia refuses to send absentee ballot applications to voters

Email Campaign Disappointing news from the Republican Secretary of State Hi John, It was just over one week ago when we saw the disaster unfold in Georgia’s elections with people waiting in line to vote for three, four, even five hours.  How does the state’s top election official r…
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
June 16, 2020 at 1:00 AM

We're short = applications don't get sent out

Email Campaign Our first mid-month goal John -- the response to our grassroots movement for vote-by-mail has been incredible. Thousands of people have signed up to volunteer and so many of you have donated to get mail-in ballots directly to voters.  Our plan is simple: Send mail-in …
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
June 15, 2020 at 4:45 PM

Ya hate to see it

Email Campaign Republicans block vote-by-mail Hi John,  FIRST >> Iowa saw record turnout in the the primary after election officials made it easier to vote-by-mail.  THEN >> Republicans in the legislature pushed a bill to stop the Secretary of State from mailing absentee…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
June 13, 2020 at 8:22 PM

Make one call to help save the U.S. Postal Service

Email Campaign Vote-by-mail depends on funding the Postal Service Hi John,  We are careening toward a September deadline when the U.S. Postal Service will be unfunded. Thankfully, there's something you can do about it. Please take a few minutes to call your senators and ask them to …
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
June 13, 2020 at 12:52 AM

"Urgency" is the word of the day (okay, all of 2020)

Email Campaign "Coronavirus chaos in Georgia, Wisconsin a 'warning sign' for Democrats" Coronavirus chaos in Georgia, Wisconsin a 'warning sign' for Democrats - Politico John,  It really feels like the country is starting to wake up to the urgency around the dire need to pivot to vo…
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  Ben Tyson · [email protected]
June 12, 2020 at 7:51 PM

Long but worth reading (our path to victory)

Email Campaign The numbers behind how we win in November Alright, John, let’s talk about The Election. Everyone’s favorite and least favorite topic at the same time. Fair warning, this email is long, but I pull back the curtain the number of voters we need to reach and how we can re…
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
June 10, 2020 at 8:56 PM

Waiting in line till 3AM to vote

Email Campaign This is exactly how Republicans win in November John - my stomach is in knots after seeing voters in Georgia, South Carolina, and Nevada wait two, three, even SEVEN HOURS to cast their ballots yesterday. This is no accident. Election officials failed, particularly in…
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  Georgia Election Update · [email protected]
June 9, 2020 at 6:49 PM

[PETITION] Send mail-in ballots to every eligible voter

Email Campaign Long lines, voting machines that weren't working -- we must expand vote-by-mail John, The sun was barely up and problems were already flooding in from Georgia's election. Long lines. Machines that aren't working. Polling locations going unstaffed.  We hate to see this…
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  Ben & Suzy · [email protected]
June 9, 2020 at 1:02 AM

FWD: A sprinkle of good news

Email Campaign So close we can feel it Alright, John. We set a goal of raising $8,000 so we can reach out to Georgia voters on June 9th, as they're waiting in line to vote, and encourage them to sign up for a mail-in ballot for the fall. Georgia is a swing state in 2020 and could be…
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  Vote From Home · [email protected]
June 8, 2020 at 5:19 PM

Running out of time to reach Georgia voters

Email Campaign Hi John,  Georgia votes TOMORROW and we have the opportunity to reach out to voters and encourage them to cast their ballots by mail in November. It's the perfect opportunity: Send digital ads straight to people while they're waiting in line to vote tomorrow. We're r…
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  Ben & Suzy · [email protected]
June 6, 2020 at 6:33 PM

Just announced: Our new program to reach Georgians & expand vote-by-mail

Email Campaign Debuting these organizing tactics next week! Hi John,  We have big news!! Next Tuesday, during the Georgia primary election, we are debuting a new program that we believe will make a huge difference in the efficiency of vote-by-mail programs. With digital ads, we are …
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
June 5, 2020 at 10:47 PM

