Just finished phone banking to reach WI voters

[live love laugh]

I just finished phone banking with fellow Dems from https://indivisible.org to reach voters about Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election with early voting running now thru 2/17.

It was a first for me. I volunteered for 2 hours. We met on Zoom before making calls. I was briefed and everyone stayed logged in to Zoom while simultaneously working from the program that auto dialed numbers. (It’s a pretty efficient system. You don’t even know the phone numbers of the people just names. You don’t get patched through unless someone actually picks up the call.)

The last 15 minutes we came back together and shared our experiences. There were lots of Dems contacted. One obstacle for the election is that political affiliations aren’t disclosed on the ballot so our job is to clarify who’s who.

It was rewarding to connect with like-minded people and talk to lifelong Democrats who pledged to vote—especially in a “red” state.

I’m in Chicago but Indivisible’s valuable work spans nationwide. I just provided my email and they periodically send me volunteer opportunities. It’s a great organization worth joining.

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. Thanks for what you're doing!

I mailed my ballot yesterday, and mailed my folks' ballots today. I appreciate the efforts people are putting into this race.

And all three of us were happy to vote for Janet Protasiewicz!

[Ellipsis]

2. Thank you. n/t

[dembotoz]

3. thank you

did a few doors on saturday.
lots needs to be done

[Deuxcents]

4. Good on you👍

I use to do phone banks .. long before all this tech.. the thing I had to learn quickly was not to stress about getting hung up on! We called it “dial tone” but I did enjoy it during the time when people were civil. Nowadays, I walk precincts. I hope your candidate wins n rewards your efforts