One thing you can do for democracy this weekend

Abortion rights are on the ballot in Arizona (and everywhere), so let's make sure everyone gets a vote

ONE THING: Donate to help Arizonans win abortion rights and a trifecta this fall
After submitting a record number of signatures for a state initiative earlier this year, Arizona for Abortion Access has won a place on the ballot this November. This makes the Grand Canyon State the epitome of what’s at stake in this election and the best chance to win power on the state and federal levels. Thanks to $16,904.76 in matching funds from the States Project, we’ve already raised $38,431 for key state legislative races to help pick up the four seats needed to flip both statehouses. That means we’ve burst through our first two goals of $2,024 and then $20,024. Even as we’re expanding our efforts to Michigan, we’re aiming even higher. I still believe this is the smartest political donation you can make in 2024. I hope you’ll help us raise $80,096 to create lasting change for millions of fellow Americans and win in November.

BONUS THING: Tell everyone you know to check their voter registration
The purges have begun. We know Trump and MAGA have a simple two-fold plan to steal this election: 1) keep people from voting and 2) keep their votes from being counted. We need to do everything we can to make sure they fail. A huge part of that is creating awareness that everyone needs to check their voter registration as soon as possible. It only takes 30 seconds. And I really recommend that you email this link to everyone you love. This is a great chance to remind you that email, texts, and direct messaging will be critical to this election. Social media, especially Twitter, will be useless by October. So we, the earlyworms, need to establish neural pathways to ensure everyone gets good information on time. This is the perfect example of a message every American needs to hear at least once this summer.

Here are some other things you could do if you have the time and internet this weekend:

• Early Friday evening, Zoom calling rural voters in Pennsylvania for Harris/Walz

• All weekend, virtual phone banking for Sherrod Brown

• Sunday evening, text banking and virtual phone banking for Harris/Walz

Bonus donation if you’re feeling flush: Help underfunded “toss-up” US House candidates who could end up securing the election by keeping Mike Johnson from being Speaker next January 6th.

What are you up to? What should everyone who cares about democracy know about?