The election is almost over. And there's only one state that’s literally keeping me up at night: Pennsylvania, a must-win battleground state for Joe Biden.
Here's the problem: While states like Texas and Florida have had record early voting, the one swing state that noticeably did not turn in as many early ballots is Pennsylvania. Biden should win it, but if Pennsylvania slips through our fingers there’s a very real danger Trump could get reelected. That's why it's the smartest place to invest your time.
For the final days of the election, wherever you live, volunteer a few hours to get out the Democratic vote in Pennsylvania. Daily Kos has set up a feed where you can easily find phonebank and texting opportunities with different groups like Back to Blue, Swing Left the Biden-Harris campaign, or NextGen America. Click to sign up.
Chip in $10 to grassroots organizations in 10 swing states (including Pennsylvania) that are providing key voter assistance against GOP voter suppression.
At our feed on Mobilize America, Daily Kos has curated these get-out-the-vote activities to help Biden win Pennsylvania. After you sign up, you will be contacted by the campaign organizers via email for further instructions on what next steps you need to take.
Here are some of the get-out-the-vote opportunities where we need volunteers:
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Back-to-Blue, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, is hosting a virtual phonebank explicitly for out-of-state volunteers to make calls into Pennsylvania during the last four days.
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NextGen Pennsylvania, which targets young voters, is hosting a get-out-the-vote textbank for the final five days. Textbanking is a popular activity, so volunteer shifts fill up quickly. If you want to textbank, I highly recommend you grab a slot while you can.
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Swing Left is hosting a virtual phonebank from Philadelphia starting this weekend, where you can log in from anywhere in the country to get out the vote in Pennsylvania.
That's just a fraction of the hundreds of volunteer activities on our feed, so please check it out.
The polls may suggest Biden will win Pennsylvania, although it's too close for comfort. But it requires getting out the Democratic vote, and Republicans are pulling out every voter suppression stop they can. And we have not built the kind of initial lead in early voting in Pennsylvania like we have in other swing states.
And reports of absentee ballots getting lost in the mail are terrifying. In Butler County (in western Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh), unknown thousands of voters did not receive their mail-in ballots due to a mix-up by the U.S. Postal Service. Thankfully, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party is running a virtual phonebank that you can participate in here.