Last week we celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday as families and friends across the country gathered to share time and space with one another, and we celebrated Native American Heritage Day.
Please see below for updates on upcoming elections, abortion petition opportunities, and more.
Forward,
Nikki Fried
Chair
Florida Democratic Party
Last Week in FDP
- FDP staff was off last week for the Thanksgiving holiday.
- Over the weekend, the first round of hostages were released through the ceasefire agreement made between Israel-Hamas. We thank President Biden and his Administration for his efforts to negotiate a pause in hostilities and bring hostages home.
- On Saturday, three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, VT. We posted the following message on our “X” page yesterday.
HOUSE DISTRICT 118 SPECIAL ELECTION – TUESDAY, DEC 5
Next Tuesday is election day in Miami-Dade. There are two special elections.
- Democrat Johnny Farias is running in the Special Election for House District 118
- Democrat Paule Villard is running in the Special Election for City of North Miami Beach Mayor
This week, we are hosting daily phone banks to GOTV for Johnny Farias. Please sign up here and share with your networks!
FDP Priority: Abortion Ballot Initiative
Statewide Day of Action → December 15, 2023
(More information coming soon)
But don’t wait to collect petitions. We have until December 31, 2023 to collect petitions for the abortion ballot initiative! You can join the Floridians for Reproductive Freedom’s Neighbor to Neighbor program and start canvassing your neighborhood immediately!
First, get in touch with your local county Democratic Party to coordinate your efforts! Then, join our organizing app Reach. You will be able to just type in your street name in the Search screen of the Reach App and you will see all of the voters on your street.
This is a great feature for Precinct Organizers!
You can knock on doors and record whether they have signed the petition and all of the responses will be immediately synced to VAN. Click here to review the step by step process and start collecting petitions in your neighborhood!
FDP 12 Days of Service – December 1-December 12
“Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” – Michelle Obama
Florida Dems will close the 2023 year with 12 days of service, engaging in community service projects throughout the state from December 1 to December 12.
We encourage you to join our campaign by creating a community service event during the first 12 days of December. Share your photos for a shout out, and to encourage others to give back!
We will uplift photos of Dems giving back to their communities and encouraging others to join us in service. Submit your photos to join our campaign with a brief description, including your name or group name to press@floridadems.org with subject line “12 Days of Service.”
Service ideas include but are not limited to:
- Donating to holiday food drives
- Donate blood
- Volunteer at your local senior center
- Organize a community clean-up
- Service meals at the foodbank
- Donate your extra toiletries
For more suggestions, click here.
Voter Registration
Unregistered Voter Data: We are working with vendors as well as the DNC in preparation for launching our Voter Registration program on January 2024. We will be obtaining updated unregistered voter data that contains addresses, emails, and phone numbers for each county in Florida. The geocoded data will be available in VAN for canvassing as well as phone banking and texting via activist codes. If you are interested in collaborating, coordinating, and supporting our data acquisition efforts for unregistered voter data, please email Kris at kris@floridadems.org.
DEC Chairs: If you have not scheduled your voter registration plan meeting with our staff, please do so so we can work together to develop your plan for the next year. For counties who have submitted VR Grant Proposals, we will use your plan as a starting point. Book your meeting now.
REACH Trainings:
2023 Reach Training Schedule
Voter Registration Legal Guidance & FAQ’s
REACH – UPDATE ON LEGAL GUIDANCE: Regarding the use of personal and organizational devices to register voters. We are glad to have worked out a policy to ensure we are empowering Democrats on the ground to register voters. Please see updated policy here.