🧵THREAD: With 101 days until the election and federal agents heading to Milwaukee, we’re launching a Wisconsin Voter Protection Fund and ramping up organizing to ensure that worst-case scenarios don’t close Trump’s polling gap and throw the race.
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Yes, Trump is currently down in the polls. But he climbed out of an even bigger hole in 2016, when he was 15 points down in WI in August. This is a polarized country, and state. Don’t take ANYTHING for granted. madison.com/wsj/news/local…
*Nightmare scenario 1*
Trump convinces his hyper-partisan base to come back home, and the election gets within stealing distance.
Then, partisan judges rule against voting rights, cinching it for Trump.
For this, we’re putting together a legal war chest. Vital. But not cheap.
Trump convinces his hyper-partisan base to come back home, and the election gets within stealing distance.
Then, partisan judges rule against voting rights, cinching it for Trump.
For this, we’re putting together a legal war chest. Vital. But not cheap.
The day before our April 7 spring election in Wisconsin, the GOP won back-to-back victories in both state Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court, forcing an in-person election without relief for absentee voters. Expect more last-minute decisions.
Last month, GOP-appointed judges on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a terrible decision upholding the worst of Scott Walker’s voter suppression efforts in Wisconsin. They took a hammer to early voting—saying “early voting isn’t a fundamental right.” 
The decision also tightened residency requirements, making it harder for college students to vote, and opened the door to voting rules explicitly designed to advantage the GOP, even if they disproportionately harm people of color.
More on that here:
More on that here:
Democrats are fighting back in court. Our Wisconsin Voter Protection Fund will ensure that we never have to hit the brakes on litigation due to lack of resources. We went to SCOTUS this spring. Let’s be ready to go there again.
nytimes.com/2020/04/13/us/…
nytimes.com/2020/04/13/us/…
*Nightmare scenario 2*
Trump refuses to accept the result of the election. It’s possible. Trump said so himself.
Trump refuses to accept the result of the election. It’s possible. Trump said so himself.
To prevent this—to eliminate the risk of ambiguity about Trump’s defeat—is a two-pronged project. Legal and organizing.
We’re organizing massively to make it not-close. But let’s address the legal risk too.
POLL: Will you commit to donating to our legal fund?
We’re organizing massively to make it not-close. But let’s address the legal risk too.
POLL: Will you commit to donating to our legal fund?
If you responded yes to the poll, great! Click here: wisdems.org/protectvoters
If you said no, please continue reading.
If you said no, please continue reading.
*Nightmare scenario 3*
Full-blown pandemic suppresses the vote. We saw this in our April election! And our strategy was tailored to address it: we helped people vote absentee.
How did we do that? Organizing.
Full-blown pandemic suppresses the vote. We saw this in our April election! And our strategy was tailored to address it: we helped people vote absentee.
How did we do that? Organizing.
We mobilized volunteers around the state and the country, and they helped us reach out to Wisconsin voters via calls, texts, and social media. Using people power, we supported Wisconsinites to safely participate in the April election.
nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/…
nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/…
In fact, we’re doing a BIG virtual organizing weekend of action today and tomorrow.
Get plugged in here and help out: wisdems.org/101days
Get plugged in here and help out: wisdems.org/101days
If you live in Wisconsin and are reading this thread, two things to do right now for sure.
Register to vote here: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Register…
Request an absentee ballot here: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/VoteAbse…
Register to vote here: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Register…
Request an absentee ballot here: myvote.wi.gov/en-us/VoteAbse…
*Nightmare scenario X*
The unknown game-changer. 2016 had the Comey memo. This time, Bill Barr is the Attorney General, Trump has invited foreign powers to intervene, and unmarked DHS officers are stuffing protesters into minivans. How do you prepare?
The unknown game-changer. 2016 had the Comey memo. This time, Bill Barr is the Attorney General, Trump has invited foreign powers to intervene, and unmarked DHS officers are stuffing protesters into minivans. How do you prepare?
To prevent late-breaking crises from derailing the election, the most important thing is for everything to happen early. For people to request absentee ballots early—so that even if mail is slowed down, they get their ballots with plenty of time.
To start GOTV early, so that whatever happens in the final week, tons of people have already cast their ballots.
Judges cut down in-person early voting in WI to just two weeks—but absentee ballots are sent out 6 weeks before e-day.
Judges cut down in-person early voting in WI to just two weeks—but absentee ballots are sent out 6 weeks before e-day.
Doing more earlier means organizing differently, and hugely, and early. And that’s exactly what we’re doing.
Organizing is the other side of the coin from the legal work; they complement each other. And your support makes them both possible.
Organizing is the other side of the coin from the legal work; they complement each other. And your support makes them both possible.
So—101 days left. The stakes are too staggeringly, impossibly high to leave any of this to chance.
As Trump said last week, “We don't win Wisconsin, we could have problems."
Let’s make sure Trump has problems. RT & chip in: secure.actblue.com/donate/wisdems…
As Trump said last week, “We don't win Wisconsin, we could have problems."
Let’s make sure Trump has problems. RT & chip in: secure.actblue.com/donate/wisdems…
