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The Campaign Roles We Need to Fill

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Graphic showing 5 canvass roles (Confirm Captain, Sign-in Captain, Phonebank and Canvass Captains, Staging Location Director, and Training Captain) with small stylized cartoon thumbnails above each.

Canvass and Election captains are needed and will volunteer on a weekly basis at the Coordinated Office until the election, especially weekends and the GOTV (Get Out The Vote) days, i.e. Nov. 2, 3, 4, and 5. You can catch up on training information through the Coordinated Office. The roles are:

  • Confirm Captain: calls volunteers who have signed up to canvass, calls to remind them, and leaves a message if necessary.
  • Sign-In Captain: signs in volunteers, gets their name, phone, email, also tries to persuade them to sign up for more days. Keeps tally and reports numbers to the Staging Location Director (see below).
  • Phonebank & Canvass Captain: passes out packets (gets folks to punch in number to Minivan) and keeps track of how many packets go out.
  • Training Captain: tells volunteers how to canvass, goes over script, and how to use Minivan and other canvassing info.
  • Staging Location Director: helps with setup and teardown, helps other captains when needed, gets numbers from Sign-In and Canvas Captains, is responsible for sending the numbers to HQ within 30 minutes (the deadline is important). HQ will call back within 10 minutes to confirm the numbers. This person is also the point of contact with HQ.

There are also more minor roles for large events.

Volunteer! Lots of Options Every Thursday 5-7pm

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Flier with a photo of several dozen Dems working during "Turn Out the Vote Thursdays”. The headline reads "Want to get involved?" and then says "Get out the Vote is every Thursday! Brazos @ IX Art Park 5-7pm"

We’re less than one month away from Election Day — there’s still plenty of time to help our Democratic candidates!

We’re at Ix Park from 5-7pm on Thursdays, gathering by the picnic table outside of Brazos Tacos. Our postcards have been written and mailed, and now we’re:

  • making phone calls to people we’ve registered to vote and to whom we’ve sent “remember to vote” postcards
  • phoning and canvassing for the Coordinated Campaign.

Bring a blanket or chair so you can sit on the lawn under the trees. If you want a drink or snack while you’re working, you can sit at a table on the patio of Brazos. And, if you want to avoid the heat or rain, you can grab a table inside Brazos.

REMEMBER: If you can’t come on Thursday, but want to help get Kamala, Tim, and Gloria elected, check out the opportunities for canvassing and phone banking with the Coordinated Campaign (office address 1410 Incarnation Dr, Suite 203).

  • Canvassing With The Coordinated Campaign:  Every Saturday, the Coordinated Campaign will send canvassers out at 10 am, 1 pm and 4 pm. Every Sunday, they’ll send canvassers out at 1 pm and 4 pm.  Canvassers will be sent out from the Coordinated Campaign’s office. To sign up in advance, go tohttps://www.mobilize.us/timkaine.
  • Phone Banking With The Coordinated Campaign: Every Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 pm,, the Coordinated Campaign will hold phone banks at its office.  Every Tuesday at 5:30 pm, they hold a phone bank. To sign up in advance, go tohttps://www.mobilize.us/timkaine.

Let’s keep the major national momentum going here! Volunteers are signing up and working at record rates for the Dems, and we need everyone’s assistance. Here are some pictures from last week (including Cville Dems Co-Chair Josh Throneburg posing with artist Julia Farill, who has made lovely Kamala Harris posters, bags, and more!):

Photo of Josh Throneburg at left and local artist Julia Farill stand together at Ix Park. Julia is holding a poster she created with an original portrait of Kamala Harris; behind Harris’ head is the word "VOTE".     Photo of Cville Dems volunteers working hard in small groups to get out the vote on the grounds of Ix Park on a sunny September day. A Tim Kaine campaign poster is partially visible in the foreground.

Early Voting Has Begun!

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Photo of a political metal button reading “Early Voting” in the middle third with white stars above and below it (set against a blue background at top and a red background at bottom)Vote early at the Office of Voter Registration during office hours (normally 8:30am-4:30pm, Mon-Fri) and ending at 5pm on 11/2, the last Saturday before the election. The office is open the last two Saturdays before the election. If you miss Early Voting you can still cast a ballot at your designated voting location on Election Day (Tuesday 11/5).

For more information: https://www.charlottesville.gov/431/Early-Voting

Three great reasons to do Early Voting:

  1. Avoid potentially long lines on Election Day!
  2. Once you vote you’ll stop getting emails, texts, and door knocks from the campaigns!!
  3. You’ll know that your vote will be counted (no complications from illness, travel, etc.)

We’ve updated our website with the latest Voting and Voter Registration info: check it out to learn how to register to vote, what your voting options are, how to find your polling location, and more!

NOTE: If you miss Early Voting for any reason, you can still vote at your precinct voting location on Election Day (11/5).

Volunteer – Lots of Options Every Thursday 5-7pm

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Flier with a photo of several dozen Dems working during "Turn Out the Vote Thursdays”. The headline reads "Want to get involved?" and then says "Get out the Vote is every Thursday! Brazos @ IX Art Park 5-7pm"

Early Voting has begun… time for us to kick into an even higher gear!

We’re at Ix Park from 5-7pm on Thursdays, gathering by the picnic table outside of Brazos Tacos. From there, we spread out to do a number of different tasks. If you’re planning on writing postcards or making phone calls, bring a blanket or chair so you can sit on the lawn under the trees. If you want a drink or snack while you are working, you can sit at a table on the patio of Brazos. And, if you can’t stand the heat (or rain), you can grab a table inside Brazos.

REMEMBER: If you can’t come on Thursday, but want to help get Kamala, Tim, Tim and Gloria elected, check out the opportunities for canvassing and phone banking with the Coordinated Campaign.

CANVASSING WITH THE COORDINATED CAMPAIGN: Every Saturday, the Coordinated Campaign will send canvassers out at 10 am, 1 pm and 4 pm.  Every Sunday, they will send canvassers out at 1 pm and 4 pm.  Canvassers will be sent out from the Coordinated Campaign’s office at 1410 Incarnation Dr, Suite 203. To sign up in advance, go to https://www.mobilize.us/timkaine.

PHONE BANKING WITH THE COORDINATED CAMPAIGN: Every Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 pm,, the Coordinated Campaign will hold phone banks at 1410 Incarnation Dr, Suite 203.  Every Tuesday at 5:30 pm, they will hold a phone bank. To sign up in advance, go to https://www.mobilize.us/timkaine.

Let’s keep the huge national momentum going here! Volunteers are signing up and working at record rates for the Dems, and we need everyone’s assistance.

Here are some of our many volunteers, having a good time with communing with their fellow Dems while getting the job done!

 

Voter Registration Update

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Photo of four Voter Registration volunteers group photo on Downtown Mall Summer 2024

Kudos to our Voter Registration team, which has registered more than 600 voters so far! Some 260 volunteers have  signed up to work, and 30 are regulars. Some people are doing registration work on their own, giving sheets back to Suzanne Michels for follow up. Two recent events yielded great results – the Charlottesville Pride Festival was incredible (40), and the Sabroso Festival also very good (10).

The voter registration team is scurrying to register UVA students in a variety of ways, both on grounds and on the Corner, and will start contacting those they’ve registered to help them make a voting plan. Contact Suzanne if you’d like to help with that very local phone bank: suzemichels@gmail.com.

Thank you, volunteers!!