I’m pretty sure we are all tired, I know I am.
And half of us are probably eating ramen noodles because we dug deep for this election.
But GA is most definitely within the margin of effort. So can we do this one more time?
We funded 27 pairs of boots on the ground for AZ before Nov 8.
After helping drive voter turnout in Arizona, Worker Power – a project associated with Unite Here labor union – is heading back to Georgia for the second time to get out the vote.
Here’s a link to an article about the Worker Action contribution in turning AZ blue in 2020.
This group knows how to turn people out for elections, and it’s hard to imagine that they didn’t also have a huge impact in AZ again this year. And they know GA, because they were in GA for the runoffs in 2021.
Every $1,000 we can raise will fund one person on the ground for the GA runoff – for a week!
Do we have it in us to fund another 27 pairs of boots on the ground for Raphael Warnock?
They are serious, they have thought this through, and they have a plan.
Come with Worker Power to the 2022 Georgia Runoffs!
Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock is running to keep the seat we helped him win in 2020. Let’s go push him over the top and win the Senate!
We will have our work cut out for us, because Georgia Republicans reacted to our 2020 victory in the Georgia runoffs by changing the law to make it harder for us to win: instead of six weeks, the runoff will now occur in half the time, and organizers will need to ensure that voters turn out again less than 30 days after Election Day, on December 6!
We are still finalizing plans, but canvassers will fly to Georgia on Monday, November 14. We will be working through the election (with one day per week off) through election day on December 6. Canvassers will be returning on either Wednesday, December 7 or Thursday December 8.
Experience: since time is short and training is difficult, Georgia participants must have previous canvass experience and, generally, a recommendation from a partner organization.
Because the timeline is so short, we will need to canvass after it becomes dark around 5pm. We will follow 2022 safety protocols, including ensuring canvassers are in close proximity to one another after dark and canvassing any areas of particular concern during daylight hours.
Even with this rigorous schedule, we will only have 17 full days of voter contact. For this reason, we cannot allow for any special circumstances: every participant needs to commit to the full schedule.
More details that tell me they have this planned out and know exactly what they are doing:
- Schedule: canvassers will work 8 hours every day except Friday for the duration of our stay in Georgia
- Pay: Canvassers will be paid $25/hr for 5 days. Overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours in a single week.
- Food: Everyone will receive $200/week for food. Paid meal break schedule TBD.
- Drivers: All drivers will receive their own rental car; not everyone will be expected to drive.
- Thanksgiving: Members of our canvass team will get a ticket home or for a loved one to come to Georgia.
- If you travel home, you must depart on Wednesday and return on Friday.
- You may choose to forgo a plane ticket and receive $375.
- You may work on Wed and/or Fri and be paid for working those days.
14 people each week for 2 weeks of voter contact could be the difference between winning and losing.
Let’s win this!
Update: I just received email from a Balloon Juice Angel offering a $1,000 match up to $50 per person. We met that match!
Update 2: I just received email from a second Balloon Juice Angel with another $1,000 match, same rules.
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raven
never mind
caphilldcne
I’m in. Thanks for doing this. I appreciate Balloon Juice’s focus on GOTV this year.
Reboot
In for $50.
Trapped Lurker
In for $100. Can’t afford it, but I cannot bear it if we lose Warnock. I’ve been getting multiple daily begging emails from everyone involved with his campaign; donated once, have deleted all the rest. This GOTV effort seems like a better place to put the little money I’m squeezing out of the turnip 😊
Joy in FL
In for $25.
Gladly : )
WaterGirl
@Trapped Lurker: I can’t bear the thought of losing Warnock, either, and not just because he’s one more DEM vote in the senate.
Warnock and Ossoff are both GREAT senators, and even more than that, they are great partners and there is a synergy between them that I’ve not seen between senators in a particular state in long enough that I don’t even know who might have had that before them.
Together they are more than 1 + 1.
We can do this.
Madeleine
I was away at a conference last week with unsecured email, so I belatedly gave $50 to 4D and $50 to Worker Power.
SiubhanDuinne
In for $100. As a Georgia resident, I really can’t tolerate the idea of having Walker represent me in the Senate for the next six years. And even putting aside my anti-Walker sentiments, I would support Warnock regardless — he’s been great over the past two years, and I can’t wait for him to take his Senate seat for a full term.
Thanks, as always, Water Girl, for making this happen.
emrys
In for $50
Chief Oshkosh
In for $100.
WaterGirl
Thanks, everybody. This is what it’s about, no regrets that we should have done more, could have done more.
Citizen Alan
In for $100. This will be my last donation for a while though. I’m starting a 2-month temp job for a bankruptcy judge, so it’s back under the Code of Judicial Conduct until February. Also, Pittsburgh interview is tomorrow, so god willing, Fetterman will be my Senator in the future!
WaterGirl
I just got email from a first-time angel, and starting now, donations up to $50 per person – that are listed in the comments – will be matched!
edit: Staring with Citizen Alan because this is his last opportunity until Spring because of his temp job
So that’s $50 on the board for the $1,000 angel match!
