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Founded in 2017, Activate America empowers volunteers to help elect Democrats and defeat MAGA extremists in Congress. www.activateamerica.vote

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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 49m
Our latest Substack explores the rise of Christian nationalism in American politics and the dangers it poses to our democracy.
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On Religion and Politics
On the Rise of Christian Nationalism in Our Politics
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In our latest Substack, we provide our assessment on the latest Trump Administration attack on vote-by-mail ballots and what it means for our work here at Activate America. activateamerica.substack.com/p/about-thos...
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About Those Mail-in Ballots
Our Assessment of the Trump Administration’s Latest Voter Suppression Effort
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In our latest Substack, we analyze the state of play in mid-cycle redistricting and how it impacts the dogfight for control of the House of Representatives. activateamerica.substack.com/p/when-inten...
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When Intent Hits the Wall of Voter Sentiment: The Current State of Play of Mid-Term Redistricting
In many respects, the modern era of Congressional redistricting began in 2010 when the Republican Party implemented a plan called Project REDMAP (REDistricting MAjority Project), an unprecedented inve...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Why Polls Don't Decide Elections -- People Do, read our latest Substack. activateamerica.substack.com/p/why-polls-...
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Why Polls Don’t Decide Elections — People Do
After the recent elections in Wisconsin and Michigan, there’s been a lot of discussion about polling.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Even Our Astronauts Are Sounding the Alarm. Read the latest from Activate America on a group of more than 100 American heroes banding together to protect the integrity of our democracy: activateamerica.substack.com/p/even-our-a...
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Even Our Astronauts Are Sounding the Alarm
One of the more important recent political developments barely made the news.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The U.S. Supreme Court recently did something increasingly rare under its MAGA majority: it sided with voters and voting rights. Trump and national Republicans sought to stop states from counting valid ballots that are postmarked on Election Day. They failed. Read our latest Substack for analysis.
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A Rare Win in the U.S. Supreme Court for Voting Rights
Ballots Postmarked by Election Day Still Count
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The latest on our Substack: Activate America founder Doug Linney on finding joy and inspiration in politics and the importance of the stories we tell. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Democracy Needs More than Facts
Shortly after I returned from my vacation, I had the privilege of speaking at a benefit concert benefiting Activate America (thank you Ed and Debbie!).
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Big victory for voting rights. In states that allow it, ballots postmarked by Election Day can still be counted after 5-4 Supreme Court ruling. These laws increase voter participation & reduce chances that votes cast on Election Day will be thrown out. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Supreme Court allows states to count mail-in ballots that arrive late, rejecting RNC challenge
The justices ruled that a Mississippi law that allows ballots to be counted as long as they were sent by Election Day is not prohibited under federal law.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
What's Actually Happening in California -- read our latest Substack on the California election results, with a deep dive on late voting and the House races we're following. activateamerica.substack.com/p/whats-actu...
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What’s Actually Happening in California
Late Returns and the House Races We're Watching
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Friends, we're phone banking today to get out the vote in the critical CO-08 primary. This is a toss up House seat where the incumbent won in 2024 2,449 votes. With a sitting president who loves inflation, we suspect voters in CO-08 are ready for a change. Join us! www.mobilize.us/activateamer...
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Get Out the Vote: Colorado CD-08 · Activate America
Join us as we call voters in Colorado's 8th Congressional District to help them make a plan to vote in the June 30 primary election. Colorado's 8th Congressional District is one of the most competiti...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
In preparation for Tuesday’s California primary election, we outline the impacts of Prop 50, California’s redistricting initiative passed last year, in our latest Substack. activateamerica.substack.com/p/a-deep-div...
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A Deep Dive Into California’s Post-Prop 50 Congressional Landscape
In preparation for Tuesday’s California primary election, Activate America’s Political Director outlines the impacts of Prop 50, California’s redistricting initiative passed last year.
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🦋🧈 monarchbuttery @monarchbuttery.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Let's do this together. Write a few postcards. 📫
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
It’s official: Texas’s impeached & indicted Attorney General, MAGA diehard Ken Paxton, has defeated Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary runoff. We just launched our postcarding campaign into Texas to elect Democrat James Talarico & flip Texas blue. Join us: www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
We are phone banking this Thursday to turn out Democratic voters in competitive House races before polls close next Tuesday. Join us! www.mobilize.us/activateamer...
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Get Out the Vote: California Primary · Activate America
Join us as we call California voters to help them make a plan to vote ahead of the June 2 primary election. Every week, we’re reaching voters across California to make sure they’re ready to participa...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais was a travesty, gutting the Voting Rights Act. But when the system seems to be working against us at every turn, we fight even harder. Read our reaction here: open.substack.com/pub/activate...
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Yesterday's Ruling Gutting Voting Rights
Ever since the passage of The Voting Rights Act of 1965, conservatives have been actively working to dismantle it.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We're now on Substack! We produce a lot of informative content that doesn't necessarily reach a broad public audience, so let's change that. Subscribe and follow for the latest from the Activate America team. activateamerica.substack.com/p/introducin...
