OTYCD originally published this story earlier in the month. We intend to repost it often (and update it often) during the next two months, because supporting the twin runoffs is exceptionally important.
Help Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff win their Georgia Senate Runoffs on January 5, 2021.
You know how they say it ain’t over till it’s over?
Well, it ain’t over. Georgia is still rolling.
Rev. Raphael Warnock did well enough in the state primary to force a runoff against Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler.
In the mid-afternoon on Thursday, November 5, 2020, as the presidential race count continued, Republican incumbent David Perdue dropped below 50 percent of the vote, triggering a runoff against Democrat Jon Ossoff.
Both Georgia Senate contests will take place on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.
The two runoffs, which would have been important regardless, assume a truly absurd amount of importance against the backdrop of the 2020 election results.
Democrats had high hopes for their Senate candidates, but they underperformed, to put it mildly. John Hickenlooper defeated Cory Gardner, and Mark Kelly ousted Martha McSally, but nothing else went the party’s way. We lost Doug Jones in Alabama, as expected, but we almost lost Gary Peters in Michigan.
The Alaska and North Carolina Senate races remain outstanding as of November 5, 2020, but things are unclear for Dr. Al Gross, and they don’t look good for Cal Cunningham.
If the Democrats win both Georgia Senate races, we gain greater control over the Senate and possibly get to 50/50. Yes, that’s the best we can hope for, assuming Gross and Cunningham are defeated, and yes, that means Kamala Harris will do a lot of tie-breaking.
Mitch McConnell, unsurprisingly, has promised to continue behaving like an utter turd. That is, of course, what he does.
If Warnock and Ossoff emerge victorious, McConnell has far less leeway to play the spoiler.
So! It ain’t over. We need to turn right around and support Warnock and Ossoff with time and money, all through the holiday season.
What follows is a bundle of useful information that will help you help Georgians lift Warnock and Ossoff to victory. Please bookmark it so you don’t miss any small updates we might add over the next few months.
OK, job one: Spread the word to friends and family in Georgia about voter registration.
The deadline to register to vote in the January runoffs is:
DECEMBER 7
If you weren’t registered in time for the November general election, you can get squared away to vote in these races.
If you will turn 18 before the January 5, 2021 election, you can register to vote in the runoff.
Here’s a direct link to the relevant page on the website of the Georgia Secretary of State:
https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/GAOLVR/welcome.do#no-back-button
We also need to center and support organizations already on the ground in Georgia who will turn out the Democratic vote in the twin Senate runoffs.
The New Georgia Project encourages civic engagement among Georgians, and is a leader in helping them register to vote. See the New Georgia Project website:
Home
See the Link Tree for the New Georgia Project, which includes links that allow Georgians to register to vote, track their ballots, cure their ballots, and more:
https://linktr.ee/newgeorgiaproject
See its About page:
About
Donate to the New Georgia Project:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/new-georgia-project-1
Like the New Georgia Project on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/newgeorgiaproject
Follow the New Georgia Project on Twitter:
@NewGAProject
Follow the New Georgia Project’s CEO, Nse Ufot:
@nseufot
One of the many endeavors of Black Voters Matter is, unsurprisingly, registering people to vote. Georgia has been one of its target states, so naturally, they will concentrate their efforts there for the next few months.
See the website for Black Voters Matter:
See its Our Purpose page:
See the Black Voters Matters page for Georgia resources:
See the list of dates for the Black Votes Matter bus tour, which should soon come to Georgia:
Donate to Black Voters Matter:
Like Black Votes Matter on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BlackVotersMtr/
Follow Black Votes Matter on Twitter:
@BlackVotersMtr
Follow Black Votes Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown:
@MsLaToshaBrown
Fair Fight Action, launched by Georgia stalwart Stacey Abrams, will, of course, be part of the effort.
See the main website for Fair Fight Action:
See the Fair Fight page of Georgia Election Resources:
http://www.fairfight.com/georgia-resources
Donate to Fair Fight via ActBlue:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fair-fight–inc–1?refcode=website
Like Fair Fight on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/FairFightAction
@fairfightaction
Spread the Vote, an organization that helps prospective voters obtain IDs they need to cast a ballot, has a branch in Georgia. See the Georgia page on the Spread the Vote website:
https://www.spreadthevote.org/georgia
This comes to OTYCD via @renay, and it was originally tweeted by @MalaikaJabali. It is a Google Doc listing relevant groups in Georgia that are lead by people of color, created by They See Blue Georgia. (Some are repeats of orgs mentioned elsewhere in this post, and, fair warning, we haven’t had a chance to vet some of the groups):
Also worth bookmarking is this Google Doc of slides created by Ana Diaz-Hernandez, who has roots in south Georgia. She will continue to update the slides throughout the next two months.
