OUR DEMOCRACY CAN’T BE STOLEN IF EVERY VOTE IS COUNTED
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Background
Trump knows he’s losing.
That’s why he and his complicit GOP are doing everything they can to suppress our votes. But every voter must be heard. And every mail-in vote must be counted no matter how long it takes. We’re in a pandemic. This is election season. There is not just an election day.
We know that when Trump loses, he’s going to want to get the election thrown into the Supreme Court.
He stated that he wants an ally who will back him installed on the Supreme Court before November 3rd. Republicans are bulldozing Amy Coney Barrett into Ginsburg’s seat.
Barrett, who refused to say she’ll recuse herself from an election dispute; who refuses to state that Trump cannot delay an election if he so chooses, despite the Constitution; and who believes that an ex-felon has a right to purchase firearms, but not to vote.
But we can work right now to make sure that we’ll have leaders chosen by all of OUR votes, not by hand-picked idealogues on the Supreme Court.
Call your Congressional representatives.
Then help create a blue tsunami. Vote now. Help your friends and families make plans to vote. Work to get out the vote.
1. Call the Senate.
Script Oregon Senators
SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753
SEN. WYDEN: Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I know that the Senator agrees that every vote must be counted. I also know that when Trump loses, he’s going to want to get the election thrown into the Supreme Court. I am asking the Senator to:
- Demand that every mailed in ballot is counted no matter how long it takes.
- Demand that every member of Congress pledges the same.
- Use every tool at his disposal to stop the confirmation of a new Supreme Court Justice until after the next inauguration.
Script for Republican Senators
D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].
This election must be decided by the votes of the American people, and not corrupt sleight-of-hand using voter suppression and the Supreme Court. Every voter must be heard. And every mail-in vote must be counted no matter how long it takes. We’re in a pandemic. This is election season. There is not just an election day. Put country over party:
- Demand that every mailed in ballot is counted no matter how long it takes.
- Demand that every member of Congress pledges the same.
- Demand that your party stop the confirmation of a new Supreme Court Justice until after the next inauguration.
2. Call the House.
Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I know that the Representative agrees that every vote must be counted. I also know that when Trump loses, he’s going to want to get the election thrown into the Supreme Court. I am asking the Representative to:
- Demand that every mailed in ballot is counted no matter how long it takes.
- Demand that every member of Congress pledges the same.
- Demand that Democrats use every tool at their disposal to stop the confirmation of a new Supreme Court Justice until after the next inauguration.
Script for Greg Walden (OR-02)
Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
This election must be decided by the votes of the American people, and not corrupt sleight-of-hand using voter suppression and the Supreme Court. Every voter must be heard. And every mail-in vote must be counted no matter how long it takes. We’re in a pandemic. This is election season. There is not just an election day. Put country over party:
- Demand that every mailed in ballot is counted no matter how long it takes.
- Demand that every member of Congress pledges the same.
- Demand that your party stop the confirmation of a new Supreme Court Justice until after the next inauguration.
Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I know that the Representative agrees that every vote must be counted. I also know that when Trump loses, he’s going to want to get the election thrown into the Supreme Court. I am asking the Representative to:
- Demand that every mailed in ballot is counted no matter how long it takes.
- Demand that every member of Congress pledges the same.
- Demand that Democrats use every tool at their disposal to stop the confirmation of a new Supreme Court Justice until after the next inauguration.
Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I know that the Representative agrees that every vote must be counted. I also know that when Trump loses, he’s going to want to get the election thrown into the Supreme Court. I am asking the Representative to:
- Demand that every mailed in ballot is counted no matter how long it takes.
- Demand that every member of Congress pledges the same.
- Demand that Democrats use every tool at their disposal to stop the confirmation of a new Supreme Court Justice until after the next inauguration.
Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I know that the Representative agrees that every vote must be counted. I also know that when Trump loses, he’s going to want to get the election thrown into the Supreme Court. I am asking the Representative to:
- Demand that every mailed in ballot is counted no matter how long it takes.
- Demand that every member of Congress pledges the same.
- Demand that Democrats use every tool at their disposal to stop the confirmation of a new Supreme Court Justice until after the next inauguration.
3. Save Our Democracy.
Only 21 days before November 3! Get involved with Indivisible Oregon:
Elections Power Hour weekly strategy call. Mondays at 5pm
Call Arizona voters. Thursdays, training at 5pm, calling begins at 5:30
Write letters to voters with Swing Left and Vote Forward. Saturdays 12-2pm
Write postcards to Voters of Color with Reclaim Our Vote. Sundays 3-5pm
Sources:
Trump says he wants a conservative majority on the Supreme Court in case of an Election Day dispute.
Trump wants a repeat of Bush v. Gore. Amy Coney Barrett might make it happen.
Barrett declines to commit to recusing herself from a Trump election case
Amy Coney Barrett refused to say if Trump can delay the election. The correct answer is he can’t.
2020 Debate: Trump makes outrageous claims about mail-voting