Progressive Democrat Issue 88: NATIONAL ACTION

MoveOn.org is holding a "Great Call for Change Challenge" which will include phonebanking house parties across the country on September 30th. Can you join in? From MoveOn.org:

Can you host a phone party next weekend? (You can pick the time and number of people that works for you.)

We're entering a make-or-break couple of weeks in the campaign to take back Congress—and all the polls show the races are tightening up. So if you've been waiting to pitch in, now's a good time to do it. Success later in the election cycle builds on what we do now, so we need to keep reaching voters early.

Who are we calling?

We're concentrating on the most competitive districts throughout the country. We'll focus on calling Democrats as well as Independents who our micro-targeting tell us are likely to be progressives. Among these groups, we'll focus particularly on "infrequent" voters. Research shows that these voters are the most likely to be influenced by our Get Out The Vote efforts. And because these are midterm elections, when voter turnout is low, our efforts will be especially important in the fight to take back Congress and get America back on track.

What do you need to do?

Hosting is easy, fun, and a great way to meet progressive neighbors you never knew you had. As the host of a Call for Change Houseparty, your most important responsibility will be printing out call lists and scripts for your attendees. We know this can be a lot of printing, so you can get a co-host to help shoulder the burden or you can ask attendees to each chip in a dollar to cover your costs.

Attendees will be bringing their cell phones to call with, so other than call lists, your main responsibilities will be providing an area with good cell reception where guests can sit and call, and having an internet-connected computer that can play sound so that your guests can hear the message from our special guests about how important their calling is.

How will the Call for Change Challenge work?

Thousands of MoveOn members will volunteer to attend phone parties in their area to call progressive voters in competitive races across the country. Each caller will commit to a goal and work toward fulfilling that goal at their party. Other MoveOn members will "sponsor" the callers and pledge to make a donation based on how many calls are made overall. For example, a sponsor might pledge to donate $1 for every 1000 calls we make. We'll let sponsors know our collective goal and let them set a limit on how much they want to donate.

CLICK HERE to host a party. If you do nothing else before November, please do this.