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Good morning! 24 days to go until the election - which means 24 days to think about how you can help make sure it is free and fair, and what you will do if it isn't. I wrote down some ideas here, will attach some to this email and add a few more: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/a-citizens-guide-to-defending-the-election/616574/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Vote. Here are the rules, in all 50 states, if you have any doubts: https://howto.vote/
Vote early. Here are the rules, in all of the states that allow it: https://www.vote.org/early-voting-calendar/
be a poll worker! In some places, you might even get paid. Here's how you can sign up, anywhere: https://www.powerthepolls.org/ProtectDemocracy
Find yourself in a long line on voting day, or while voting early? Call Pizza to the Polls, and they will cheer everybody up https://polls.pizza/
Don't live in a battleground state? Adopt one! Give voter advice, and work a phone bank in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, with VoteSaveAmerica https://votesaveamerica.com/adopt-a-state/
Talk to people! Talk to your friends, your family members, people who aren't voting, get them to change their minds. Standup Republic has some ideas on how to discuss the election with Republicans in particular: https://standuprepublic.com/
Join, follow, contribute to Protect Democracy, a bipartisan group of lawyers and others fighting hard for voting rights and citizens' rights. If anything goes wrong, you want to be on their mailing list. https://protectdemocracy.org/
If things do wrong - here are some more suggestions for how to discuss the election with people you disagree with, from More in Common: https://democracyforpresident.com/
if all else fails, Protect the Results will be organizing, communicating, giving you ideas about what to do. Follow them now too https://protecttheresults.com/
a few more...check out My Ballot Drop to find out where to find secure ballot drops in your area
https://myballotdrop.com/#/
https://myballotdrop.com/#/
follow the news and videos put out by the Renew Democracy Initiative https://rdi.org/
I know many are worried, because I keep hearing from you: channel that anxiety into action. If none of the groups above appeals, call local politicians, election boards, churches that might be driving people to the polls - many of them will have volunteer opportunities. Vote!
