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Early Voting Kickoff!

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September 27, 2018

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Hello!

  • Who’s new? Who’s volunteered locally before?
  • Take a minute to meet the person next to you.

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Intro

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  • CCVA Updates & Projects
  • Ways to get Involved
  • Goals

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Who has a friend that doesn’t vote?

Why?

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Two Solutions

  • Awareness
  • Education

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Recent Progress

  • Working with Vice Chancellor & student groups to GOTV
    • Updated Voter Information page on Dean of Students Website
    • Students are working to get more campus visibility
      • Digital Billboards in various campus buildings
      • Banner hanging from Union facing the Quad
    • Working to change Voting Location in the Union
    • Several GOTV pushes through October

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New Backend Code

Slowly updating backend code

  • Better sharing views
  • Links at the bottom of the page
  • New structure for cleaner profile randomization

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Easy Sharing Features

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What’s your favorite GOTV strategy?

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Important Events Coming Up

10/9 - Tues 6-8p - News & Brews - What’s on your ballot?

10/17 - Wed 6-11p - Jim James Canopy Club GOTV Concert

10/18 - Thurs 7-8p - IL-13 Radio Debate & campus listening parties

10/26 - Fri - 10a-3p - Political Quad Day (Same-Day Voting Available)

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Recent Progress

  • Handed out 4000 voter information cards
    • 5/23 - 9/27
    • 1000 still on-hand
    • More can be printed quickly
  • Handed out 700 Door Hangers
    • 9/10-9/27
    • 1800 still on-hand, still working to get out to all the canvassers
  • Canvassed Businesses with Flyers
    • Downtown Urbana & Downtown Champaign
    • Still many areas to canvass
      • SunnyCrest, Round Barn/Country Fair, etc

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Goals

  • Canvas 50 Flyers in businesses & service buildings
  • Hand out 1000 more Voter Information Cards
  • Hang 1800 Door Hangers in low-turnout areas

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One Last Thing

Free MTD Bus Rides November 6th

  • Just tell driver you are coming from or going to a polling station.

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THANK YOU

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There are too many people to name, but YOU ALL ROCK!

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Tell a Friend!

November 6th!

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Next Meeting

November 17th - a Thursday

Champaign Library - Room A

2pm - 4pm

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Appendix

Other information that didn’t make the cut...

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Recent Progress

Working with Local Groups

Illinoisans for Ranked Choice Voting (with Ben Chapman)

    • Advocating for RCV in Urbana
    • Real way to change elections going forward
    • Gained support from several Urbana politicians
    • Working with city on exact plan going forward to change the election law

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Missing Candidates

Democrats

  • Jesse White
  • Michael Frerichs
  • George Danos
  • Betsy Dirksen-Londrigan

Republicans

  • Bruce Rauner
  • Jason Helland
  • Jim Dodge
  • John Shimkus
  • Dan Caulkins
  • Rodney Davis
  • Jim McGuire
  • John Farney
  • Maria Vasquez

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Flyer Canvassing

  • Zones to Cover
    • Sunnycrest Area / SE Urbana
    • Round Barn / Country Fair / SW Champaign
    • South Neil
    • Etc
  • Community Hotspots & Corkboards
    • Coffee Shops
    • Civic Centers
    • Libraries
    • etc