Ballots Drop Soon – Vote on Day One
Ballots across California are scheduled mail October 7 and early voting begins via mail, drop boxes and early voting centers in some counties, including Yolo. Voting early helps Dems get more voters to the polls. Jess Craven lays out four key reasons in a recent Instagram post. Check it out and share it with your friends.
Working through the lengthy California ballot is made much easier, thanks to Blue Voter Guide: https://bluevoterguide.org. Use it to research all the endorsers and complete your ballot (and share it with friends and family). The CA Grassroots Alliance is hosting a Ballot Joy Zoom Party on October 9th at 7PM featuring grassroots leaders and the six CA Congressional candidates in the most competitive district. Join the fun then head to your closest drop box!
| Blue Voter Guide- build your ballot! |
| Ballot Joy zoom party October 9th @7pm |
| Jessica Craven- why voting early is so important |
Register student voters in Reno with Sister District Yolo & Indivisible Yolo
Walk in Woodland for Measure P and More- Oct 6
Join Indivisible Yolo and Yolo Democrats for a local canvassing day in Woodland, home to Yolo Democrats’ priority local races. We’ll be knocking on doors for Deborah Bautista Zavala for Yuba Community College Board and Measure P to fund Woodland’s public schools! We’ll also be dropping lit for Yolo Democrats’ endorsed city council candidates, David Moreno and Mayra Vega. Sign up below.
| Woodland Day of Action with Yolo Dems – October 6 |
| Info and donation link for Yes on Woodland Measure P |
Knock on Doors for Democrats in Merced- Oct 12
Join Indivisible Yolo and Bay Area Coalition to knock on doors, do issue-based canvassing and register voters!
Let’s build the grassroots power Democrats need to win in 2024 and to defend democracy long term. Join us in going door-to-door talking to Democratic voters in Merced.
In 2022 Adam Gray lost by only 564 votes. We can flip that seat from Red to Blue.
Phone Banks Continue Three Times a week!
Every Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday from 5-7 PM!
Every Tuesday until Election Day is Tuesdays for Arizona for us, calling voters in Arizona to support the Arizona for Abortion Access Act, the state constitutional amendment to protect the right to abortion in Arizona.
When we work the phones from California to help get out the vote, organizers and volunteers in Arizona are freed up to knock doors and talk to their neighbors. And when reproductive freedom is on the ballot, it helps drive our voter turnout, that’s a bonus when we help Arizonans secure the right to abortion in their state constitution. Turnout will be critical to winning Arizona’s Electoral College votes in this important swing state! Harris has closed the gap but will need every vote we can turn out.
All welcome. No experience needed.
On Wednesday, together with Sister District Yolo, join us for Wednesdays for the White House, calling voters for the Harris-Walz campaign. Our job: converting those positive vibes to volunteers and votes! This calling will be using the user-friendly Scale to Win autodialer that many of you have already been using this year. You only need your computer (or tablet), but the system works best if you also use your phone.
On Thursday, together with Indivisible Sacramento, we will continue Thursdays for California, calling voters in the six California congressional districts that represent the battleground for control of the House. This phone bank also uses the Scale to Win autodialer but it’s not programmed to skip answering machines. So phone bankers get a lot more connects — and we leave voice mails to introduce the candidates’ name to voters. You need only your computer (or tablet), but the system works best if you also use your cell phone.
If weekdays 5-7pm are not ideal for your schedule, come to a phone bank to get trained, and you’ll be able to call on your own when it’s convenient for you. If you can’t make it to one of these phone banks, but want to get trained to call on your own, send a note to indivisibleyolo@gmail.com. We’ll find a way to get you calling!
| RSVP: Tuesdays for Arizona @ 5-7pm |
| RSVP: Wednesdays for the White House @ 5-7pm |
| RSVP: Thursdays for California @ 5-7pm |
Voter Education and Protection
Ballot Basics- Voter Information
2024 NV General Election Voter Protection opportunities
The Nevada Democrats’ Voter Protection Team needs help, and much of it can be done remotely! If you would like to sign up as a poll observer (in-person in NV), hotline volunteer (remote) or recruiter (remote), please sign up using the NV Voter Protection Interest Form and they will follow up with you shortly.
Donate to Field Team 6
We are continuing to ask you to donate to Field Team 6, a key part of our progressive infrastructure whose mission is to register Democrats throughout the country. Field Team 6 is reaching out to millions of unregistered likely Democrats using email, text, postcards, phones and targeted ads. They supply us with content to help our voter reg teams on college campuses and are planning outreach via text to over 50,000 unregistered eligible voters in California’s key swing districts.
Tell our Members of Congress: Ceasefire now! Withhold arms to Israel
Contact your Senators and your Representative now.
Contact both Senators, but only your own Representative (for Yolo County, this will be either Rep. Mike Thompson or Rep. Doris Matsui).
| Rep. Thompson Woodland phone: 530-753-5301 |
| Rep. Thompson web contact form |
| Rep. Matsui Sacramento phone: (916) 498-5600 |
| Rep. Matsui web contact form |
Example call/email script (your own words are best!)
I am a constituent and I am calling/writing today to ask you to call for the US to stop sending offensive weapons to the Israeli military, and to finalize President Biden’s ceasefire deal.
The death toll of this war is heartbreaking and hostages remain separated from their families. Any humanitarian solution to this crisis starts with stopping the bombs and the killing. You can’t allow American weapons and supplies to be used for more escalations.
I urge you to call for US offensive weapons to be withheld from the Israeli military, and to push for a desperately needed ceasefire.
Interested in getting involved in Indivisible Yolo?
| Check out our Link tree for up-to-date events and info! |
| Indivisible Yolo event calendar |
| Fill out the volunteer interest form now! |
| email us at indivisibleyolo@gmail.com |
