Update at 4:15 pm:
We did it! We hit the goal for both states! As soon as the $1,500 angel adds his match, we be at just over $19k for each, but we have TWO Angel checks for $1,000 – one for each state, and that takes us to $20,000 for each one! (Even though the checks won’t show in the thermometer!)
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Happy Sunday! We got a win for Ukraine in the House yesterday. Let’s take that win and get back to work, hopefully raising enough moolah to meet the external Angel match that Four Directions found us.
The external donor wants to make her match by April 25, and I don’t want to let them down.
So we’re sweetening the deal for donations to our underdog state – NEVADA!
Republicans are coming hard for Jacky Rosen’s SENATE SEAT, and you guys know we need every single senate seat because of the bad senate map this year.
We have a new double Angel match for NV up to $1,500 – that means 6x your NV donation amount up to $50.
In 2022, Four Directions filed suit in Elko County, and won!
On September 16, 2022, with litigation resources provided by Four Directions, the Shoshone-Paiute filed a lawsuit against Elko County, its County Commissioners, County Clerk, Deputy County Clerks, and Chief Deputy County Clerk.
A major hurdle to the Shoshone-Paiute’s access to voting was the fact that its tribal IDs lacked a physical address, a requirement of Nevada voting laws. Four Directions reached an agreement with the Nevada Secretary of State and Elko County officials, which stipulated the tribal government would create an affidavit certifying where residents lived. This would be in lieu of a physical address on their tribal IDs.
Four Directions’ creative thinking allowed the county and tribe to reach a settlement on October 26, 2022. As a result, the Duck Valley Reservation would be granted the following:
- An early polling location on five days before the general election day
- A ballot box on Election Day
- 12 days of early in-person voting
- In-person voting on Election Day for the 2023 election
“We were given citizenship in 1924, and it took us until 2022 to acquire equal access in the Electoral Process,” said Chairman Mason.
This historic settlement that Four Directions worked out helped the Shoshone-Paiute achieve equal access to voting opportunities for not only 2023, but also 2024 and beyond.
Four Directions won the lawsuit, now let’s make that new access a reality and help Four Directions get their people out to vote.
NEVADA
For those who prefer to donate to Four Directions Arizona, the thermometer is still in the sidebar! AZ is a 4x match.
Out-raise them. Out-organize them. Out-strategize them. Out vote them.
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Another Scott
$50+ to NV.
Thanks.
Forward!!
Cheers,
Scott.
SiubhanDuinne
Nice match. Thanks, Angel.
In for $50.
Almost Retired
Excellent! I’m in for $50 for NV. A 6x match is even better than doubling down on two face cards.
Randal Sexton
25 For Nevada.
ljt
$25 for NV
WaterGirl
Thanks, everybody!
sab
In for $50, NV
Nancy
Me, too. $25 for Nevada. Thank to the Angel and Watergirl for the reminders.
Marleedog
6x is kind of hard to pass up
In for a Ulysses S Grant for NV!
rodwell
In for $50, thanks WaterGirl and the Angel.
mvr
OK, in for $25 to NV Four Directions fund.
Barbara
$100 to Nevada
smith
Another $50 for NV.
H.E.Wolf
There is power in OUR union of Four Directions and Balloon Juice!
Lots of union members in Nevada… especially in the hospitality sector.
Quintillian
$50 to Nevada
WaterGirl
I’ve got these 8. Thanks so much, you guys!
Almost Retired
@H.E.Wolf: Yup and the SEIU in NV does an extraordinary job of registering their members and others, with a follow up GOTV effort. I go to NV every election cycle as a monitor so I’ve seen the union in action. Worker Power is following their playbook to some extent in AZ to my understanding.
Sister Golden Bear
$25 for NV.
PatrickG
In for 50 for NV!
WaterGirl
@Sister Golden Bear: @PatrickG: Thank you!
emrys
$25 for each
Mercy
$50 more for NV!
Nina
$25 from me.
TBone
Favorite meme for today: Snoopy on his rooftop typewriter:
“And, after all the dust settled, they suddenly realized America had been saved by a porn star.
