5-6-24 Newsletter

 

DID YOU GET YOUR BALLOT? Every vote matters. Your vote matters. Ballots were mailed last week. If you haven't received yours by May 8, call the Clatsop County Elections Office at 503-325-8605‬. Or go to 820 Exchange, Ste 220, Astoria.   Ballots are due or must be postmarked by Tuesday, May 21, at 8 pm. DROP BOX: You can take your ballot to a drop box - locations listed here. MAIL: If you mail your ballot -free postage - make sure you put your completed ballot in the mail by May 15 because all local mail now is shipped to Portland for postmarking. WHO ARE THEY? Learn about the candidates! Clatsop County Commissioners decide many issues, including health and safety,  housing, and land use. Winners of state office will oversee Oregon's treasury, elections, and legal system. Our choices on May 21 will affect us for decades to come.    Find out about the candidates who want your vote! •Voters Information Pamphlet, from the Clatsop County Elections office •COINversations  Recorded in April. COIN is Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network • AAUW's Candidates Forum, recorded by KMUN A CURIOUS CONTRAST "In a curious contrast to authoritarian regimes’ attempts to impose a façade of electoral credibility, leaders who fear losing power in a democratic system have taken to sowing distrust in elections." -- Freedom House  INCO ENDORSES TESSA SCHELLER FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 2  "It's not Republican voters who elect Republican politicians. It’s Democratic voters who stay home that elect Republicans . . . ."  — Brian Hassett INDIVISIBLE WILL MATCH YOUR DONATION TO INCO If we raise $500, Indivisible will give us another $500!  Please help us support campaigns, postcarding, and other activities.  Donate to INCO now, and your donation will be matched by Indivisible up to $500!   Please help INCO Get Out the Vote and defend democracy this election year. Donate ONLY through this form to double the impact of your donation!  THIS EVENT IS AT 5 PM PACIFIC TIME.  REGISTER HERE. Anat, a friend and coalition partner of Indivisible, is one of the best sources of education on messaging in the ecosystem. Anat is principal and founder at ASO Communications and in this session, she’ll be giving us expert guidance on “mobisuasion” -- the art of mobilization and persuasion. Learn how to navigate messaging around hot-button topics and specific issues from one of the best in the biz. TRUMP 2.0 AND PROJECT 2025 Check out these highlights of the recent Time magazine cover story and interview with Trump, summarized by Joyce Vance in Civil Discourse:  "Trump would permit red states with restrictive abortion laws to monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate bans. Have you seen the ad with two young women in a car trying to escape Alabama to get medical care, only to be stopped by law enforcement as they approach the border? That’s Trump 2.0." "Trump would consider pardoning the people involved in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, including more than 800 who have pled guilty or been convicted. Among them are members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, who were convicted of seditious conspiracy." "Trump won’t commit to aiding an attacked ally in Europe or Asia if he thinks that country isn’t paying enough for its own defense." • Trump has adopted the GOP's Project 2025  -- or more likely, the Project 2025 leaders and funders have adopted Trump. You're familiar with some of their policies already: Think 1984, Brave New World, and The Handmaid's Tale. Think authoritarian regimes around the world, including Iran, China, Russia, North Korea, Syria, and others.   •  Another Substack newsletter about Project 2025 is How to Tell Your Friends About Project 2025. Basic Q&As show that many Americans are already suffering under Republican-led laws from Project 2025. WRITE TO VOTERS TUESDAYS  •  3 - 4:30 pm WineKraft, 77 11th Street, Astoria On the RiverWalk, just inside the east end of the building, up the ramp on your left No purchase necessary. NEW!  WEDNESDAYS  •  3 - 4:30 pm Geneia's home in Seaside Please contact geneiajam60@gmail.com for details.   INCO provides postcards, scripts, pens, stamps, and Wite-Out. We'll help you get started if you're new to writing voters.   Research shows that voters love the colorful, personalized, handwritten postcards written by volunteers across the country. Your postcards help win elections!  THE GOP VS. AMERICANS "Republicans are engaged in the process of dismantling the federal government, working to get rid of its regulation of business, basic social welfare laws and the taxes needed to pay for such measures, the promotion of infrastructure, and the protection of civil rights. To do so, they have increasingly argued that the states, rather than the federal government, are the centerpiece of our democratic system. .... "Vice President Kamala Harris was in Jacksonville, Florida, today to talk about reproductive rights. She put the fight over abortion in the larger context of the discriminatory state laws that have, historically, constructed a world in which some people have more rights than others. “This is a fight for freedom,” she said, “the fundamental freedom to make decisions about one’s own body and not have their government tell them what they’re supposed to do.”"  -- Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American, May 1, 2024 INCO INSIGHTS "Do what you can Where you are With what you've got."  --Theodore Roosevelt Indivisible defends democracy by opposing authoritarianism, bigotry, and corruption. Comments, news, and photos to INCO at incoregon@gmail.com.  Resources and other information at www.incoregon.org and www.indivisible.org. Encourage others to sign up for the INCO newsletter at our website or here. Look for the INCO column in Hipfish Monthly. We're on Facebook, too. INCO Weekly Newsletter   May 6, 2024 Website Email Facebook Copyright © 2024 INDIVISIBLE North Coast Oregon, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or signed up at a community group meeting. Our mailing address is: *|766 Lexington Avenue, Astoria, OR 97103:HTML|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.