Stats on vote-by-mail that make me hopeful

Email Campaign If we’re going to win in 2020, we must get Americans to vote from home Hi John,  Jumping head-first into vote-by-mail is key to Democrats winning in 2020. Information is power and we want to share some stats on vote-by-mail. This is data that you can bring with you in…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
June 4, 2020 at 11:42 PM

Pondering the unthinkable

Email Campaign We are focusing our energy on an important task at hand Hi John,  Thousands of people are in the streets demanding justice for Black Americans, but at the same time we're seeing the boot of oppression remain on their necks in our nation's capital. What happened on Tue…
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
June 3, 2020 at 9:52 PM

John, our country is under attack

Email Campaign Focusing our energy on an important task at hand We have a mission in 2020, John: Step one: Get mail-in ballot applications directly to voters in swing states.  Step two: Defeat Donald Trump.  Trump has attacked our democracy with the clear goal of making it harder fo…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
June 2, 2020 at 8:49 PM

Gut check

Email Campaign Focusing our energy on an important task at hand Hi John,  We're here to ask you one question: Are you dedicated to defeating Donald Trump in November?  Getting him out of office is a major step to healing our country. That's why Vote From Home 2020 is focused on mak…
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
June 2, 2020 at 1:53 AM

Americans were just teargassed and shot with rubber bullets so the President could take a photo

Email Campaign We've reached a boiling point Hi John,  We've had enough. Just this evening, Donald Trump decided he wanted to take a stroll from the White House to a nearby church for a photo op. While he held up a bible and talked about making America great again, police were tear…
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  Ben Tyson · [email protected]
May 30, 2020 at 11:51 PM

$5 for vote-by-mail

Email Campaign They’re lying by claiming vote-by-mail is unsafe... Hi John,  This is our first fundraising goal and we’re falling short. It’s scary but not as terrifying as Trump’s plan to steal this election. Republicans are spending six-figures in one month on an ad campaign lyi…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 30, 2020 at 5:06 PM

What it’s like to look your evil twin in the eyes

Email Campaign They’re lying by claiming vote-by-mail is unsafe... Republicans have birthed an entire dark-money Super PAC that spent “$250,000 in advertisements in April, warning against voting by mail,” said The Guardian in an article this week. They're not going to stop and tha…
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
May 30, 2020 at 1:08 AM

Report: "COVID-19 Silenced Voters of Color in Wisconsin"

Email Campaign Analysis shows infection spread, creating unnecessary risk "Our analysis of 2020 election data shows how COVID exposed the flaws in our current election system and disproportionately affected Black and brown voters in Milwaukee. All cities and counties should take no…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 29, 2020 at 7:26 PM

We have a lot of things to fix in our country. Including systemic racism against Black Americans.

Email Campaign Black Americans are suffering and have been for centuries. Hi John, We were supposed to send you an email asking to help us reach our first monthly fundraising goal. Instead, we want to ask you to support a fund that’s helping people protesting George Floyd’s brutal …
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 28, 2020 at 10:26 PM

Let them eat cupcakes

Email Campaign Standing in line to vote is just like this... John,  In the midst of a global pandemic, Trump and his staff think you should go stand in line to vote -- potentially risking exposure to COVID-19. “They wait in line at Georgetown cupcake for an hour to get a cupcake, s…
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
May 28, 2020 at 12:37 AM

RE: Desperate as an ice cube in hell

Email Campaign Overwhelming response to our poll. We need you to take the next step. Hi John,  We’ve seen an overwhelming response to our poll about Twitter removing Trump's tweets. It’s either a) the clever email subject line or b) real frustration that our own President gets away…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 27, 2020 at 6:55 PM

Desperate as an ice cube in hell

Email Campaign Our country deserves better than a leader who degrades democratic institutions Hi John, Trump is terrified of what will happen if more Americans vote this November. That’s why he’s STILL posting lies about vote-by-mail. Twitter decided to add a little fact-check noti…
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  Ben Tyson · [email protected]
May 27, 2020 at 12:03 AM

