5 days until two critical 5/16 elections, one that will decide majority control of the Pennsylvania State House – and one that will choose the mayor in Jacksonville, Florida. From now through election day next Tuesday, you can still send BYOP texts to registered Democrats in both places to get out the vote! And you can make phone calls with our partners at Swing Blue Alliance! Find it all at Volunteer Ops. Now that that's off our chest...

In the last week, we once again heard the falsehood that we cannot out-organize voter suppression. This time it came from Marc Elias, the truly heroic lawyer who has famously, relentlessly, successfully stopped voter suppression and Trumpian coup attempts in the courts. While we love him and his work, we have to agree forcefully with another of our heroes, Today’s Edition editor Robert Hubbell, who stated the opposite case with strength and clarity, "Organizing in the face of voter suppression works. Just ask Raphael Warnock in Georgia or Katie Hobbs in Arizona."

It's true. Not only can our side out-organize Republican voter suppression… WE HAVE.

Time and time again. Flipping the House in 2018, despite gerrymandering. Saving the republic in 2020, in the face of a post office slowdown and intimidation tactics. Achieving the Georgia Miracle of early 2021, giving us 2 Democratic senators in a runoff. Yet again in 2022, averting a Red Wave despite massively increased attempts to suppress the vote.

And organizing is not just a way to get around voter suppression in the short term. Organizing is in fact the best and only way to defeat voter suppression once and for all.

Only by registering and turning out more new Democrats who can elect strong majorities of Democrats at every level of government will we be able to undo voter suppression from the top down. Only by winning majorities in the House and Senate, while keeping the White House, will we get the game-changing federal voting rights legislation this democracy desperately needs.

So yes, we absolutely need heroes like Marc Elias to keep defending democracy in the courts, case by case.

And while that happens, our armies of activists and voters need to keep registering new Democrats and winning, election by election, to defeat voter suppression fully at its root.

Power to the people!

DEMOCRACY IS GREAT!

CAN YOU ADOPT-A-STATE?

To date, Field Team 6 volunteers and donors have helped register 2,888,049 new Democratic and progressive independent voters – so what are we gonna do now?

The answer’s not “We're going to Disneyland!” It’s “We’re gonna help register 3,000,000 more Democratic voters by the '24 election!” We can restore the Democratic trifecta that will pass game-changing voting rights, codify abortion rights, and beat back fascism once and for all.

In '22, Angel Treinen and Onward Toward Progress adopted Nevada and raised $55k for Field Team 6. That allowed us to conduct the most comprehensive outreach we've ever done. And it succeeded wildly, winning 3 swing House seats and 1 swing Senate seat, among other historic results.

We want to duplicate this success everywhere! That's why we've done the numbers crunching to tell you, your friends/family, or your organization, how much we need to raise for each of our 12 target states in '24. Adopt the one you love the most!

Click HERE for more information about each state and our goals, and thank you. None of what we do happens without you.  

HOW TO REGISTER NEW DEMOCRATS IN MONTANA

In '24, re-electing beloved Sen. Jon Tester (D) is critical to keeping our Democratic majority in the Senate.

Tester, the only farmer in the Senate, is popular in Montana. There are also a host of Gen Z voters horrified by the GOP's silencing of transgender Montana State Rep. Zooey Zephyr for the crime of standing up for gender-affirming care. Now is the perfect time to register Montana Democrats who can right these wrongs with their votes.

This VIDEO has all you need to lead a successful Montana voter drive. And then crack open Voter Drive in a Box for even more support. Time to fight for Big Sky Country!

SEND IN THE STARS! THANKS

TO/FROM OUR LUMINARIES

By now you know all about our wildly successful Register Democrats Summit, a pro-democracy booster shot of inspiring panelists and awesome workshops. (So successful we're doing it again next year: March 14, 2024!)

Aside from dropping lots of knowledge and inspiration, the inaugural summit also featured a cavalcade of stars that pushed the entertainment dial to 11. We hope this highlight VIDEO inspires your to watch or listen to the whole Summit HERE.

THURSDAY, MAY 11 & ON:

SAVE OUR 1-SEAT DEM MAJORITY IN PA!

Pennsylvania is one of the most important swing states in the country. And Democrats have a one-seat majority in the Pennsylvania State House. We need to defend that majority by re-electing Democrat Heather Boyd to House District 163 in the special election this May 16!

It is that Democratic majority in the PA State House that ensured Republicans could not pass an abortion ban. Let's hold the line!

Send some free BYOP texts – get trained HERE, or if you're already trained, dive in HERE!

Or make phone calls with our wonderful partner Swing Blue Alliance HERE! Let's gooo!

THURSDAY, MAY 11 & ON:

OHIO... COME ON DOWN!

Ohio is critical this year AND next! By November 2023, we need to register enough Democrats to pass an amendment cementing abortion rights in the state constitution. And in 2024, in order to keep our Senate majority, we need to re-elect Sherrod Brown, one of our most vulnerable (and best) senators!

So sign up for our upcoming events, and help register hordes of new Buckeye Democrats to vote those GOP weasels out!

Thursday, May 11 from 4-5p PT –– BYOP Texting. Sign up HERE and get trained in how to send free texts, using a Google Voice account or your phone plan! Or if you're already trained, dive in HERE!

Sunday, May 14 from 5-6p PT — Postcard Party. Sign up HERE to send voter registration postcards into Ohio!

Tuesday, May 16 from 4-6p ET — Phone Bank. Sign up HERE for this ongoing Tuesday event. (PS. We really need more Ohio phone bank leaders. Click HERE to get in on the fun!)