Follow Ana Diaz-Hernandez on Twitter:
@anadzhz
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Help Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff win their Georgia Senate Runoffs on January 5, 2021.
You know how they say it ain’t over till it’s over?
Well, it ain’t over. Georgia is still rolling.
Rev. Raphael Warnock did well enough in the state primary to force a runoff against Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler.
In the mid-afternoon on Thursday, November 5, 2020, as the presidential race count continued, Republican incumbent David Perdue dropped below 50 percent of the vote, triggering a runoff against Democrat Jon Ossoff.
Both Georgia Senate contests will take place on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.
The two runoffs, which would have been important regardless, assume a truly absurd amount of importance against the backdrop of the 2020 election results.
Democrats had high hopes for their Senate candidates, but they underperformed, to put it mildly. John Hickenlooper defeated Cory Gardner, and Mark Kelly ousted Martha McSally, but nothing else went the party’s way. We lost Doug Jones in Alabama, as expected, but we almost lost Gary Peters in Michigan.
The Alaska and North Carolina Senate races remain outstanding as of November 5, 2020, but things are unclear for Dr. Al Gross, and they don’t look good for Cal Cunningham. [Update: Cunningham conceded on November 10, 2020, and AP (Associated Press) called the Alaska race for Republican Dan Sullivan the following day.]
If the Democrats win both Georgia Senate races, we gain greater control over the Senate and get to 50/50. Yes, that’s the best we can hope for, and yes, that means Kamala Harris will do a lot of tie-breaking.
Mitch McConnell, unsurprisingly, has promised to continue behaving like an utter turd.
If Warnock and Ossoff emerge victorious, McConnell has far less leeway to play the spoiler.
So! It ain’t over. We need to support Warnock and Ossoff with time and money, all through the holiday season.
What follows is a bundle of useful information that will help you help Georgians lift Warnock and Ossoff to victory. Please bookmark it so you don’t miss any small updates we might add over the next few months.
OK, job one: Spread the word to friends and family in Georgia about voter registration.
The deadline to register to vote in the January runoffs is:
DECEMBER 7
If you weren’t registered in time for the November general election, you can get squared away to vote in these races.
If you will turn 18 before the January 5, 2021 election, you can register to vote in the runoff.
Here’s a direct link to the relevant page on the website of the Georgia Secretary of State:
https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/GAOLVR/welcome.do#no-back-button
Here also is the direct link for Georgia residents to request a mail-in ballot for the runoffs, courtesy of @Taniel:
https://ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov
Other dates to know, which will gain importance over time:
Early voting for the two Georgia Senate races begins on December 14, 2020 and ends on January 1, 2021.
We also need to center and support organizations already on the ground in Georgia who will turn out the Democratic vote in the twin Senate runoffs.
The New Georgia Project encourages civic engagement among Georgians, and is a leader in helping them register to vote. See the New Georgia Project website:
See the Link Tree for the New Georgia Project, which includes links that allow Georgians to register to vote, track their ballots, cure their ballots, and more:
https://linktr.ee/newgeorgiaproject
See its About page:
Donate to the New Georgia Project:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/new-georgia-project-1
Like the New Georgia Project on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/newgeorgiaproject
Follow the New Georgia Project on Twitter:
@NewGAProject
Follow the New Georgia Project’s CEO, Nse Ufot:
@nseufot
One of the many endeavors of Black Voters Matter is registering people to vote. Georgia has been one of its target states. The organization will concentrate its efforts there for the next few months.
See the website for Black Voters Matter:https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/embed/#?secret=yRXrMSEok6
See its Our Purpose page:https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/our-purpose/embed/#?secret=4pCZHu04uu
See the Black Voters Matters page for Georgia resources:https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/georgia-resources/embed/#?secret=kcZzF5Ur4V
See the list of dates for the Black Votes Matter bus tour, which should soon come to Georgia:https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/bvm-bus-tour/embed/#?secret=Na1BCQ8Bpm
Donate to Black Voters Matter:https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/donate/embed/#?secret=PUXDI5TpKx
Like Black Votes Matter on Facebook:
Follow Black Votes Matter on Twitter:
@BlackVotersMtr
Follow Black Votes Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown:
@MsLaToshaBrown
Fair Fight Action, launched by Georgia stalwart Stacey Abrams, is at the forefront of the effort.
