Dear Democrats,
The end of the week brought terrible news that we lost another true American hero. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer and a tireless champion of justice and equality. This loss is immeasurable, but we must honor her legacy and keep fighting for justice even in the face of fervent opposition. The most important thing we can do now is work to win on November 3.
And our hearts go out to those affected by Hurricane Sally, especially our friends in the Panhandle, many of whom were still recovering from Hurricane Michael. If you are able, please donate to assist with storm recovery.
Tuesday was the start of Hispanic Heritage month, and we were thrilled to have Vice President Biden kick off the celebration in Kissimmee, FL! FDP started our Hispanic voter outreach early in 2019, and thanks to your efforts, over one-third of Florida's Democratic Hispanic voting population is enrolled to Vote by Mail. Now we are ramping up our Hispanic outreach efforts with full-page ads in nearly two dozen Spanish newspapers across the state, running just as mail ballots drop, focused on voter education. And to supplement the Biden campaign's Spanish language radio and tv advertising, we are doubling our efforts to book surrogates on Spanish language talk radio and local news broadcasts over the next two weeks.
The General Election has begun! Florida ballots have been mailed to all of our out-of-state voters. For the next 44 days (1 month and 2 weeks) we must rededicate our efforts and continue to enroll voters to Vote by Mail, provide education on how to properly complete and return ballots, and protect every vote so we can put true leaders in the White House, in Washington D.C., in Tallahassee, and in every district throughout the state!
And finally, l’shana tova to Jews throughout Florida and across the world celebrating Rosh Hashana!
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Terrie Rizzo
Chair
Florida Democratic Party
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Our Vote by Mail (VBM) enrollment margin continues to grow! As of Sunday, 2,329,339 Florida Democrats are enrolled in VBM compared to 1,587,195 Republicans, expanding our historic VBM enrollment lead to 742,144!
Important VBM dates:
- September 24 - ballots begin being mailed in state
- October 5 - deadline to register to vote
- October 9 - ballots can begin to be canvassed
- October 24, 5 p.m. - deadline to request ballot be mailed to voter
- November 3, 7 p.m. - SOE must receive completed ballots from in-state and absent stateside voters
- November 5, 5 p.m - deadline to cure ballots with signature mismatches
- November 13 - SOE must receive completed ballots from overseas voters
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We need your help protecting the vote in our critical swing state!
Republican lawyers are mobilized and already taking steps to restrict voting rights in Florida. We have the best organized voter protection program in Florida’s history, with experienced Florida election lawyers at work across the state. But to build the team we need for November, we need thousands more volunteers.
There are many ways to help:
- Serve as poll watchers and provide voter assistance inside and outside of polling places during Early Voting, starting in October, and on Election Day, November 3
- Make calls from home to recruit other volunteers
- Staff our voter protection hotline (also from home)
Help spread the message by forwarding this request to Florida lawyers you know and to your Democratic networks, asking them to do the same. We are focused on protecting the vote in ALL communities, so we especially need lawyers who speak Spanish, Haitian Creole, and other languages.
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With less than 50 days until Election Day, the Florida Democratic Party needs your help getting voter education information to Democrats in your community! From now until Election Day, we will be pushing out voter education messages for you to share.
We are also launching a digital ad campaign this week asking Democrats to vote all the way down the ballot. These ads will run on connected tv and YouTube.
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Join our Virtual Fundraiser Monday, September 21, 5 p.m. ET celebrating 100 Years of Women Voting with guest speakers former Governor Jennifer Granholm and FDP Chairwoman Terrie Rizzo. >> Click Here to RSVP and spread the word!
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On Saturday, October 3 at 4 p.m. ET, we're hosting a One-Month-Out Event with special guests Senator Amy Klobuchar, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, and FDP Chair Terrie Rizzo. >>Click Here to RSVP.
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Monday, October 5 at 5 p.m. ET, we're hosting a virtual fundraiser with Speaker Nancy Pelosi. >>Click Here to RSVP.
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And on Thursday, October 8 at 5 p.m. ET, our virtual fundraiser will support FDP's Vote-by-Mail programs. Special guests include Secretary Julián Castro and FDP Chair Terrie Rizzo. >>Click Here to RSVP.
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To introduce voters to our new Sunshine Slate, we have launched a twice weekly "Meet the Candidates" series. On Tuesdays we'll focus on a constituency group, and on Thursdays we'll focus on a geographical region.
Join us Tuesday, September 22 at 6 p.m. ET for our first Meet the Candidates: Red to Blue event, highlighting candidates working to flip red seats blue. And on Thursday, September 24 at 6 p.m. ET, we're focusing on Broward County candidates. Stay tuned for updates, and use our Meet the Candidates Social media Toolkit to help us spread the word.
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The Biden Campaign FL Political Department invites you to the first Biden-A-Thon event on Thursday, September 24 at 6:30 p.m. ET. The Biden-A-Thon is for Florida Elected officials to call Biden volunteers, so we are asking you to submit your super volunteers to be added to the elected officials' phone banks. Submit your volunteers here. The campaign will choose approximately 100 volunteers for our elected officials to call during the live Zoom Biden-A-Thon event.
RSVP for the Biden-A-Thon here and watch live calls of elected officials calling volunteers around the state. The list of volunteers will come from the field as well as local DECs.
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The FDP Data team is now providing weekly VAN training to cover the fundamentals of Votebuilder for Candidates & Campaign Staff:
The Team Blue Pipeline Program (TBPP) professional development training program is a collaboration between the Best Practices Institute (BPI) and DNC Talent Bank, which seeks to provide professional development and training opportunities on a continuing basis to Democratic staff, volunteers, activists, and candidates. Sign up below:
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Down Ballot Days of Action |
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On Saturday, October 3 at 10 a.m. ET, we are calling on volunteers who are bilingual in English and Spanish to sign up for our Down Ballot Election Hispanic Outreach Day of Action /Día de Acción! We will kick off the day with a Zoom meeting with a special guest to be announced soon. This will be followed by a short training, and then volunteers and candidates will jump on the phone and call Hispanic voters across the state to identify supporters and provide voter education around voting by mail and voting early this election cycle!
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Approximately 130,000 Democrats who voted in 2016 or 2018 have been marked as inactive voters by local Supervisor of Elections offices. This week FDP is sending a mailer to these Democrats to inform them of their inactive status and ask them to either call their Supervisor of Elections office or complete the included Vote by Mail enrollment form to move them off the inactive list. |
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With Election Day fast approaching, we know our amazing DECs, Clubs, and Caucuses have many exciting and important (virtual!) events planned. If there is an event you would like to request Chair Terrie Rizzo to be a part of, please fill out this request form and our team will be in touch as soon as possible.
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If you'd like to receive the "Dose of Joe" daily email with campaign updates and messaging to amplify, please send your name, title, and email address to Shawn Hall, Regional Political director at [email protected].
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