The following message is from Caitlin Maloney of the Courage Campaign and explains exactly how you can support No on 1 in Maine! Please read this message and check out this important link!
Dear Students --
*It's a dead heat in Maine: 48%-48% according to the latest polling.*
The Public Policy Polling survey of likely voters released yesterday shows
that Question 1 -- the initiative in Maine that would deny same-sex couples
the right to marry -- is picking up momentum and could pass on November 3.
*This election is going to come down to turnout.* And the NO on 1 campaign
is counting on out-of-state volunteers like you to make sure voters make it
to the polls during this off-year election.
*You can make the difference between securing marriage equality for Mainers
or another crushing defeat like Prop 8. If you have a phone and an internet
connection, we need your help. Please sign up now for a CALL FOR EQUALITY
shift to make calls to Maine voters from home:*
With votes being cast right now by email and at early voting locations,
these "virtual phonebank" calls to Maine voters will make the difference
between victory and defeat on election night.
*If you've never made phone calls to voters, it's easy.* Because we're
getting out the vote, you'll almost always be talking with a Maine voter who
supports marriage equality. We will personally train you over the phone
before your shift, give you a script and all of the information you need to
make calls.
I've been making these calls for the last couple of weeks, and I can tell
you that -- because this is an off-year election -- there are still too many
voters who haven't voted early or were not planning to vote until they were
reminded about the urgency of their one vote.
*This election could come down to a handful of voters. And, often, an extra
nudge from a supporter like you is what motivates someone to vote. Please
click here to sign up and get started making calls from home:*
Thank you for everything you are doing to keep another Prop 8 from passing.
Caitlin Maloney
Equality Hub Manager, Courage Campaign
P.S. Another way you can help the campaign is by donating airline miles to
help volunteers from around the country make it to Maine for the final week.
Click here to give your airline miles to volunteers via our friends at Travel for Change