Nothing's better than eating ice cream with friends! Now's the time to reach out to that neighbor who's upset about immigration or climate change and doesn't know what to do, and bring them to Indivisible East Bay's All Members Meeting in Dublin on Sunday, September 29, from 1-3 pm! Tell them to bring their charged up … Continue reading Change the Regime with Ice Cream!
Ballot Marking Devices: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Ion Y contributed to this article The 2020 election may be the most consequential election of our lives, and we must ensure that it’s secure and that all our votes are counted. Ballot Marking Devices (BMDs), electronic marking devices that don’t make a lasting paper record of a vote, are used in 20 states statewide; … Continue reading Ballot Marking Devices: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Text Out the Vote
Deadline: today and every day until November 6 - We gave you the lowdown on canvassing and phone banking, the most effective Get Out The Vote (GOTV) tools. Next up, and ideal if you can't travel to a flippable district or make phone calls: peer-to-peer text banking! Texting voters is effective, fast, and flexible. You can do … Continue reading Text Out the Vote
Is this the voter to whom I am speaking?
Deadline: today and every day until November 6 - What do we want? To Get Out The Vote! When do we want it? Now through November 6! How are we gonna do it? By knocking on doors, making phone calls, and texting! Our recent article went in-depth on the primo Get Out The Vote (GOTV) tool: canvassing. … Continue reading Is this the voter to whom I am speaking?
The End of the Election Season is Nigh
By Nancy Latham You already know what’s at stake in the November election - we all know. The naked power grabs. The in-your-face voter suppression. The weakening of democracy so that a small group of plutocrats can use the state as a tool to advance their interests while hacking away at the public good. The … Continue reading The End of the Election Season is Nigh
GOTV workshop offers basic training for recruits
Deadline: today and every day until November 6 - Our simple goal: encourage and train more people to get involved in phone banking and canvassing — especially critical as we shift to the final GOTV (Get Out The Vote) phase for the less-than-a-month-away midterm elections. The problem? Many people are reluctant to volunteer for fear … Continue reading GOTV workshop offers basic training for recruits
CA-11 Team meeting, in El Cerrito
Monthly team meeting for CA-11
Indivisible webinar to secure our elections
July 30 update: watch the recorded webinar here. The 2018 mid-terms are mere months away - do you trust that our local elections will be fair, and that our election processes are secure? Indivisible National and several election security experts in Indivisible chapters around the country will present a webinar on July 15 to give Indivisible members … Continue reading Indivisible webinar to secure our elections
Giving thanks
It's cold, it's wet, it's dark before you get home - winter has arrived in the Bay Area, and with it, the Thanksgiving holiday. Regardless of the day's hurtful origins, there's no reason not to take time during these long nights to nurture gratitude for the good in our lives. We've compiled this list of … Continue reading Giving thanks