Chop Wood, Carry Water 11/2

Hi, all, and happy Wednesday!

Hope you’re all holding up OK and staying off of cable news. 😉

The next six days are going to be hairy. The volume on our already cacophonous and toxic media environment is going to go up, up, and up, until we almost can’t bear it.

Tune it out, please. This is an excellent week to stay off of social media and away from TV. Remember, no matter what you hear, these elections are very much in play. The noise is designed specifically to fluster you and make you feel that they aren’t.

I’ll just keep repeating my mantra: we can win these elections. I KNOW IT in my gut. And from my direct experience. There are still so many undecided voters out there—many of them undecided not between Dems and Republicans, but about whether they will vote at all! I know this because every time I phonebank I talk to at least one of them. These are generally nice people and well-intentioned. They’re just checked out of politics. They usually care about the same things we do—they just have no idea these elections are so pivotal. Once they learn the stakes they almost always say they’ll vote, and vote our way.

That’s why I am slathering you with GOTV opportunities. Because really what we do this week will determine so much about our futures. So let’s make every day count.

P.S. — This week is also going to be unusually busy for me, so I’m going to apologize in advance for the fact that I will be omitting calls to our representatives on some of these newsletters. Like today’s.

P.P.S.—For the same reasons as above apologies in advance for more than the usual number of typos.

Extra Credit ✅

Post this! And of course use the list yourself. A reader asked me to put it together and I thought y’all might also find it useful.

Looking for ways to help us win in this last critical week? Here’s a curated list with lots of easy and important ways to help!

https://tinyurl.com/countdownactions

Take This Quiz!

The 2022 Midterm Election Quiz. 

It has 20 questions and takes about 4-5 minutes to complete. You’ll likely be surprised by some of the answers; if you know folks who aren’t paying attention to the elections, they will definitely be surprised—and perhaps motivated to vote—by them.

Please share it! https://tinyurl.com/midterm22quiz

[I shared an earlier version some months back but this one is much better.]

Get Smart! 📚

Interested in climate justice? You are invited to a virtual briefing with senior-level Biden-Harris Administration officials to hear about recent climate and environment announcements from agencies throughout the Biden-Harris Administration. This briefing is scheduled for Thursday, November 3 at 4 pm ET. Speakers will include senior officials from the White House, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.

This invitation is open to all stakeholders, please share with your networks.

Register in advance for this briefing here.

Cure Ballots!

Ballot curing simply involves contacting folks whose VBM ballots have been rejected—usually due to an easy-to-remedy mistake—and telling them how to “cure” them. All training provided, and you’ll only be calling registered Dems.

🚨 Georgia ballot curing has begun! Remember, this is very likely how we won our two Senate seats in 2021. Sign up here.

🚨 Or sign up for a training with the DCCC to do ballot curing across the country.

🚨 Or sign up to do ballot curing in Michigan with the MI Dems.

🚨 Or sign up to do ballot curing into Virginia with the DCCC.

Win Races—Call With (Formerly Mayor) Pete! 🗳

The DNC will have Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg at a special GOTV phone bank on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 5:30pm ET; 2:30pm PT!  Mayor Pete will be thanking volunteers and speaking about the importance of this election before we make GOTV calls into battleground States. The DNC has the best dialer ever so these calls are FUN! Register here.

Win Races —Call Without (Formerly Mayor) Pete!

Can’t make it to the above but want to become a member of the DNC call crew? Once you’re trained you can hop onto their dialer any time—for five minutes or five hours when it’s convenient for you—so the trainings really pay off. Find the many, many trainings to choose from here.

Or consider coming to a Power Hour—they do these every day at 5PM PT / 8 PM ET. The more people are on the dialer the faster the calls go so these hours are 🔥. Sign up here.

Win Races En Español

The DNC also has Spanish language phonebanks and they desperately need more callers. If you speak Spanish please sign up for a shift here. You’ll be calling into whatever Battleground state the DNC feels needs it the most.

Text out the Vote

Abigail Spanberger has two textbanks this week—Wednesday and Thursday 6-7:30 PM ET. Can anyone help? Sign up here.

Resistbot Text (new to Resistbot? Go here! And then here.)

[to all 3 reps] [H/T] [Quick send: text SIGN PWSYCP to 50409]

As your constituent, I am contacting you about the SEC’s proposal on climate-related financial risks. I urge you to call SEC Chair Gary Gensler and the SEC directly to communicate your support for a strong final rule that requires disclosure of all public companies’ relevant greenhouse gas emissions.

I’m concerned about how climate change will impact my ability and future generations’ ability to save for retirement. I support more standardized, mandatory information about companies’ climate-related financial risks, their contributions to climate change, and their plans for remaining solvent in a low-carbon economy. In particular, I strongly support the SEC’s inclusion of value chain or Scope 3 emissions reporting requirements for many large public companies.

As the SEC moves forward to finalize the rule, Chair Gensler needs to hear from Congress about how necessary it is for the final rule to include Scope 3 emissions disclosure. Thanks.

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OK, you did it again! You helped save democracy! You’re amazing.

Talk tomorrow.

Jess