Wednesday, May 17 from 2-4p PT — Postcard Party. Sign up HERE to send voter registration postcards into Ohio!

Thursday, May 18 from 7-8p ET — In-Person Voter Drive Training. Learn how to register Democrats in person, the fun, effective Field Team 6 way! Sign up HERE.

THURSDAY, MAY 11 & ON:

TENNESSEE 3 + 4 = 7!

We didn't have Tennessee on our already large list of target states for the 2024 cycle, but we also didn't have fascist expulsion of duly elected Tennessee House Reps for the indecorous audacity to represent their constituents on our bingo card either.

The Tennessee Three inspired a nation, and us... so we've done a deep research dive and identified four swing state house districts in Tennessee. 2 are repped by Democrats: we can keep them there. The other 2 are repped by Republicans: we can flip them. We'll also be registering new Democrats in the districts of The Tennessee Three, to lean into the movement those House Reps are leading so passionately.

Join the Postcard campaign HERE!

Join the BYOP campaign HERE!

SUNDAY, MAY 14:

SAVE DEMOCRACY WITH FRIENDS!

Are you vaxxed, maxxed (on your love of democracy) and ready to roll? Then Field Team 6 and Civic Sundays have just the thing for you: fun, in-person events to save our nation!

Civic Sundays LA is now meeting in person on Sunday mornings at private locations in the Silverlake/Los Feliz/Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles. There are always multiple ways you can get involved in supporting progressive candidates up and down the ballot, locally and nationwide. Phonebanking, textbanking, postcarding and digital letter writing will be among the offerings—and you get to do it in person with your new friends!

Next up is Sunday, May 14 from 10a-12p PT. Click HERE for more info and to RSVP.

SATURDAY, MAY 20: LEARN TO HOST THE PHUN WAY!

What’s even more phun than phone banking? Hosting a phone bank! And you can get trained to lead a phone bank from super-awesome phone banker Lynn Bommer. Sign up HERE for the virtual event Saturday, May 20 from 4–5p PDT.

SUNDAY, JUNE 4:

BOOK BANS ARE BIGLY BAD!

Across the country, right-wing organizations have launched a coordinated attack on... reading! Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries surged in 2022—setting an ignominious new record—as the GOP ramped up its culture wars.

Naturally, there's a clear bias towards banning books with non-white protagonists and books with LGBTQ+ themes. And books that teach actual history and make MAGAs ashamed. So what can we do? Plenty!



We're co-hosting a webinar with FT6 partner DVC, and you can tune in Sunday, June 4 at 1p PT to hear from the leadership of the Florida Freedom to Read Project. You'll learn about the attacks on books in their state and how you can help fight back from anywhere. Don't sit still while the lunatic fringe bans books, defunds libraries, and assaults children's (and everyone's!) freedom to read. Push back. Hard! Click HERE for more info and to RSVP.

IN-PERSON VOTER DRIVES!

Register Democrats on the ground in

Bakersfield and Long Beach, CA,

Parker, AZ and Philadelphia, PA!

VOTER DRIVE TRAINING

Learn on Zoom to lead your own voter drive

on the ground in all of our 2024 target states:

AZ, CA, GA, MI, MT, NV, NC, OH, NY, PA, WI, and WV!

PHONE BANKING

Call likely Dems in Ohio and get them registered to vote

and phone bank for Heather Boyd for the May 16 PA State House election!

POSTCARDING

We're writing for 2023 elections in: KY, LA, MS, NJ, and VA,

to register Dems in TN swing districts,

our 2024 target states: AZ, CA, MT, NC, NV, NY, OH and WI,

and thank you cards (which are free - you pay only for the shipping!)

to Field Team 6 donors and volunteers!

Join us at our Wednesday and Sunday postcarding parties

to learn about our postcarding program or just write with friends!

SOCIAL STORMING

Got ten minutes?

Help us reach another 4 billion impressions this cycle -

all from the comfort of your social media accounts! 

Find camaraderie, tips, and tricks on our Zoom trainings!

No social media experience required!

TEXT BANKING

BYOP Text Banking to CA, FL, KY, LA, MS, NC, NJ, OH, PA, TN and VA,

and weekly text arcades to OH ($25 = 1400 texts)

to pass abortion rights this year,

and hold Sen. Sherrod Brown's crucial seat in '24!

Click VOLUNTEER OPS below to get up-to-the-minute details and sign up!

Let's do this!

POSTCARDS A-PLENTY!

The one and only James McMullan has done it again — he's inking up a brand new set of incredible postcards.

Order your beautiful state-specific Democracy Donkey art cards for the battleground of your choice HERE.

Our postcarders have written 1,177,194 postcards to date. And we want to thank the 17k+ amazing volunteers and donors who helped us reach our astounding tally of 2,888,049 newly registered Democrats. So we're asking anyone who's postcarded (or not) to help us crank out some "thank you" postcards. Order free postcards HERE. To download "thank you" campaigns click HERE.

GET IN THE GROOVE...

THE ACTIVISM GROOVE!

Sure, changing the world is exciting all on its own, but if you really wanna get hyped while you’re postcarding, canvassing, or smashing that “Donate Now” button, check out our Activist Playlist!

With everything from Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman to Ludwig von Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Op. 84, these songs will amp you up, and fill you with the positivity and glee that comes from stamping out injustice and making our country a better, fairer, and more inclusive home for everyone. Click HERE to find the Activist Playlist on Spotify, turn up the volume, and Roar, Float On, and Lose Yourself in that Electric Love you feel when you Get Up, Stand Up for your rights!