See the main website for Fair Fight Action:
See the Fair Fight page of Georgia Election Resources:
www.fairfight.com/georgia-resources
Donate to Fair Fight via ActBlue:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fair-fight–inc–1?refcode=website
Like Fair Fight on Facebook:
@fairfightaction
Spread the Vote, an organization that helps prospective voters obtain IDs they need to cast a ballot, has a branch in Georgia. See the Georgia page on the Spread the Vote website:
https://www.spreadthevote.org/georgia
This comes to OTYCD via @renay, and it was originally tweeted by @MalaikaJabali. It is a Google Doc listing relevant groups in Georgia that are lead by people of color, created by They See Blue Georgia. (Some are repeats of orgs mentioned elsewhere in this post, and, fair warning, we haven’t had a chance to vet some of the groups):
Also worth bookmarking is this Google Doc of slides created by Ana Diaz-Hernandez, who has roots in south Georgia. She will continue to update the slides throughout the next two months.
Follow Ana Diaz-Hernandez on Twitter:
@anadzhz
The Vote Save America folks have launched a fund that assists 14 grassroots organizations in Georgia that helped flip the state blue and will help Warnock and Ossoff win.
Dubbed Every Last Vote: Peaches and Dreams, it distributes funds to groups discussed above as well as:
Georgia Alliance for Progress
Georgia Conservation Voters
Georgia Equality
Color of Change
Black Male Voter Project
…and more.
The donation link is via ActBlue:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/elv
Postcards to Voters launched a GOTV (Get Out The Vote) project for the Georgia Senate runoffs. As of November 14, 2020, it still had addresses to distribute.
New postcard writers should visit the Volunteer page and follow the directions given there:https://postcardstovoters.org/volunteer/embed/#?secret=HUJiIz8E0H
Approved postcard writers should visit the Addresses page at the Postcards to Voters site to learn how to sign on:https://postcardstovoters.org/addresses/embed/#?secret=bn8pUvnkEO
Also see the main Postcards to Voters site: https://postcardstovoters.org/embed/#?secret=VBHM2Tv7q1
And follow Postcards to Voters founder Tony the Democrat on Twitter:
@DemocratWit
Postcards to Swing States has launched a Georgia-specific sequel, with the cards going in the mail between December 26 and December 28, 2020.
This time, the organizers are selling the pre-printed Georgia cards. Prices start at $9 for 50. It also appears that they’ve designated a set number of bundles–as of November 14, 2020, the 750-card option was sold out.
Volunteer writers will receive addresses on email and are expected to provide their own postage.
See the Postcards to Swing States site:
https://postcardstoswingstates.com
Follow Postcards to Swing States on Twitter:
@Postcards2WI
Flip the West, an organization devoted to electing Democrats to the Senate, has created a Georgia Rapid Action Squad. Sign up at this link to volunteer to help elect Warnock and Ossoff:
And! Of course! You need the basics on the two candidates!
See Warnock’s campaign website:
See his Meet Raphael page:
Donate to Warnock via ActBlue:
https://www.facebook.com/reverendwarnock/
Follow Warnock on Twitter:
@ReverendWarnock
See Ossoff’s campaign website:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_hp_ossoff?refcode=ms_hp_fr_2019.09.10_x_homepage_x__x__x
https://www.facebook.com/jonossoff/
@ossoff
Update, November 6, 2020: Stacey Abrams sent a thank-you tweet that included several handles for people who have helped build things up in Georgia. We’ve added them below. It might make sense for you to create a list on Twitter for Georgia contacts, so you can check it a few times a day.
Rebecca DeHart, CEO at Fair Count, the census-focused sister organization to Fair Fight:
@RebeccaDeHart
Nikema Williams, a Georgia state Senator and chair of the Georgia Democrats:
@DPGChair
The Democratic Party of Georgia:
@GeorgiaDemocrat
The Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials:
@GALEOorg
The Atlanta branch of Asian Americans Advancing Justice:
@AAAJ_Atlanta
Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of Fair Fight Action:
@gwlauren
Saira Draper, Director of Voter Protection for the Democratic Party of Georgia:
@Saira_Fa
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