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Introducing Activate America
Founded in 2017, Now on Substack
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This week, Activate America volunteers exceeded 5,000,000 voter contacts this election cycle! Thank you to all of our volunteers and donors who made that possible.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Virginia is for victory! Thanks to everyone who voted for & helped pass VA's redistricting measure. We are 1 step closer to restoring checks & balances in Congress, giving Democrats the margins they need to hold the Trump Administration accountable even after it tried to stack the deck in Texas.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This is a great conversation about democracy’s victory over authoritarianism in the recent Hungarian elections & what it could mean for America as we head into the 2026 midterm elections. One key takeaway: the bigger the victory, the harder it is to interfere with. www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
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Viktor Orbán’s Defeat, and the Limits of MAGA Populism | KQED
Airdate: Thursday, April 16 at 10 AM After almost two decades as Prime Minister, Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán was defeated by Péter Magyar, leader of the center-right Tisza party. In the final days...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Polls close in 6 days in the important Virginia redistricting measure. At stake: a potential gain of 4 U.S. House seats that could mark the beginning of the end of Trumpism in America. We have two final phone banks coming up, focused on turning out Black women Democrats.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We've launched a new postcard campaign in Pennsylvania, writing to Dem voters in the 4 competitive GOP-held House districts w/ instructions on when the primary election is & how to vote-by-mail. 1 of these races just shifted from "lean GOP" to "toss up". Join us: www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Polls close in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court election TODAY. Now or never to ensure we retain a pro-choice pro-democracy Supreme Court majority in one of the most important battleground states. We’re calling Democratic voters from 2-3:30 PM Central. RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/activateamer...
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Phone Bank to Protect Voting & Reproductive Rights in Wisconsin · Activate America
Join us as we call Wisconsin voters to help them make a plan to vote in the April 7 Wisconsin State Supreme Court election. Early voting is quick and easy, and we’ll help voters find their locations a...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
With the Virginia special election to approve new Congressional lines just weeks away, we’re nearing final call for postcard list requests. Given the Trump Administration’s interference in the U.S. Postal Service, all postcards must be MAILED by April 8th. www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Congrats to Donald Trump & Republicans in Congress in achieving your goal of creating a surge of Americans losing their health care coverage. The billionaires & multinational corporations appreciate their huge tax cuts paid for by Americans languishing without care.
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9% of ACA health-care plan enrollees go uninsured after enhanced subsidies expire, poll finds
Many Americans face financial pressures after Affordable Care Act enhanced premium subsidies expired at the end of 2025.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Psst. We have a webinar coming up today at 5:30 PM Pacific / 8:30 PM Eastern we're calling the Blue Wave Roadmap. We'll cover the latest polling, tactics that work, and much more. It's not too late to sign up: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Activate America Presents: The Blue Wave Roadmap. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Every day, we are bombarded with information, and it can be hard to break through the noise. In some states, people are already voting in primaries that will determine who controls Congress, and now s...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We congratulate former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on his decisive victory in the North Carolina Democratic Senate primary and look forward to helping him win in November. It's notable that he secured 100,000+ votes more than all Republican candidates combined.
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'Time to elect a senator for everyday people, not just billionaires': Roy Cooper
Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., secured the Democratic nomination for the Senate race, and he joins Morning Joe to discuss. Gov. Cooper will run against Republican Michael Whatley in the midterms.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Our phone banks into Virginia in support of a redistricting effort that will likely net Democrats four seats in the U.S. House starts TODAY at 3 PM Eastern and continues every Tuesday through the April election. Join us: www.mobilize.us/activateamer...
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Virginia Vote YES Action Phone Bank · Activate America
Join us as we call Virginia voters to encourage them to Vote YES in the April 21 Special Election on temporary congressional redistricting. This is a critical statewide ballot measure, and every vote ...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
"In tonight’s State of the Union, expect loud boasts about the stock market and tone deafness to the financial plight of millions of Americans."
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The Dow is over 50,000, but healthcare is underwater
The Dow is over 50,000, but healthcare is underwater
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Have you seen our new & improved Postcard Portal? Request postcard lists supporting Democratic-backed candidates in: -North Carolina Senate race -Wisconsin State Supreme Court race -Newly redrawn competitive House districts in California www.activateamerica.vote/postcards Many more on the way.
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Ashley from California 💁🏻‍♀️ @arlenerios.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
3rd 2026 event, the postcard-writing social completed 34 #postcards for OH Senate candidate Sherrod Brown. 2026 grand total: 96 #postcardstovoters. We meet every Fri at 1 pm at the Alhambra Library, "Teens" area or study room "C." Thank you to all the volunteers. @activateamerica.bsky.social
34 postcards to voters in support of Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown. @activateamerica
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We are fully on board with these commonsense demands to rein in ICE and CBP abuses. Write your Senators and Member of Congress today asking them to stand united in support of changes that will keep our communities safer: go.activateamerica.vote/a/no-dhs-fun...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We were the first organization in the country with direct voter outreach in support of California's #Prop50. Today, the Supreme Court upheld it, securing roughly five House seats for Democrats in the 2026 election. www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...
