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• Community engagement specialist.• Inspired by civil rights advocates.• Spent the last decade organizing around for

education, health, political access, immigrants' rights, and women's rights.

• Helped establish a New Americans PAC in 2012.– This PAC as been instrumental in convening

constituents with their representatives, creating state policy initiatives, political candidate recruitment and in successfully organizing against the photo ID amendment

Ilhan OmarSr. Policy Aide

Minneapolis Council Member Andrew Johnson

MODERATORLulete Mola | VoteRunLeadCommunity [email protected]

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Find opportunities with Voter registration drive. Voter registration

can become your greatest Get Out The Vote (GOTV) tool Voter registration

gives strength to your campaign message

Voter databasesSecretary of State

• College campuses• High schools • Meet and greets• Canvassing*• Community meetings

• Registration drives• National night out• Partner with other

candidates• Places of worship• Naturalization ceremonies

Orthodox GOTV• 3 month cycle

→Sept - Nov

Modern GOTV• 5 month cycle

→July - Nov

Energy around Early voting

No excuse mail No excuse

in-person voting

Make sure all your votes count Prepare for every possible problem Educate your core team about voting

rules Have a plan to protect your voters

• Know your city clerks and voting judges– If possible set up meeting with them and other

candidates• Put your attorneys on notice • The election isn’t over until the votes are

certified

Voter contact

CanvassingCallsMailAdvertisements

Schedule

Slots for volunteersTest for qualityAdjust script for

callers and canvassers

Plan

Plan the

work

Practice Fine-tune the work

ExecuteWork the plan

• Planning early allows you to practice and better plan for bigger, late GOTV issues

• Test the capacity of your team

• Organize a Phone Bank

• Define your universe.• Which voters are you

talking to?• What are your

priorities?• Set your schedule• When are you calling?• How many phones do

you need?

• Slot your volunteers• How many volunteers

and slots do you need?

• Fill them early and fast• Phone banks and

Captains• Do you know who is

running the show?• Do they know the

show they are running?

• Check list– Canvassers– Social media– Email blast– Door hangers

(hand written notes)– Live phone bank

LULETE MOLACommunity Organizer

[email protected]

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