Local Tuesdays: NY, VA, ACA (everywhere) & upcoming elections
NEW YORK ACTION
We are proud to announce that our Easy Elections NY website is now live. It contains everything you need to know about the 5 simple election reform measures that we can enact this year to make our Elections Easy, and how you can start taking action on NY election reform - which must happen before this June, 2017 to affect the 2018 elections!
1. Learn why this is important.
2. Sign up for updates, follow on Facebook and Twitter.
3. Help us spread the word.
4. Begin to take action.
Easy Elections NY is a statewide coalition of grassroots groups & established organizations fighting to modernize New York's elections. Our goal is to pass simple solutions in 2017 to improve our elections and make registering and voting easier for all New Yorkers, and we need your voice to make this happen.
EVERYONE - SAVE THE ACA!
We’ve stopped Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress from repealing the Affordable Care Act twice. But they aren’t done trying. This is a critical moment: help stop TrumpCare once and for all.
1. Call and visit district offices this week.
2. Join Indivisible and MoveOn TODAY, May 2 at 9 PM ET for a Facebook Live event where they will be answering questions about TrumpCare and what you can do to stop it. You can submit your questions here.
VIRGINIA ACTION
Join Grassroots Progressive SuperPAC One Vote at a Time to Turn Virginia Blue. One Vote at a Time is a grassroots SuperPAC that creates modern political ads directed by female filmmakers. SuperPACs are powerful political tools, and One Vote at a Time puts that power in the hands of ordinary citizens to amplify our collective voices. The group is working with Flippable to help identify candidates to support in the race to elect Democrats to the the Virginia House of Delegates.
Join this grassroots SuperPAC by making a small donation, sharing the page, or endorsing on Crowdpac.
UPCOMING ELECTIONS
Turnoutwill make the difference in these surprisingly competitive races that could flip seats in Congress, so pitch in by phone banking, donating, volunteering and spreading the word.
CA - Vote.
GA - Democrat Jon Ossoff nearly pulled an upset, coming in first in a very red district. Now he advances to the runoff, where the vote will be tighter.
MT - "Special Election Nobody Is Following Could Deal A Huge Blow To Trump".
SC - Another surprisingly competitive race in a red district can help flip the balance of power.
VA - Join the Flippable #flipVAblue campaign to elect Democrats to Virginia’s House of Delegates.
Help us build these weekly emails by submitting your local actions by Mon 5pm.
THANK YOU to all who shared this week's regional actions with us!
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