Hi South Bay Volunteers,
I hope you are all healthy and well. I’m reaching out with an urgent request to hit the Bernie Dialer today and tomorrow to inform Wisconsin voters of a critical deadline for their April 7th primary.
Wisconsin is planning on moving ahead with their primary as scheduled but are offering expanded absentee ballot options for voters so they don’t have to actually go to the polls. Given what we know about flattening the curve, and the fact that the state is facing a massive poll worker shortage, it’s very important that we inform voters of the option to vote safely from their homes.
The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 5 pm this Thursday, April 2nd (although the earlier the better). Voters can request an absentee ballot using the link in the button below (https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/VoteAbsentee). With such little time between now and then we need all hands on deck on the Bernie Dialer to perform solidarity checks and inform voters of the option to request an absentee ballot.
While we obviously want people to vote for Bernie next week it’s more important that we keep people safe by informing them of their option to vote absentee. If you can carve out a few hours today and tomorrow to call Wisconsin voters you can go a long way towards keeping people healthy and safe during these trying times. Please share this message with your volunteer networks so we can get as many people on the Dialer as possible. Note that we can’t start making calls until 1 pm PST so please plan accordingly.
Thank you and stay safe!!
Supporting Non-Profits
The campaign is still accepting donations for charities assisting with the pandemic response. The new list of charities is: Restaurant Worker Disaster Relief Fund, National Bail Fund Network’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, CERF+ COVID-19 Response Fund, Rent Zero Tenant Organizing Fund, and the Amazonians United Mutual Aid Fund.
If you have the means, please consider making a donation using the button below. We also encourage you to work with your local non profits or support fundraisers for affected businesses.