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Be a “Difference-Maker”

Your work is showing promise and appreciation. A message from Beth Helfrich, Candidate for NC House District 98

Two weekends ago, I opened my inbox to find a short email. It read, ‘Hi Beth: I’m from VT, phone banking for you. Just want to know how I should be pronouncing your last name.’ Campaigns run at full throttle, but those two sentences gave me pause. Strangers in Vermont, working to support our race in north Mecklenburg County? The following weekend, thanks in part to my new friend in Vermont and the growing infrastructure in Mecklenburg County, we had 45 folks signed up for our first May canvass. That’s the work of groups like yours. And in a race that will break the supermajority — and will likely be decided by a percentage point or less — the investment of folks like you is not just affirming: it will be the difference-maker.

Thank you, Beth

The work we do now is an investment in making sure
democracy survives in November. 

Fund the Movement Event

May 2024 Beneficiary
The States Project North Carolina

The States Project provides a high return on your investment. State legislative races cost a fraction of Congressional and presidential races, but our support for NC candidates in key races that could break the Republican supermajority has ramifications far beyond the state’s boundaries and for far longer than this election cycle. Breaking the supermajority

• is the first step toward a more representative government in NC,
• is the first step toward ending gerrymandering, which will send more NC Republicans to the U.S. House this November than in 2022,
• will prevent the Republicans from eliminating abortion access in NC, 
• will provide Democrats and Independents ways to defend voting rights,
• will energize voters who care about local issues and who will vote all the way to the top of the ticket.

If you’re a member of a Giving Circle, give your donation here!

Since 2017, Lean Left Vermont has raised nearly $525,000 dollars for organizations and candidates in our focus states!

Pennsylvania Inactive Voter Project Are you ready for a challenge? The VoProPros (VPP) is an all-volunteer voter protection organization. This action is reaching thousands of voters who could be thrown off the voter rolls because they haven’t voted in past elections or have moved and not updated their registration. It has the potential to re-engage voters, providing them with information about how to re-register and get a mail-in ballot. Over 300,000 voters need to be contacted. Want to learn more? Contact us at LeanLeftcvt@gmail.com.

Check our website for the latest actions. 

Indivisible Calais is inviting postcard writers to join them at Rabble Rouser in Montpelier on Saturday, May 25th, from 11 AM to 1 PM You will be writing pledge-to-vote postcards to North Carolina and will have postcards, addresses, messaging, and labels available. Bring your own if you’ve got them, and join for the camaraderie!  Please bring colored markers and postcard stamps if you have them. No signup; just show up!

Democracy’s Playlist

In dark times songs have brought us together and given us courage.
Here is the first song in our new Democracy’s Playlist. Stay tuned for more.
The Staple Singers singing “Freedom Highway” 1965
Please send us the songs that get you marching!
Leanleftcvt@gmail.com

Lean Left Vermont builds a stronger, more just democracy by empowering Vermont activists to work on behalf of voters in other states. We promote meaningful, sustained actions that focus on supporting and protecting the vote and building democratic power at the local, state, and federal levels.

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