The end.”
Grace
$50 from me, with thanks to our angels!
eclare
In for $20. Thank you WaterGirl and Angel!
persistentillusion
In for $50 smackers for NV.
TBone
@TBone: in for $25
DEBG
In for $50.
CapybaraTeam6
In for $50.
eponymous
In for $100 each for AZ and NV.
EighthCousin
$25 for each.
eclare
@CapybaraTeam6:
Love your nym!
chris
In for $25!!
ewrunning
Another $25 for NV from me.
thruppence
One moar $25 for NV. What stupid damn times we live in, but I guess you can always say that
evodevo
Yep…I don’t know how the USPS manages rural deliver there or on the Navajo reservation, but if you pick up your mail at a central location, and don’t have a physical address, Amazon, etc. won’t deliver packages. Thank you Four Directions for addressing questions no one else is interested in pursuing. My contrib will be down below.
Been a problem for quite awhile…
https://www.nhonews.com/news/regional/rural-mail-service-on-reservations-questions-whether-native-americans-have-equal-access-to-voting-opportunities/article_8144d700-8fc0-5c22-b85c-367f4d6c12c2.html
PHinSD
$50 for Nevada!
evodevo
$25 for NV and $25 + tip for AZ – Thank you Four Directions!
stinger
In for $50 to Nevada. Thanks, angels!
Wolvesvalley
Another $50 each for AZ and NV.
Wapiti
I’ll take Nevada for $50, WaterGirl.
stinger
Aaand, $50 for AZ because both sides, doncha know.
evodevo
@evodevo: The hangup is the lack of physical 911 addresses on the Rez, especially for residences that are far off the beaten track. The tribal authority is the one to take care of that, since here in KY the local town/city is the one who organizes/manages address assignment. A rural box is free, but would usually be placed on or near a regular road. Us carriers are not required to go up driveways/tracks that are more than a mile from an actual maintained road, since our vehicles are at risk.
H.E.Wolf
The SEIU does excellent GOTV work in my state also!
Barry
I just put in $50.
unrelatedwaffle
$25 to NV.
Yet Another Haldane
$50 each for NV and AZ.
Thanks, WaterGirl and angels!
Eolirin
The angel match wouldn’t show up in the meter right now, right? So if we get to 18500, we’ve hit the 20k goal once it gets added in?
Steppanhammer
In for 100 to NV!
BenInNM
Just put in $50 for Nevada
Westyny
25 each for NV and AZ. Thanks, Watergirl!
WaterGirl
Thanks, everybody! I went out to do a bit of gardening, and here it is 3 hours later! Grabbing my favorite Italian beef and then I’ll add all the donations to the spreadsheet and see where we are.
thank you all so much!!!! I’m
IdahoFlaneuse
Greeting to all. I just donated $400 each to Four Seasons NV and AZ. Proud to be a part of this!
Fake Irishman
@WaterGirl:
I tossed in $50 to both states yesterday and dropped you an email so you could apply any match applicable. Let me know if you need more info from me. Thanks!
Diesel Kitty
$50 each for AZ and NV
Rockstar
Another $25 for Nevada
WaterGirl
@IdahoFlaneuse: I think that puts us over the top! :-)
KnittyGal
$25 for NV
frosty
Hooray!! All hail Watergirl! All hail the Angels!! All hail everyone who donated!!!!
H.E.Wolf
That is so great that I wanted to see it again. :-)
Community organizing comes through for the win!
lowtechcyclist
@IdahoFlaneuse:
I hope that was Four Directions, and not, say, Four Seasons Landscaping NV and AZ. ;-)
(Sorry, couldn’t resist! Thanks for putting us over the finish line!)
PatrickG
@WaterGirl: fun fact, I apparently donated $100 alongside the $50 due to fat fingering. Too late to get a second match it seems? :)
sempronia
50 for Nevada.
WaterGirl
@PatrickG: Not sure I quite understand. Send me email?
IdahoFlaneuse
@lowtechcyclist: good thing that Watergirl set up the hot links. Happy to say the donations went to Four Directions not Four Seasons. Must drink more caffeine.