JeanneT
In for $50!
Orange is the New Red
In for $25.
CaseyL
In for $100, and I may be joining you on that eating-ramen thing :)
raven
25
Wanderer
In for the win! $25.00 donated. Thanks WaterGirl and Angel.
PHinSD
I just put in $50.
SuzieC
In for $50
Toes in the Sand
Just donated $25.
Almost Retired
This is great…I’m in. Some of my colleagues here in Los Angeles represent the parent organization, labor union Unite Here Local 11. The organizations under the umbrella of Local 11 and its affiliates (in So Cal, AZ and NV) have done an extraordinary job with turnout in AZ and NV, especially in the last two cycles (Worker Power in AZ, and the Culinary Union in NV). So they know what they’re doing when they also head back into Georgia. They have the infrastructure in place and just need additional funding.
gene108
Gave $25 just now
WaterGirl
@Citizen Alan: @JeanneT: @Orange is the New Red: @CaseyL: @raven: @Wanderer: @PHinSD:
That’s $275 toward the $1,000 Anonymous BJ Angel match! thank you all!
Almost Retired
OK, putting in my contribution now for $100.
WaterGirl
@SuzieC: @Toes in the Sand: @gene108:
Together, that’s another $100 toward the match. thank you very much!
WaterGirl
@Almost Retired: Thank you!
That puts us at $425 for the $1,000 angel match!
Subcommandante Yakbreath
In for $25.
Mrs Ragbag
In for $100
Pinkpuppy
in for $200
WaterGirl
@Subcommandante Yakbreath: @Mrs Ragbag: @Pinkpuppy:
Together that’s $125 toward the match, thank you!~
That puts us just over halfway through the match, with $550 so far.
arrieve
In for $50. We can’t lose this one.
WaterGirl
Off to do my 30 minutes on the treadmill. I’ll be back right after that!
Sturgeonmouth
Georgia voters, please support “Walkers For Warnock“. Make this a thing!
WaterGirl
@arrieve: Okay, one last update before I step on the treadmill, so I know where to pick up when I get back.
That brings us to $600 toward the $1k match! thank you!
Avalie
$50 for me
dyspeptic
In for $100. Wife will match. Doing post cards, too
Randal Sexton
ok, into the breach with another hundo.
Wolvesvalley
Here’s another $50 for Worker Power.
Lifeinthebonusround
So $250 worth of ramen it is.
Maody
i gotcha $100 from my pocket
thruppence
Another $50. At least with these efforts, we know where the money is going. With the daily dozens of urgent email and text pleas we all get, for all we know the bulk is being siphoned off for political consultants. Boots on the ground are best.
surfk9
In for $25
WaterGirl
Okay, we have matched $925 of the $1,000 match!
Maody
btw, i just wanna pass on a big ol’ THANK YOU! to BalloonJuice and all you jackals. my late sister Kathie Brown used to mostly lurk, but occasionally posted as Phoebe’s Mother or something like that. y’all kept her sane through a long illness until her death in 2021. so thanks. from my heart to yours.
zhena gogolia
@Maody: Oh, that is so sweet.
WaterGirl
@Avalie: @dyspeptic: @Randal Sexton: @Wolvesvalley: @Lifeinthebonusround: @Maody: @surfk9: @thruppence:
Together, that’s $375 for the match, thank you all so much!
MazeDancer
In for 10
trnc
Me, too. It probably works out to about $1 per email and text I’ve gotten from Warnock in the past week or so.
WaterGirl
Just $
25$15 left on the match!ellie
I just donated $50.
WaterGirl
@ellie: Thank you!
The $1,000 match has been met!
WaterGirl
@thruppence: I’m glad you think so! That’s what I think, too.
MazeDancer
@Maody: Big hugs to you!
aymp
A long time lurker here, chiming in to add my $50 to the boots on the ground.
Dmkingto
In for $100
Almost Retired
@thruppence: Totally agree! In contrast with donors to Walker, who are unwittingly giving 90% to Trump.
unrelatedwaffle
In for $25. I want to thank BJ again for their excellent work in telling me where to send my $$. It really matters and I always feel good about where my donations are going.
ZeeLizzee
I’d like to head to GA after thanksgiving to knock doors for a few days. Anyone know how I can volunteer?
I’ve done political canvassing many times in CT and MA.
CaseyL
@Maody: Condolences on your sister’s death – and I’m glad we could lighten her days a bit.
VFX Lurker
I missed the match, but I’m in for $50. 👍
WaterGirl
We have a new Balloon Juice Angle match!
new $1,000 Balloon Juice Angel Match starts right here!
You guys probably know the drill… a new angel match wipes the slate clean and you can be matched by the new match.
WaterGirl
@aymp: @Dmkingto: @unrelatedwaffle: @VFX Lurker:
Thank you! Sorry you missed the match, but that’s still $225 for Warnock’s runoff!
raven
May I have the contact information for Worker Power-Ga please?
