HELP: We’re nearing the final weekend of phone banking before Wisconsin’s online voter registration deadline on Oct 14! We need your help letting voters know about this date. Sign up for a shift here and RT to share this thread: mobilize.us/wi2020victory/…
Wisconsin has same-day voter registration, and normally, tons of Wisconsinites register at their polling location. But due to the GOP’s sabotage of COVID prevention, we have a massive outbreak that could keep people away. So we need to let folks know—& phones is how we do it.
We’re in court, trying to extend this deadline, but we’ve seen that the GOP will do anything to block extensions like these, so treat the Oct 14 deadline as very real. Let’s make sure voters know about it. jsonline.com/story/news/pol…
COVID has been really rough for voter registration work. Statewide, we had fewer registered voters on Sep 1 2020 than we did Sep 1 2016. A recent surge in work has changed that—we now are up by 80,000 voters. But still 20k to go in MKE. Let’s get to work! tmj4.com/news/local-new…
Online voter registration is new for most Wisconsinites. But when you call people, you help them through the process, and they appreciate it. It’s fun and rewarding. Sign up! mobilize.us/wi2020victory/…
And by the way, if you yourself are a Wisconsinite who has not yet registered, or you want check your voter registration status, you can use this handy Wisconsin-specific page: myvote.wi.gov
… and no matter where you are, you can get rolling with voter registration by heading to iwillvote.com.
Lastly—critically!—you can help us spread this word by quote-tweeting this thread. It’s a simple way to help win the must-win state. Can you quote tweet this thread and tag a friend to help amplify it?
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NEWS: The GOP is pouring $2 million in dark money to defeat Ron Kind in Wisconsin’s swingiest Congressional district. They know Trump will lose Wisconsin if @KindforCongress wins big. So let’s make sure that Kind soars to victory: secure.actblue.com/donate/dpw-kin…
Why is the GOP pouring so much money into Wisconsin’s 3rd District, a gerrymandered masterpiece that covers western and central Wisconsin? Simple: Because whoever wins here wins Wisconsin. politico.com/news/2020/09/2…
The GOP is freaking out because the Supreme Court vacancy has driven home for everyone that healthcare is on the ballot. Dems won every 2018 statewide election on the promise to protect people with pre-existing conditions. The 2020 stakes: even higher.
What we see with McConnell, Trump, and the whole GOP right now is a fundamental rot that threatens our democracy. And to beat it, we not only have to defeat individual candidates—we have to build a *party* capable of winning. Chip in—to win now AND in 2022:wisdems.org/donate
For all the decades of my life, the right has focused more systematically on investing in infrastructure, not just individual candidate campaigns. And that has paid off for them, and hurt the rest of us. Our job is to build institutions that make *all* our campaigns stronger.
Reince Priebus was the chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin and helped Scott Walker flip the Badger State from a blue trifecta to a red trifecta in 2010—and then gerrymander maps so horribly that a blue trifecta is out of reach even if we win statewide in a landslide.
NEW: Ron Johnson said Supreme Court confirmations should wait until after elections. He should keep his word. Sign the @WisDems petition—and we'll make sure he sees it. A lot. wisdems.org/ron-johnson/
Ron Johnson, aka @TheWorstSenator, has been crystal clear about his view that waiting until after an election to nominate and confirm Supreme Court justices. Let's hold him to his word. Sign here and share this petition: wisdems.org/ron-johnson
After you sign the petition to @TheWorstSenator demanding that he keep his word and wait on considering any Supreme Court nomination, call some Wisconsin voters and help them return their absentee ballots. Sign up, we'll train you, and you'll help us win.
THREAD: Trump is speaking right now in Wisconsin, apparently from a different universe where he's not trying to rip away millions of Americans' health care during a pandemic. (In this one, he is.) But more importantly, absentee ballots were mailed today. It's begun. 1/
Trump keeps coming back to Wisconsin because he's losing here—and if he loses Wisconsin, his presidency ends. The electoral college math is stark. He's panicked about it. So he's holding in-person rallies. But Wisconsinites see right through him.
Roughly a million Wisconsinites have already requested absentee ballots for the November election. That's about a third of the total turnout from recent presidential elections. Those ballots are now in the mail. Want one? Go to iwillvote.com and sign up.
I am totally delighted by the argument on the #ParksAndRecReunion by cast members tonight that Parks and Rec was set in Wisconsin, despite the ridiculous arguments of the show's creator that it was set in Pawnee, Indiana
BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court ends freeze on absentee ballots! Major victory for democracy. Go to iwillvote.com to request your absentee ballot now!
Millions of already-printed ballots will now be mailed, instead of torn up and reprinted.
If you want to learn more about absentee voting in Wisconsin, join us this Thursday for a (very fun) Parks & Rec cast Reunion this Thursday featuring @evilhag, @mradamscott, and many more!