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The Supreme Court lets California use its new, Democratic-friendly congressional map
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California to use its new congressional map for this year's midterm election. Voters approved it as a Democratic counterresponse to Texas' new GOP-friendly ma...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Federal agents have slain another observer in Minneapolis. Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, was gunned down after being dragged to the ground by multiple agents. Enough is enough. Write your Representative today to demand DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's impeachment: go.activateamerica.vote/a/impeach-kr...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
That's right, postcard lists are now available for the critical Wisconsin State Supreme Court election to retain a pro-democracy pro-choice majority. Sign up at www.activateamerica.vote/postcards.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We're closely monitoring the redistricting efforts in Virginia. They could determine control of the House this year, giving Democrats much more leverage to demand accountability from the Trump Administration.
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Virginia Democrats signal push for congressional map that leaves just one GOP seat in bid to counter gerrymanders
Read more here.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The killing in Minneapolis today was inevitable given ICE's outlandish behavior since Trump assumed office. Federal agents shouldn't act like paramilitary forces in American cities, abducting people, willing to use lethal force while escalating tensions with communities who don't want them there.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We remember.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We are postcarding to voters in swing House districts with a holiday message about the Republican votes to increase health insurance costs. Republicans in Congress are the grinches who stole health care & we're making sure voters know it. Request your lists today: www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Our friends at @grassrootsdemhq.bsky.social are hosting phone banks today for the #TN07 special election. While this is a traditionally Republican district, there are plenty of indicators that this seat is within reach. Join ust 10:00 AM Pacific / Noon Central. www.mobilize.us/activateamer...
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Remote Phone Bank with Team Aftyn! · Activate America
Grassroots Democrats HQ, Voters of Tomorrow, Team Pelosi and Women's March Action join Aftyn For Congress to phone bank for TN CD7. This is the Congressional Election set to "Shake Up Washington!" Af...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
There's no bottom to this Administration or what Republicans in Congress will let them get away with. The 2026 midterms can't come fast enough.
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Your periodic reminder that the Administration's cruelty can still be overcome with political pressure.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
On Wednesday, December 10th, 5:30 PM PT / 8:30 PM ET, we’re hosting a webinar on the critical races that will determine control of Congress & a deep dive on the impact of redistricting efforts across the country. We're digging into the weeds for this one. RSVP today: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Activate America's 2026 Election Preview & Redistricting Breakdown. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join Activate America on Wednesday, December 10th for a webinar on the critical races that will determine control of Congress, and a deep dive on the impact of redistricting efforts across the country...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Today in Affordability News: The Trump Administration is in court today trying to stop a court order that requires them to immediately provide food assistance to American families who qualify for SNAP.
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Trump admin asks appeals court to pause judge’s requirement that it make full November SNAP payments | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause a judge’s order that requires the government to fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We did it, friends! Across our four priority states for 2025, Activate America volunteers made more than 1.6 million voter contacts and helped secured the W in every state. From coast-to-coast, it was a tremendous blue wave. Onwards to flipping Congress in 2026.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Thanks to all the amazing Activate America volunteers & donors who helped us take our voter mobilization work to the next level this year in #California, #NewJersey, #Pennsylvania & #Virginia. It's looking like a good night. Californians, you can vote until 8PM: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
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Find Your Polling Place :: California Secretary of State
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
If you are in line to vote today by 7 PM in Georgia or Virginia, 8 PM in California, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania, and 9 PM in New York, you will be able to vote in today's important coast-to-coast elections.
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Today at 6 PM Eastern / 3 PM Pacific, join Activate America for our phone bank into Pennsylvania to help retain a pro-democracy pro-choice State Supreme Court majority. www.mobilize.us/activateamer...
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Call Voters in Pennsylvania: Help voters hold Republican members of Congress accountable! · Activate America
📣 Join us in helping voters in PA-08 participate in the upcoming PA Supreme Court General Election this November. Many voters don’t realize that judicial retention races—where voters decide whether to...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Ballots close for California's crucial Prop 50 in just two weeks. If we win, Democrats will have a fighting chance to take back the House, negating Trump's power grab in Texas. Phone banks with @teamnewsom.bsky.social every Tue & Wed from 3-4:30PM Pacific. Join us: www.mobilize.us/activateamer...
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Prop 50 Vote YES Phone Bank – Protect California’s Voice! · Activate America
📣 Prop 50 Vote YES Phone Bank – Protect California’s Voice! Big news! We’re folding into the Team Newsom phone banking campaign — joining forces to make our calls louder, stronger, and more impactful...
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Activate America @activateamerica.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The deadline to request postcards for all 2025 campaigns (CA's Prop 50, NJ, PA, and VA statewide elections) is TOMORROW, October 21st, and they must be mailed by October 23rd. With your help, we've already sent 3.1 million postcards this year! Sign up here: www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
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Ashley from California 💁🏻‍♀️ @arlenerios.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
(2/3) 📷 October 10th. We completed 94 postcards. @activateamerica.bsky.social
Lots of postcards reminding voters to vote YES on Prop 50.
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