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We Have Agency – Share Resources Here & Thoughts After the Zooms

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I mentioned at the two zooms (last night and this evening) that I would put up a post where you can share any resources that might be helpful to the pilot state groups.

I think it’s fair to say that you guys at the zooms have inspired us all with your ideas, enthusiasm and your smarts.  I think Alan was right when he said that we are uniquely positioned to make a difference.

So share your resources if you want, and any thoughts you have after the two initial zooms.

And if you are on one of the state teams, please work out the day and time for your state team to meet – and let me know so I can get the zooms scheduled.

I will pair this with an Open Thread.

 

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  1. 1.

    Argiope

    Hi Team OH, I could meet anytime after 10 am this Friday during the day, or Sunday before 2 Eastern.  Trying to deliver a J&J shot to my 99 year old grandmother in the opposite end of the state on Saturday, so that day is out for me

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    Avalie (TX) sent me this:

    Brennan Center  https://www.brennancenter.org/

    Vote411  https://www.vote411.org/coronavirus

    Democracy Docket  https://www.democracydocket.com/

    Ballotpedia  https://ballotpedia.org

    Lawyers’ Committee  https://lawyerscommittee.org/state-election-law/

    Election Protection  https://866ourvote.org/

    The Fulcrum  https://thefulcrum.us/

    Electionline  http://www.electionline.org

    National Redistricting Foundation  https://redistrictingfoundation.org/litigation

    All Voting is Local  https://allvotingislocal.org/

    Campaign Legal Center  https://campaignlegal.org/

    MacArthur Justice Center

    Vote Save America  https://votesaveamerica.com/

    ACLU  https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights

    Voting Rights Lab  https://www.votingrightslab.org/

  5. 5.

    columbusqueen

    Sorry I missed tonight’s zoom–had a major plumbing problem to deal with. Let me know we’re meeting again.

  6. 6.

    ian

    Is there a place we can watch a recording, for those of us who couldn’t make it?  No biggie if no.

    Thanks for the links, they will be helpful.

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    @ian: the recording is 65 MB so I’m trying to figure out how to share it. I don’t have google drive or anything like that.  I’m sure I’ll figure it out, but nothing is jumping out at me.

    A few people took good notes, and Brant offered to transcribe the meeting. Stay tuned.

  11. 11.

    Nancy

    Pennsylvania team:
    Meeting times for July 9 and 10–the coming weekend.
    Friday: late afternoon/early evening–hope to be finished before 9 PM* since my ability to think logically is often gone by that time.
    I’m free on Saturday morning thru evening.

    I work on Sunday so I’m not really available before 8 PM, then see above about 9 PM.

    *Years of working in the public school system mean that I usually wake up at around 5 AMish, explaining my fadeout at 9 PM. That used to seem like the beginning of the evening in my younger days. Those days are gone.
    While I’m awake I want to rock this work. I’m excited; the zoom inspired me.

  14. 14.

    Argiope

    Since tomorrow is Friday how about team Ohio meets Sunday 7/11 at 1 pm Eastern?

  16. 16.

    Josie

    @Nancy: I’m in central (Tx). Saturday would okay for me. What time?​
     Oops, this should have been a reply to Avalie. Sorry

  21. 21.

    featheredsprite

    The Brennan Center doesn’t have any recent info on voter restrictions in Ohio. Lots on other states but not Ohio.

    Vote 411 is League of Women Voters. They have good descriptions of how things are but I didn’t see anything on upcoming legislation.

  22. 22.

    Kathleen

    For Ohio, a couple of links to the State Legislature’s web site:

    Link to status of pending legislation

    https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/status-reports

    General link to Ohio Legislature’s web site, which is pretty good:

    https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/search

    Also – FYI – I got email from DNC today with different workshops on community engagement being offered so I’m just passing this along (apologies for the clunky copy and paste job). At the bottom there’s information on phone bank in Michigan.

    Here are some ways you can take action.

    Training
    Precinct Executive Training
    Hosted by Butler County Democratic Party
    224 Park Ave, Hamilton, OH

    New Precinct Executive? Would you just like a refresher? Join us for a discussion on your role and responsibilities as a Precinct Executive.
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  23. 23.

    Kathleen

    @WaterGirl: Hi, Water Girl. I have post in moderation and it’s because I have too many links. Can you please free me? Thanks!

  26. 26.

    Kathleen

    @WaterGirl:  Thanks! I ended up just posting the two links and sent you an email with the workshop info I got from the DNC. Thank you again

    Duh! You can disregard my email! Synapses aren’t firing on all cylinders today.

  27. 27.

    Suburban Mom

    Team Florida @Ian and @Faithful Lurker  I’d like to propose our meeting to be held Saturday at 1 PM ET.  If that doesn’t work for you please suggest an alternative.

  29. 29.

    Nancy

    @Josie: does that mean you are not a PA person? :-(

     

    I’m wondering if I’m in the wrong place for Pennsylvania action. I’m Eastern Standard time and open to suggestion for this evening–Friday and Saturday.

  30. 30.

    Kathleen

     

    Ohio FYI:

    I just got this information today from Common Cause about action related to redrawing of District maps.

    They’re looking for Fair Districts volunteers to “continue to pressure mapmakers to live up to their

    obligations to create fair maps.” For more information:

    Are you interested in getting more involved as a Fair Districts volunteer? Join our Fair Districts All Volunteer Huddle, at 6pm on July 14. This is the first of what will be monthly calls.
    RSVP TODAY

  31. 31.

    brantl

    I found  on the voting rights lab that the information is downloadable, makes a CSV file that imports fairly seamlessly into Open Office, would probably do the same in Excel. I will organize it by bill number, and count the rows, and take the first half, to move into the balloon-juice acceptable spreadsheet, unless you know how to construct a macro, to tanspose the information? Anybody got a handle on how that’s done? It would be a big time-saver for all states?

  32. 32.

    Madeleine

    Here are some more national organizations, some of which have lists of local groups:

    National site of League of Women Voters: https://www.lwv.org; the site includes a list of local Leagues. State groups may have legislative information, ex., in MI there is a list of current bills addressing voting rights.

    Indivisible, https://indivisible.org; Indivisible is organized by local groups and a list is available at this site (also elsewhere). Some group sites have information about resources, including other local groups.

    VoteVets: https://votevets.org; it works to elect progressive veterans at all levels of govt. I haven’t explored it further to determine relevance.

    Downballot Progress: https://downballotprogress.com/about/; , this is a very progressive organization that just turned up in my email a couple days ago. I haven’t looked into them any further yet. They: research state lege’s; lobby legislators; train campaign staffers, recruit volunteers.

    Swing Left: https://swingleft.org/; they also list local organizations, duplicate a lot of Indivisible.

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