Westchester Activists Hit the Road
The road to keeping the House majority runs through New York!
This past weekend, Westchester activists canvassed for Pat Ryan in NY-18, a district just north of Westchester that Democrats must hold this November. Sen. Shelley Mayer organized the bus to transport canvassers and George Latimer joined the crew to knock on doors. With four weeks to go, it’s time to put our energy into knocking on doors, phone banking, texting, and writing postcards to get out the vote!
It’s also time to make sure you and your family members are registered to vote and to start making a voting plan.
- The voter registration deadline is Friday, October 14th.
- Click here for absentee voting information and early voting information. Early voting starts October 29th.
Our latest podcast breaks down the six most competitive NY races by region – here in Westchester, on Long Island, and in Upstate New York.
- Click here to listen to the full podcast, which is also available on iTunes.
- Listen to a breakdown of the race in NY-17 here in Westchester.
- Hear about the competitive races on Long Island, NY-1 & NY-3.
- Hear about the toss-up races upstate in NY-19 & NY-22.
- Click here to donate to the candidates running in these vulnerable districts. This bundle divides your donation between the six candidates running in the most competitive NY House districts.
- Check out our updated website for other ways to help get out the vote!
Vote YES on the Environmental Bond Act
Flip Your Ballot and Vote YES on Prop. 1 – the Environmental Bond Act.
- Click here for information about this once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve quality of life, modernize infrastructure, and safeguard clean drinking water.
Canvass Upstate with Our Sister Groups
Come knock doors to help Democrats win two open and highly competitive House seats a short drive away!
Join Larchmont/Mamaroneck Indivisible on Saturday, Oct. 15th to canvass for Josh Riley (NY-19). Riley is locked in a tight race to hold onto the seat that Pat Ryan won in a special election this August. It was the seat previously held by Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado.
- Click here to register for the Riley canvass.
Join NYCD-16 to canvass for Pat Ryan, who is running in NY-18, the seat currently held by Rep. Maloney, who is running in NY-17.
Click here to register for the Ryan canvass.
Absentee Voting Challenged
The Republican and Conservative parties have filed a last-minute, bad faith lawsuit to prevent New Yorkers from voting absentee under the law created to protect voters from COVID exposure. The lawsuit also attacks how absentee votes are counted in order to undermine the vote-counting process.
Click here to fill out this important survey about absentee voting that’s due Oct. 13th to help mobilize against this interference in our elections.
Postcard to NY Swing Districts
Please help us secure control of Congress by writing to flippable districts in upstate NY. Postcards should be mailed around October 15th. You can use your own postcards or ours. Pickup in Larchmont.
- Email IWpostcarding@gmail.com for more information.
Join the Voter Protection Team
Help protect the vote. Volunteers are needed to staff hotlines and work as independent poll observers to make sure our rights are protected. Sign up to volunteer here.
Protect the Freedom to Learn
Teach the Truth – Westchester is a grassroots organization that’s fighting back against attacks on school curriculum (Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education & Social and Emotional Learning programs). Here in Westchester, we are seeing censorship of teachers, book banning, threats to school board members, and uproars at school board meetings by right-wing activists. Our opponents are well-organized and well-funded.
Teach the Truth – Westchester, is conducting research in our community to better understand the major challenges, concerns, and priorities that face our school districts. As part of this research, we will be collecting surveys, conducting a virtual community listening session, and gathering personal stories. The conversations and data collected will be used to better understand the needs of our community and guide our efforts moving forward.
- Click here to complete the survey.
