Phone for fair election maps, badass women, adult guardianship, and more!
Contact all members of Congress:
- By phone: (202) 224-3121
- By email: democracy.io
- By US mail: Representatives / Senators
- By fax: Representatives / Senators
- By Resistbot: Resist.bot
Contact White House or other federal agencies:
- PHONEBANK FOR FAIR MAPS IN OHIO
Voters made their wishes clear at the ballot box in 2018: they want an end to the gerrymandering that Republicans have used to lock themselves in power. But the officeholders who owe their position to unfair maps have done everything they can to defy the clear intent of the anti-gerrymandering amendment, taking advantage of procedural flaws to force the use of unconstitutional maps. Now, activists statewide are working to amend the Constitution again and secure fair maps for good, replacing a politician-run redistricting commission with an independent citizen-led body and adding additional specific mechanisms to stop gerrymandering. We need 400,000 signatures to get this new proposal on the ballot in November. We can join in a phonebank to aid in signature-gathering THURSDAY, MARCH 14TH at 5PM ET by registering here. We can also take part in an Ohio Dems webinar on next steps being held WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH at 6PM ET here, or sign up for updates on more ways to help in future weeks from Citizens Not Politicians here. - TROUBLEMAKER TRAINING WITH HEATHER BOOTHOn Thursday, March 14 from 7:30 t0 8:30pm, Red Wine and Blue is hosting another free virtual TroubleMaker Training session. This one is called Badass Women Can Change the World with Heather Booth. Heather Booth is living proof! Actively involved in the civil and women’s rights movements in the 1960s, she started the Jane Collective, an underground abortion service. She trained political leaders, led campaigns, and fought for every issue from voting rights to healthcare to marriage equality. Let’s sign up here and learn all we can.
- ADULT GUARDIANSHIP ABUSEFrom a reader: Guardianship abuse has been documented for years, but still continues. Jake Pearson , investigative reporter for ProPublica published a powerful important investigation into appointed guardianship. ProPublica is inviting us to an Instagram Live conversation on Wednesday, March 13 at 4 p.m. ET for an inside look at the investigation with ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson and ProPublica editor Michael Mishak. Let’s watch here. If we, or someone we know is involved in such a situation, let reach out to Jake Pearson with our story: jake.pearson@propubica.org
- BLUE WAVE POSTCARD MOVEMENTWriting postcards to infrequent, likely progressive voters in key swing states and urging them to register to vote, apply for mail-in ballots, and vote in critical elections—that’s what volunteers working with the Blue Wave Postcard Movement do. Their current campaign involves registering under-represented, pro-democracy citizens in Pennsylvania. Let’s volunteer and start writing.
- LET’S GET OUR VOTING DUCKS IN ORDERThings can happen to our voter registration. We might get purged from the rolls. We might have moved and forgotten to re-register or to update our address. We might be registered under a party affiliation we no longer subscribe to. We don’t want to find that on election day, we can’t vote. Let’s register to vote, check our voter registration, and sign up for election reminders here. And let’s make sure we’re all set for voter ID here.
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