7 Days Until Election Day
TUESDAY
National WFB Weekly Phone Bank
About this event
Women across the United States come together to phone bank for Joe Biden! This phone bank includes a short training at the beginning of the event.
https://www.mobilize.us/joebiden/event/294968
Women for Biden GOTV Marathon – October 31-Nov. 3
multiple times available
About this event
Join women across the country for a 4-Day, All-Day virtual Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Marathon!
It’s time to Get Out The VOTE! Join women across the country as we rally these last four days for a GOTV marathon.
From Saturday through Election Day, join us as we help voters in swing states get to the polls.
A virtual campaign “dance marathon,” every day will feature phone bank trainings, surprise guests, dance breaks and calling voters to ensure they have what they need to VOTE.
Every call matters, so sign up today for any two-hour window (or for as many windows as you can) during this last chance to make a difference in this election!
Whether you’re a first time volunteer, or have made calls on the campaign before, we’ll make sure that you have all the tools and information you need in order to Get Out The Vote.
https://www.mobilize.us/joebiden/event/352654
VOTER PROTECTION HOTLINE
https://go.joebiden.com/page/s/Voter-Protection-National-Hotline
PA Women: Text Your Friends Party
Tuesday, October 27 – Thursday, October 298pm EDT
About this event
PA Women for Biden will spend the final week before the election getting out the vote by texting friends and family.
Sign up for a Zoom meeting where we will walk through how to talk to your friends and family about voting this November, with a focus on texting.
Every night we’ll have a different theme — pick your team, sign up for a shift, and ask a friend to join you for this event.
SUNDAY: PA Moms for Biden
MONDAY: Eagles vs. Steelers
TUESDAY: Sheetz vs. Wawa
WEDNESDAY: Penn State vs. Everybody Else
THURSDAY: Pat’s vs. Geno’s vs. Everyone Else
Women for Biden is organizing this event — all are welcome!
https://www.mobilize.us/joebiden/event/354712/
NC Women: Text Your Friends Party
Tuesday, October 27 – Wednesday, October 28 8pm EDT
About this event
NC Women for Biden will spend the final week before the election getting out the vote by texting our friends and family.
Sign up for a Zoom meeting where we will walk through how to talk to your friends and family about voting this November, with a focus on texting.
Each night we’ll have a different theme — pick your team, sign up for a shift, and ask a friend to join you for this event.
TUESDAY: Bingo night!
WEDNESDAY: Cookout vs. Bojangles
Women for Biden is organizing this event — all are welcome!
https://www.mobilize.us/joebiden/event/355911/
IN THE NEWS
OPINION: The Republican Party’s Supreme Court
The quest to entrench political conservatism in the country’s highest court comes with a steep cost. As Barrett takes her seat on the bench, it will represent the culmination of a four-decade crusade by conservatives to fill the federal courts with reliably Republican judges who will serve for decades as a barricade against an ever more progressive nation.
Your vote has NEVER been more important. 7 days. IWillVote.com
LINK: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/opinion/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court.html
El Paso sees 200 percent rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations; people urged to stay home 2 weeks
El Paso, Texas, is turning its convention center into a field hospital and asking residents to stay at home for two weeks after the city recorded a 300% increase in hospitalizations in less than a month, officials say. “If we continue on this trend, we risk detrimental effects to our entire health care system,” a public health official said.
Bloomberg Funds Last-Minute Advertising Blitz for Biden in Texas and Ohio
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former New York City mayor, is funding a last-minute advertising blitz to bolster Joe Biden in Texas and Ohio after private polling found that President Trump had vulnerabilities in the two red states.
LINK: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/us/politics/bloomberg-ads-texas-ohio.html
Vote-by-Mail Window May Be Closed, Advocates Say, Urging Drop-Offs
Delivery by the U.S. Postal Service remains slow despite the intervention of federal judges and some voting advocates say ballots not in the mail now may not arrive in time to be counted and should instead be dropped off at voting facilities.
Under Trump, US no longer leads world on refugee protections
Refugees from places like the Congo and Iraq have seen their protections in the U.S. fade over the last four years as the Trump administration chips away at policies once designed to protect some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
LINK: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-us-longer-leads-world-refugee-protections-73840197
New voters and Trump antipathy converge to make Sun Belt competitive — maybe for real this time
Millions of new voters have registered in Texas since 2016, and as with Arizona and Georgia, the demographic shifts seem to benefit Democrats.
We have 7 days. Ignore the polls. Vote. IWillVote.com
Joe Biden visiting Wisconsin for 3rd time, a key swing state Hillary Clinton lost in 2016
“In 2016, if you talk to Wisconsinites, there was this sense that the state was being ignored, that we weren’t getting the resources that we needed, that volunteers weren’t showing up for shifts because they felt like it was in the bag. That is not happening even remotely [this year].” -Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler.
LINK: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/joe-biden-visiting-wisconsin-3rd-time-key-swing/story?id=73844601
Former felons in Florida cast their first ballots in early voting
“The feeling I felt was breathtaking. It was amazing. When I put that pen to the paper, I finally got a voice. I finally did it. It’s finally official — I am a resident of this country.”
7 days. IWillVote.com
LINK: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-former-felons-vote-2020-election/
Meet The Midwestern Women Steelworkers Who Put A Pro-Biden Bat Signal On Trump Tower
“We represent essential workers who have been out there risking their lives since the beginning of the pandemic,” Lefcowitz said. “What we are doing is something fun, but the reason we are doing it is deadly serious — it’s literally life or death for our members.”
When women show up we win. 7 days. IWillVote.com
Posting photos of your completed ballot could disqualify your vote. While the laws vary by state, the stakes are too high this year to take the risk. Sing it from the rooftops but leave the photos off your timeline!
#WomenforBiden
#BidenHarris2020
