Email Everyone To Get Them to Vote

A personal email from you may be the thing that compels your relative, friend, or colleague to at last make their voice heard at the polls. Here is a sample email you can copy, paste, attach your county’s Election Info sheet from our website and send to entire your network! You can find your county’s Election Info sheet here.

Dear Friends,

Just a quick note to say please go vote to secure a better future for all of us. Early voting ends Oct 30. I did it and it’s so easy! I’m attaching a sheet you can print and take to the polls to help you with candidate selections as well as helpful info you may find handy like a hotline in case of any issues.

Attach election guides for your county

https://saavetx.org/plan-to-vote

Get your neighbors to go vote

Here’s a fun, easy way to help your Desi neighbors get to the polls. We will be targeting Desi Democrats that have not voted in this election. It’s a contactless way to leave valuable information on doors of voters who have not voted.

Literature drops(“Lit drops”) are contactless way to get information to voters. We will be dropping slate cards to encourage voters to vote. Minivan will update every day to identify voters who have not voted yet.

How To Lit Drop

Sign up here to get involved with your SAAVETX regional team https://forms.gle/gdUfAWib9UhUu2or9

  1. Prepare your literature with a short handwritten note. Your team leader will provide you with postcards and an Election Info sheet as your lit. Once you have at least 50 pieces of lit ready, you can go “drop”.

  2. Download the Mini-van app, create an action ID if you don’t already have one.

  3. Enter the code we give you. This code tells the app to pull a specific demographic group that we have strategically identified to receive our literature.

  4. Once you have entered the code, go to the top left corner and choose “maps” from the menu.

  5. You’ll see a map with pins placed on the homes of the people we are targeting. These are the homes you will drop your literature at.

  6. Proceed to the first address, tap the address on the app. You will see the names of each registered South Asian voter at that address with a circle to the left of their name. Click on a name, click on the red box at the top which reads “I Couldn’t Reach This Contact”.

  7. Leave the lit wedged in the hinge of the door, stuck between two doors, or any other place where it will be noticed, preferably in a way that your handwritten note is visible. DO NOT PUT IT IN A MAILBOX, this is illegal. Once you’ve dropped your lit at that address, click the “Lit Dropped” option.

  8. Proceed to the next address! Once you have finished for the day, do not log out, Logging out locks you out for a day.

 

How to Help at the Polls

Volunteers are welcome to work as a representative of a political party at polling locations throughout each county. These volunteer positions are different from the role of Poll Workers, who are hired by the county to help operate polling locations. Here are the 2 roles you may volunteer for.

  1. Poll Greeter

    Poll Greeters remain outside of the perimeter of the polling place and present party literature, signs, and other campaign materials. Poll Greeters aim to boost morale of party voters as they enter the polls as well as potentially sway those who are yet undecided. You can sign up to Poll Greet at specific locations at particular times through an organization such as your local Democrat party or you may simply go to a poll when it is convenient. Remember to stay 100 ft away from the actual polling place!

  2. Poll Watcher

    Poll Watchers undergo a 90 minute online training in which they learn the important rules that must be enforced at polling locations as well as what to do in the event of an issue. Poll Watchers are sent by each party and it is important to have enough volunteers for our party to represented at every poll.

    To volunteer as a Poll Watcher use this link which will take you to a Mobilize sign-up.

Become a Poll Worker / Voter Protection Hotline Line Worker / Poll Watcher

POLL WORKER

Who can be a poll worker?

•Be a registered voter in the county where you are planning to be an elections worker.

•Be at least 18 years of age.

•Have been a resident of Texas for at least 30 days

Check with County Elections Office (Some have closed applications such as Dallas & Fort Bend) Below are top counties


Bexar https://www.bexar.org/2182/Apply-as-an-Election-Official

Brazoria https://www.brazoriacountyclerk.net/departments/elections/poll-workers

Cameron https://www.cameroncounty.us/elections/index.php/poll-workers/

Collin https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/election_information/Pages/election_worker_recruitment.aspx

Dallas https://www.dallascountyvotes.org/training-and-education/become-a-poll-worker/

Denton https://www.votedenton.com/poll-worker-program/

El Paso https://epcountyvotes.com/election_workers_volunteers/poll_worker_information

Fort Bend https://www.fortbendcountytx.gov/government/departments/county-services/elections-voter-registration/general-information/become-an-election-worker

Galveston https://www.galvestonvotes.org/election-information/poll-workers/

Harris https://harrisvotes.com/PollWorkers?lang=en-US

Hidalgo https://www.hidalgocounty.us/533/Poll-Worker-Information

Lubbock - 806-775-1339, select 6, select 3, select 1, select 1, select 2 to have information mailed to you 

Montgomery http://legacy.mctx.org/election/video/vid.html

McLennan https://www.co.mclennan.tx.us/549/Election-Worker-Employment

Nueces https://www.nuecesco.com/county-services/county-clerk/elections-department/election-worker-information

Tarrant https://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/elections/education-and-training/poll-workers.html

Travis https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/elections/join-the-election-team.html

Webb https://www.webbcountytx.gov/ElectionsAdministration/PollWorkerInforamtion/

Williamson https://www.wPilco.org/Departments/Elections/Poll-Workers

VOTER PROTECTION:

Sign up for Poll Watching or Voter Protection Hotline

https://contribute.txdemocrats.org/page/signup/help-protect-texas-voters-

Voter Protection Hotline Sign Up:

https://www.mobilize.us/tdporganizing/event/296105/

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