Early voting started in Florida today -- the battleground-of-all-battlegrounds -- and this morning, ACT-Florida launched a massive state-wide blitz. All day long, hundreds of our canvassers went door-to-door. We'll be back at it early tomorrow morning and every day for the next two weeks.
But in Duval County, home to the 840 square mile city of Jacksonville, the challenge ahead of us is great. There is exactly one Early Vote site open here and, as reported in last week's Washington Post, it is located miles from most of the majority Black precincts.
ACT's canvassers and fleet of vans are spread thin trying to compensate for this suppression by Florida Republicans. We need to put more canvassers on the streets of Jacksonville right away to drive voters to the polls.
Please help us get voters of Duval County to the polls. $75 contributed now will field another canvasser to help elect Democrats in federal, state and local elections. CLICK HERE TO DONATE:https://secure.acthere.com/modules/contribution/contribute.php?b=florida
Please contribute to fund ACT's work in Duval County.
Outrage is already spreading across the community causing Republican Secretary of State Glenda Hood to announce that the state will add another 2-4 early vote sites in the area, but she's given no indication of when.
As early vote continues, Republicans are stalling. The clock is ticking, every second counts. Please help ACT-Florida today by donating now.
It's important to remember that in 2000, 27,000 Duval county ballots were thrown out, the majority of them from heavily Democratic black precincts.
Please help ACT-Florida make sure it doesn't happen again. Travel to Florida to join us on the ground - we need everyone we can get. Signup now at www.acthere.com .
Thank you for everything you do - and everything you will do.
Karin Johanson
State Director
ACT-Florida