Monday Actions: Vote! Vote! Vote!

****Actions 3/2/2020****



VOTER PREPARATION:

Look Up Your Precinct:
If you will be voting on Tuesday, please go ahead and look up your polling place *NOW* (even if you think you know your polling place, it could have changed) and make a plan to vote!!

https://vt.ncsbe.gov/PPLkup/?fbclid=IwAR0PPEkCA6U0TiL0qY8Yaut2kylQJmDwnCtxDuzRrknDt9YcdTJyU8t7LWw

Other Important Polling Information:
Need a ride to your polling place? Call the Rides hotline at 252-78-RIDES (252-787-4337). Lyft and Uber are also supposedly offering free and discounted rides to the polls.

Voter Protection:
I was thrilled to see a couple of yellow shirts in front of my polling place on Saturday when I was poll greeting. Democracy NC has fought the good fight to make sure that people’s right to vote is protected. So, if you have any questions or need to report a problem? Call or text the toll-free voter hotline: 888-OUR-VOTE (888-687-8683).

Also, please share this information with your friends on social media. The best ways to do that:

Share my post on Facebook:
I can’t make internal group posts public, but if you want to share my reminder post, here is a link you can use: https://www.facebook.com/chutry/posts/10158266806566514

Share my tweet on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/chutry/status/1234229085234180097

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FEDERAL:

Tell the Senate to Support the Shield Act:
We’re still waiting for the GOP to pay any attention to issues related to election security. Instead, they have spent the last few months shielding Trump, Rudy, and friends from any accountability when it comes to inviting foreign meddling in our elections. The House has passed several bills to address election security. One of those, The Shield Act, will close loopholes that allow foreign spending in our elections, boost disclosure and transparency requirements, and create a duty to report illicit offers of campaign assistance from foreign nations or governments. The SHIELD Act is comparable to Amy Klobuchar’s bill, The Honest Ads Act, and would go a long way toward shutting down the disinformation campaigns that continue to poison our public discourse.

Details:
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/467185-house-passes-third-bill-aimed-at-preventing-foreign-election-interference

Script:
Hello, I am a constituent calling from ____________ to urge Rep. _______________ to support The SHIELD Act. This bill would take important steps toward eliminating foreignspending in our elections. It would close loopholes that currently allow foreign spending on our elections and would improve transparency when it comes to political advertisements. The bill would also prohibit the spread of deceptive information about voting procedures. We need to work to block disinformation about our elections, and the SHIELD Act is an important first step.

Federal Contact Numbers:
Thom Tillis: DC: (202) 224-6342
Richard Burr DC: (202) 224-3154
Tim Scott (SC): Washington, DC: 202-224-6121
Lindsey Graham (SC): Washington, DC: 202-224-5972

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