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We are writing you because the voter registration deadlines are approaching in many states. People are disenfranchised at the voting booth these days in many ways. It can be something very simple, like moving and not registering to vote at your new address. Some of your members may be in danger of losing their right to vote because they are not properly registered. We believe that religious people have a responsibility to vote. The first step in exercising this responsibility is to register to vote.

 

Because we believe you share this conviction that voting is an important responsibility of citizenship, we are asking you to do two things:

  1. Use your good office to encourage people to register so that they can vote November 7th. This is appropriate non-partisan, not-for-profit organization behavior.

  2. Challenge your core team to mount a “register, educate, and get out the vote” initiative that includes:

  • Providing a place in the church for registration.

  • Setting up a follow-up telephone campaign within each congregation.

  • Reminding people to vote through a telephone campaign, posters, by mail, by e-mail, and from the pulpit.

  • Providing transportation to the polls.

Here is what Gamaliel is doing to help:

  1. A "Your Vote Is Your Voice" web page has been created and is accessible from the  www.gamaliel.org home page. This page has links that provide ways for people to register to vote!

  2. We are sending an action alert to our organizers asking them to support you in this effort to encourage your core team to plan a register and get out the vote initiative.

  3. We are providing some simple materials to support this effort. Here is the link to those resources. Feel free to adapt them for your own use.

  4. We are sending a register to vote action alert to those who are included in the NewsFromGamaliel listserv. This interactive action alert allows people to register from the action alert e-mail.

  5. The IDC team is inviting enrolled organizations to participate in this register to vote action alert.

We can use modern technology to support our work, but we know that YOUR VOICE IS A POWERFUL VOICE that can get people to the polls November 7th.  We ask you to use your powerful relationships to deliver this simple message:

 

YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE.
VALUE YOUR VOTE AND VOTE YOUR VALUES.
 

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