You've heard us say for months that ACT is building "the largest voter mobilization effort in history" but we've kept quiet on the details... until now.
With Election Day just 19 days off, it's time to let you inside our strategy to elect Democrats to federal, state and local elections.
With your help, we've done much more than just talk about building the largest field campaign in history -- we've done it. And now you can help unleash it on Election Day.
$1200 sponsors a GOTV staging area in the battleground states (we'll have hundreds of them.)
$136.68 rents a van to shuttle canvassers and voters on Election Day (we need more than 1200 vans in Florida alone!)
$75 pays the expenses of an Election Day canvasser (we will have 45,000!)
Please make your secure online contribution here.
Just last week, paid ACT canvassers logged over 60,000 hours of targeted door-to-door canvassing. And it's working! Thanks to a recent test here in Wisconsin, we have a preview of what's to come:
Last month, during the Wisconsin congressional primary (September 18th), ACT-WI targeted 70,000 households in a base Democratic areas near Milwaukee. 800 ACT staff and volunteers canvassed the area intensively for 36 hours, knocking on the door of each Democratic household twice.
The result? Unprecedented turnout in a Wisconsin Congressional Primary! For only the second time in Milwaukee's history, African American turnout exceeded white turnout.
There's no secret here. We're encouraging people to think about the issues and exercise their right to vote. This is how we'll defeat George W. Bush and elect Democratic leadership in federal, state and local elections here in Wisconsin and around the country. But it can't be done without your support.
Please help fund ACT's Election Day operations today.
There is no more effective way to contribute to Democratic victories than by giving to ACT in these final days. Each dollar you can give will be put directly to work in the specific precincts where votes are needed most.
And we need you on the ground, too. I encourage you to come work with us in a battleground state this weekend and in the days ahead. Join thousands who have already signed up to volunteer in a battleground state here .
Thank you for everything you've done and everything you will do in the days ahead.
Sincerely,
Tamara Pogue
State Director
ACT-Wisconsin
PS: Read more about our plan in this week's Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101041018/nmehlman.html and help put it in action by contributing any amount you can give.