WaterGirl
@ZeeLizzee: I don’t know whether they are still taking applicants, but here is the link for Worker Power.
If you are interested in joining our canvass team in Georgia, please fill out this jotform to apply. We will get back to you very soon with more details!
They have a new form.
WaterGirl
@raven: I don’t know whether they are still taking applicants, but here is the link for Worker Power.
KSinMA
In for $50.
WaterGirl
@KSinMA: Thank you! That’s the first $50 of the new angel match.
raven
@WaterGirl: maybe not, the link is dead
sempronia
@Sturgeonmouth: That was hilarious, thanks.
Chipped in $50.
WaterGirl
@sempronia: Thank you!
That’s a total of $100 toward the new $1,000 match.
WaterGirl
@raven:
They have a new form.
rodwell
Donated $50, we need Wannock in the Senate.
Another Scott
+$236.
Sometimes matches are dangerous. Sometimes they’re great.
Thanks for the matching!
Cheers,
Scott.
WaterGirl
@Another Scott: @rodwell: Thank you.
Together, that’s another $100!
We have now met $200 of the new $1,000 angel match!
kitfoxer
In for $100. Thanks, angel!
WaterGirl
@kitfoxer: Thank you!
We have reached $250 of the new $1,000 angel match!
waysel
Just did $50.
WaterGirl
@waysel: Thank you so much.
That gets us to $300 for this angel match.
buggrit
In for $50.
WaterGirl
@buggrit: Thank you! We are at $350 on this match.
We are about 1/3 of the toward meeting this second Angel match!
Manyakitty
@WaterGirl: in for $50! Yay for angels!
EthylEster
Done.
Sue in Boston
In for $50.
And I just love everything about the step sibs coming together to be Walkers for Warnock. He is despicable, but his kids seem pretty amazing.
Sue in Boston
AJ of the Mustard Search and Rescue Team
I just hit it with $25
WaterGirl
@EthylEster: @Manyakitty: @Sue in Boston: thank you.
Together that’s $150!
We have matched $500, and we are halfway to $1,000 !
WaterGirl
@AJ of the Mustard Search and Rescue Team: Okay, that takes us to $525. thank you!
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
@unrelatedwaffle: I totally agree! And thank you Water Girl for all your work and organizing. In for $500, Whew. We’ve got to win this one. I saw Schumer explaining the difference between 50 and 51 senators, and having 51 eliminates A LOT of Repub BS and wasted time in doing votes, for judges especially.
WaterGirl
@A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan): Wow, thank you!
Yes, 51 senators makes a huge difference. It eliminates a lot of the “power sharing” bullshit.
WaterGirl
That gets us to $575 toward the $1,000 match!
Coyoteville
[Unlurking] I just donated $25 for Boots on the Ground (and the match?) and while I was doing that I also donated $25 to Four Directions for GA.
Coyoteville
WaterGirl
@Coyoteville: Thank you for both!
And that makes $600 toward the match.
Heidi Mom
In for $25.
lowtechcyclist
Just tossed in $100.
WaterGirl
@Heidi Mom: @lowtechcyclist:
Yay! We are 2/3 of the way toward completing this angel match!
Kristine
In for $25.
WaterGirl
@Kristine: Thank you, Kristine.
We are now at $700 toward the $1,000 match!
Misswhatsis
In for $100
WaterGirl
@Misswhatsis: Thank you!
That gets us to $750 toward the match – 3/4 of the way there!
StringOnAStick
In for $50.
WaterGirl
@Misswhatsis: Love your nym by the way!
WaterGirl
@StringOnAStick: Thank you! That’s $800 for the match!~
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Tossed in $25. Let’s do this!
WaterGirl
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): That’s $825!
Betsy
In for the first time ever! At $50.
It is so good to know where to put the money — thank you, WaterGirl.
WaterGirl
@Betsy: Go Betsy!
That’s $875 so far, just $125 left on the match!
Betsy
@WaterGirl: I love that they are so much more than 1+1. That adds minutes onto my life to hear :)
grandmaBear
In for $100.
mirele
I’m in for $100–thanks to credit cards I can donate even if in Tokyo.
WaterGirl
@grandmaBear: @mirele:
Thank you! That concludes angel match #2!!!
WaterGirl
We have one Balloon Juice Angel match to roll out. I had put it up in a new post, but another post went up 10 minutes later, so I pulled that.
So for now, this is the post for the angel matches!
This is Balloon Juice Angel match #3, for $1,000!
Donations will be matched at up to $50 per person. Everyone is eligible for this new match.
I am closing the laptop for the evening, but donations will still count toward matches, and I will check first thing in the morning.
Emily B.
In for $50!
Vickie Feminist
In for $75.
WaterGirl
@Emily B.: @Vickie Feminist: Thank you! That’s $100 more for the match!
Just $25 left on angel match #2.
Mo Salad
@WaterGirl:
I’ll get the final 25. One sec.
Mo Salad
@Mo Salad:
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