A boiled frog

Email Campaign Time to WAKE UP and jump before Trump cooks us all John -- you’ve probably heard the boiled frog analogy, right? After Trump first took office, talking heads and people on Twitter loved to mention the famous experiment where if you try to throw a frog into a pot of b…
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  Ben Tyson · [email protected]
May 25, 2020 at 3:32 AM

BREAKING NEWS that could stop vote-by-mail progress

Email Campaign GOP is suing in one of the most progressive states in the country Hi John, Republicans are on offense when it comes to stopping Americans from voting by mail. The GOP filed a lawsuit to keep California's Governor from sending absentee ballots to all registered voter…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 24, 2020 at 9:49 PM

Our newsletter (we swear it's worth reading)

Email Campaign What a week for vote-by-mail and 2020 elections! Hi John, There’s been a lot in the news recently about vote-by-mail and the impact of COVID-19 on the upcoming elections (including, of course, press about our launch). We want to take a break from our usual ask of $25…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 23, 2020 at 3:29 PM

It's been a wild week and we need a break.

Email Campaign Chaos is tiring Hi John, First -- we want to say THANK YOU since it’s been 10 days since we launched our grassroots organization to expand vote-by-mail.  Second -- it’s like Trump and Republicans knew that we would be mobilizing and reaching out to voters to make it …
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  Suzy Smith · [email protected]
May 22, 2020 at 9:52 PM

I want to hear your thoughts on a controversial topic

Email Campaign Who knew this would be the hot-button issue of 2020? John -- none of us could have predicted how unstable and heartbreaking 2020 would be. I imagined myself organizing in communities to defeat Donald Trump. Now with COVID-19, we are quickly re-inventing what it means…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 21, 2020 at 4:19 PM

John, are you up late worrying about the state of our country?

Email Campaign Us too. John -- It really feels like the wheels are coming off. Trump and Republicans are degrading faith in our elections, attacking states that expand vote-by-mail, and amassing a mob of supporters to stand “guard” at polling places across the country. Election Day…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 20, 2020 at 5:24 PM

[MAJOR WIN] Vote-by-mail expanded in Michigan

Email Campaign Making it easier for swing state voters to cast their ballots safely Hi John,  Just one week after Vote From Home 2020 launched, Michigan’s Secretary of State announced they will send absentee ballot applications to every voter!  We want election officials across the…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 19, 2020 at 5:22 PM

[EXPOSED] 50,000 Republicans Standing Guard at the Polls

Email Campaign A scary vision for November John -- Republicans are preparing for the November general election by building an ARMY of people who will stand “guard” at the polls and “challenge ballots and voters deemed suspicious.” Think about it: Partisan bystanders overseeing and …
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 18, 2020 at 6:21 PM

45 thinks what we’re doing is “horrible." I'm OKAY with that.

Worried he could stop us, that’s why we’re hurrying       Hi John,  You can judge someone by the enemies they make. Donald Trump HATES vote-by-mail efforts so we think we’re on the right track.  We’re happy to be called “horrible” by Trump and it motivates us to expand vote-by-mail. If we …
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 16, 2020 at 4:36 PM

Super short, must-read poll: Are you voting by mail?

Collecting this data is important for our work       Hi John,  Probably the shortest email you’ll read today. Are you planning to vote by mail in the general election this November? Let us know. Every state has different laws regarding voting from home, and you must be eligible in s…
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  Vote From Home 2020 · [email protected]
May 15, 2020 at 5:42 PM

John: We lost a Democratic seat in Congress this week. The outcome could have changed with expanded vote-by-mail.

Act now to keep this from happening in November       Not sure if you’ve seen this John: Democrats lost a special election this week. California’s 25th Congressional district will now be held by a Republican. Politico's analysis revealed that Democratic voters did not return their mail-in …
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