If you have followed my diaries recently, you know that I consider the 2020 election to be the most important and consequential since the election of 1860. Yes, it is that significant. You also may know that I have launched an effort called One Hundred Million for America, a campaign to personally contact at least 100 million American voters face to face, which research has proven to be the most effective method of winning over voters. The objective: to raise the Democratic presidential vote from 65,000,000 in 2016 to at least 85,000,000 in 2020. In connection with this, I am urging all Democratic activists to begin efforts to register voters starting NOW. This will entail several steps:
1. Ascertaining ID requirements for every state
2. Moving strongly to combat voter suppression efforts
3. Making voters aware of the ways in which they can register to vote.
4. Linking up with Democratic groups at the local level.
In 2018, despite a near record midterm turnout, there were 100 million eligible voters who did NOT vote. We cannot let this happen any more. We must massively expand the electorate, and get them to vote Democratic from top to bottom. Therefore, let’s plunge in.
A. ID REQUIREMENTS FOR EVERY STATE, HOW TO OBTAIN VOTER IDs
1. Information from The National Conference of State Legislatures, located here. This is an excellent source.
2. Information from Ballotpedia, here. This has a wealth of detail.
3. VoteRiders will help people obtain voter IDs. Take a look here.
B. FIGHTING REPUBLICAN VOTER SUPPRESSION TACTICS
1. This was the ACLU’s page from 2016, but it contains many updates. You can find it here.
2. The League of Women Voters will help you out, right here.
3. Let America vote is pitching in as well, right here.
C. REGISTERING TO VOTE
1. State voting requirements can be found at U.S. Vote Foundation, located here.
2. You can register people to vote at Vote.Org, located right here.
3. You can not only register to vote at this site, you can check your current eligibility, right here.
D. WORKING WITH DEMOCRATIC GROUPS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
1. Act Local put this guide out last year. It has plenty of good information, and I’m sure they’re already cranking up for 2020. Take a look here.
2. You want to be part of a fighting organization? Check out Indivisible, right here.
3. Check out Wave 2020, right here. Their list of local organizations is here.
4. Take a look at SwingLeft, right here.
I am convinced that the side most willing to do the tough, grinding work is the side that will ultimately prevail in 2020. (There are also elections this year in Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Virginia.) The survival of the American Republic is on the line next year. This is the most important election of our lifetimes. It is one thing to talk to each other here on Daily Kos. But we must reach out to millions of non-voters who may sympathize with us, but who have not yet taken action. That is our great task: mobilizing a record Democratic vote—so that we may save The United States of America.