WE ARE THANKFUL FOR ELECTIONS
ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
For Merkley: I am thankful for all our election wins in 2018 and 2019. I thank Senator Merkley for focusing on winning back the Senate in 2020.
For Wyden: I am thankful for all our election wins in 2018 and 2019. I thank Senator Wyden for doing all he can to make our elections safer and more secure.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REPS
Not sure who your U.S. Representative is? Find out here.
SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
For Blumenauer, Bonamici, DeFazio, Schrader: I am thankful for all our election wins in 2018 and 2019. I thank the Representative for helping pass so many progressive bills in the house this year like – the For the People Act, the Dream Act, and the Background Check Act.
For Walden: I am thankful that we have vote by mail here in Oregon. I wish the Representative would put country over party and work for election security at a national level.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
ACTION THREE: HELP REGISTER VOTERS.
Indivisible Oregon is organizing letter-writing parties using Swing Left tools to contact voters whose voter registration data may need updating. Find a letter writing party near you or organize one yourself: https://swingleft.org/events.
BACKGROUND:
We are thankful for election wins and what they bring.
We are thankful for winning the House in 2018.
We are thankful for all the progressive legislation the Democrat – led house passed in 2019 including:
- HR 1– For the People Act
- HR 5– the Equality Act
- HR 6– the Dream Act
- HR 7– the Paycheck Fairness Act
- HR 8 – the Background Check Act
- HR 9 – the Climate Change Now Act
We are thankful for the election of a democrat-controlled state house in Virginia with proposals to pass the ERA, voting rights bills, gun violence prevention bills, and LGBTQ protections.
We are thankful for the election of Governor Beshear (D) in Kentucky with the promise to rescind a restrictive Medicaid waiver and an executive order to restore voting rights.
We are thankful for the re-election of Governor Bel Edwards (D) who invested in public college and teacher pay while expanding Medicaid.
We are thankful for all of you who helped us reach thousands of voters in 2018 and 2019.
We are thankful to have a powerful community with which to do 2020 election work.
