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Virginia for Reproductive rights. Do not fall for Republican dirty tricks.

Virginia, Vote for Reproductive Rights: Don’t Fall For Republican Dirty Tricks

Virginia Republicans resort to dirty tricks and lies to overcome the backlash to their abortion ban plans. Voter suppression. Purging voters. Closing polling locations. Slander and outright lies… Keeping track of all the Republican dirty tricks is hard. Use this infographic inspired by Center For Common Ground (CFCG) in Virginia to understand how these dirty …

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24 shootings. 33 Americans killed in one day! Vote to END GUN VIOLENCE MADNESS.

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), map, political districts, accountability, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

24 shootings on Oct 25th 2023 killed 33 people and injured 66 more. Gun violence incidents are on the rise. In 2021, nearly 21,000 people were killed by firearms (not including suicides), according to the Gun Violence Archive, an online database of U.S. gun violence incidents. That’s a 33 percent increase from 2017, the year that firearm-related …

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Virginia gun violence tracker. Vote to break the hold of gun lobby that is blocking safety reforms.

Virginia Gun Violence Tracker: A Call To Action

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mapping and Story Mapping / By Deepak Puri

Virginia has had ten mass shootings in the last 12 months! Where have the shootings been? How many people were killed? Injured? How can Virginia voters break the gun lobby hold over Republicans blocking gun safety reforms? Who are the candidates running for a safer Virginia? Where, when and how can you vote? Volunteer to …

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Virginia Handmaid’s Tale

Leave a Comment / Audio, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mapping and Story Mapping, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

Men takeover control of women’s bodies in the HandMaid’s Tale How close are Republican led states to the Handmaid’s Tale? What could happen in Virginia? Compare what’s already happening in red states to the Hanmaid’s tale with this StoryMap. What you can do to stop this nightmare in Virginia. Vote Virginia Women’s freedom is on …

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Mapping the Republican War On Public Libraries

Leave a Comment / Mapping and Story Mapping / By Deepak Puri

Libraries bolster democracy. Republicans want to get rid of libraries. “Virginia library at risk after rightwing push to defund it…Samuels Library in Front Royal’s Warren county is set to close on 1 October as public funding has been withheld by the Warren county board of supervisors since July, cutting off crucial financial support.” – The …

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Virginia Audio Voter Guides in English and Spanish

Leave a Comment / AI, Audio, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) / By Deepak Puri

There’s a lot at stake in the upcoming Virginia election. Abortion Rights. Healthcare. Gun Violence. Voting rights… “Too often people often don’t vote because they don’t know where candidates stand and are confused about how to find out. Widespread political cynicism, disinformation, and spin don’t help. Since 2012, Voter Guides team of veteran journalists have …

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Democrats empower voters. Republicans use voter suppression.

Driving Change: AI enables RIDES TO THE POLLS for low income voters

Leave a Comment / AI, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mapping and Story Mapping, Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

Why is it hardest for Americans in need to vote? Voter suppression. MAGA Republicans make it harder for low income families, the rural, seniors, the disabled to vote, so they can pass laws that benefit their rich donors. GOP voter suppression has created the SILENCED MAJORITY. But, savvy organizers at Center For Common Ground are …

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Virginia election information delivered as text, maps and video

Virginia Election Info: Your Way, Your Say!

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mapping and Story Mapping, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Power mapping, Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

There’s a LOT at stake in the upcoming Virginia election. Virginians deserve to know how the election will make their lives better or worse, and make an informed choice? What will Democrats and Republicans do if elected? Who’s running for office? Where are the early voting locations? When are they open? What ID will they …

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Dialing for democracy. Abortion is on the ballot in Virginia. Phonebank to protect women's reproductive rights.

Dialing for Democracy: Phonebank to Defend Reproductive Rights in Virginia

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps, Training Volunteers and Organizers / By Deepak Puri

Reproductive rights are on the ballot in Virginia in November 2023. Virginia Republican Governor Youngkin is pushing for 15 week abortion ban. Other Virginia Republicans are demanding a full ban. – CBS The National Women’s Political Caucus – Virginia has endorsed a slate of candidates that will protect women’s freedoms, and Center For Common Ground …

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Virginia Handmaid’s Tale: Christian Nationalists Defund Public Schools

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mapping and Story Mapping, Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

Abortions outlawed. Women banned from reading. Trans community attacked… Nope. Not Gilead from the Handmaid’s Tale. This is Virginia today where Republican Christian Nationalists push their extreme agenda, copied straight from the Handmaid’s Tale. Judge the similarities between the Republican scheme and Handmaid’s Tale for yourself with this relationship map. Read the Washington Post article …

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