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24 hours … a message from Arshad Hasan

10/31/2010 Nativegrl77

This is it. Tonight, we’re making our final decisions on where to invest extra resources in these last 24 hours before the election. The more we raise by tonight, the more places we’ll be able to invest in — so please, contribute $10 right now and put our candidates over the top.

Contribute $10 right now — before we make the final decisions on where to invest in the last 24 hours.

When it’s all said and done, DFA members are providing the difference for progressives in top races around the country. Just look at the work we’ve done together:

$1 million raised for endorsed candidates up and down the ballot across the country
750,000 calls to swing states and districts where progressives are running
250,000 volunteer hours made by DFA members for endorsed campaigns
Trained staff on the ground in 10 of the most important races nationwide

And that’s not all. We’ve run ads and polls that have fundamentally changed the debate of this election time and again. This is the final push. With just 24 hours left, we’re making our final decisions on which races need extra resources right now to get over the top. Your contribution today will help us work in more places than ever.

This is DFA’s biggest Get Out The Vote program ever — Contribute $10 now to finish the job.

We’ve come this far. Join us today and deliver the win.

-Arshad

Arshad Hasan, Executive Director
Democracy for America

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AFL-CIO …a message from Manny Herrmann

10/30/2010 Nativegrl77

Oops!

I made a half-baked plan to vote early. But I didn’t follow through. Now I’ve made a real, solid plan to vote on Election Day. Have you made your plan to vote yet?

Sign the 2010 Working Families Voter Pledge. It says: “I won’t forget to vote for working families in 2010—it’s too important!”

Hi, I’m Manny Herrmann, the AFL-CIO’s new Online Mobilization Coordinator.

I’m brand new to this job, and I’ve already messed up. I sent an e-mail to our e-activists in Maryland, where I live, urging them to vote early. But I didn’t listen—I actually forgot to vote early myself.

I really meant to vote early this year. It’s convenient, and it allows you to avoid the crowds. I voted early in the primary, and there was no line at all. It felt great!

But Thursday was the last day of early voting in Maryland. I blew it. By the time I got out of work, the polls had closed. So here’s my new plan: I’ll be voting at 7 a.m. on Election Day, Nov. 2, at East Silver Spring Elementary School, which is walking distance from where I live.

Sign the pledge: “I won’t forget to vote for working families in 2010—it’s too important!”

I admit it: Had I remembered that early voting ended yesterday, I would have voted last Saturday when I was in downtown Silver Spring.

Fortunately, it’s no big deal. I can vote on Nov. 2. But if any of us—myself included—forget to vote by Election Day, there are no do-overs.

Sign the 2010 Working Families Voter Pledge.

If I can forget to vote, so can you. That’s why I’ve pledged not to forget to vote on Nov. 2 and not to let anything get in my way—so I made my specific plan for when and where I’m voting and how I’m getting to the polls.

What’s your plan for getting to the polls? Will you drive? Get a ride? Take public transportation? Are you voting before or after work? What if the lines are long? Do you need child care?

I hope you’ll think through these things and join me in pledging to vote for working families by Nov. 2.

In Solidarity,

Manny Herrmann
Online Mobilization Coordinator, AFL-CIO

P.S. Don’t know where your polling place is? Use this handy national look-up tool created by the nonpartisan voter information project:
http://act.aflcio.org/vote

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a message from Speaker Pelosi

10/29/2010 Nativegrl77

Moments ago, I was briefed by our DCCC strategists on our final Election Day projections.

Your investments are paying off: we are seeing Democrats surging in key races and great early vote numbers. Several new key opportunities have opened up, but there are many races that are still too close to call.

We must stand united in these final critical hours if we don’t want to see what we have worked so hard for come undone. It will all come down to voter turnout.

Quite simply, we will win as many races as we can afford to send get-out-the-vote resources to this final make-or-break weekend. We must have $100,000 more in the bank by 5pm today to wire the funds in time. Time is running out; I need your support now more than ever.

Please contribute $5, $10 or more today to support voter contact activity that will be the difference between victory and defeat for Democrats in too-close-to-call races.

Years from now, what will you tell your children about this historic election?

Will you say that you sat on the sidelines in the final days and watched the special interests with their secret money hostilely take over our democracy? Or will you tell them that you were part of the team that proved the pundits wrong and won another grassroots victory for Democrats on behalf of America’s middle class?

That story will be written in this weekend.

Please help us raise $100,000 more by 5pm today so we can wire resources to our campaigns for this final, make or break weekend.

Onward to victory.

Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House

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You have 24 hours

10/29/2010 Nativegrl77

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Time is running out — you only have 24 hours left to make your gift to CARE so that it can be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to total match limit of $1 million.

When you give by midnight tonight, your gift will go twice as far, so $15 becomes $30, $25 becomes $50, and $50 becomes $100.

That means your gift will go twice as far to help CARE deliver its poverty-fighting and emergency relief programs in times of crisis, like the recent outbreak of cholera that hit Haiti this past week or the floods that devastated Pakistan last month.

Your tax-deductible gift will make a lasting difference by empowering girls and women to lift themselves, their families and their communities out of poverty for good.

Investing in girls and women is one of the smartest choices you can make. They comprise the largest portion of those who are poor and uneducated in the world. They are also the largest untapped resource in the fight against global poverty.

CARE’s innovative programs help empower impoverished girls and women around the world at pivotal moments in their lives: when pregnant and raising an infant, when applying classroom skills in the home and community and when earning a living. When women have the power to do what is best for themselves and their families at each of these moments, they can break the cycle of poverty.

By taking advantage of this special match in the next 24 hours, you will amplify the power of your gift to help CARE make a lasting difference in the lives of girls and women in poor countries and create a brighter future for their families and communities.

Thank you for your commitment to fighting global poverty with CARE.

Sincerely,

Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and CEO, CARE