DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF SANTA FE COUNTY 

NEEDS HELP TO GET OUT THE VOTE!

WHAT DO WE NEED TO WIN?

We need more!

More feet on the ground.

More hands on the phones.

Show up … Speed Up

Wrapping up five weeks of canvassing, team leader Paul Dirdak (dubbed “Canvas Guy”) reports we’re still in the voter ID stage, which will finish in about a week. We’re finding out which voters – Republicans, DTS, Greens and others – might vote for Democrats. Contact rate (the number of people who answer their doors) is 22 percent, a solid rate for a presidential election.

If you haven’t started canvassing, start now. If your friend hasn’t started, pick up an “Introduction to Canvassing” handout at HQs and get them started. Turfs are available at Canvassing Central every day during office hours.

Phonebanking: Callers switch to GOTV on Oct. 12 so if you’re not comfortable calling non-Democrats, that’s the time for you to step up!

Phonebank leader Mary Freitas calls it a “big lift” for Santa Fe to turn out 65,000 Democratic voters to offset losses in red counties. “And we can do it if everybody works together.”

Be like Patricia Boles.

She’s called 607 voters

Other stars: Mary Ann Cristello with 369 calls and Kathy Bartlett with 306. Susan Kilkenny has 284; Dottie McKissick, 278; John McClure, 256; and Joan Sickler, 255.

Phonebankers this week are calling back people who were marked as “not home” and leaving a brief message: Vote for Democrats up and down the ticket. After absentee ballots go out, they will also be keeping in touch with voters who’ve requested absentee ballots but whose ballots have not been returned.

Phone bank training sessions are held three times a week at 1420 Cerrillos: Tuesdays at 4 p.m., Thursdays at 11 a.m., and Saturdays at 11 a.m.  Come with a friend. Bring a cell phone. A laptop or tablet is helpful for training but is not required. Plus, there are snacks!

By the Numbers

7,593 doors knocked

10 canvassers have each knocked more than 150 doors

5,498 calls made

6,100 postcards mailed

154 active canvassers

75 Active phone bankers

48 People picked up Round 2 postcards

After October 8th, the county clerk's office asks that we do not register voters on paper or even online. They repeatedly say it's better to give people information on voting sites and send them to an early voting location to register (and vote!) that same day. 
After the 8th, you are welcome to put your energy toward taking people you know to the polls or giving people voting information, but you should not be doing paper registrations. People do have a lot of questions once voting begins, so becoming a voter information agent instead of registrations is helpful too! 
Important Reminder:I have heard from the county clerk's staff that almost HALF of all paper registrations that are being turned in are being rejected. Most are being rejected because of simple mistakes, like a voter is not signing a form. Please make sure to have first-time voters fill in their entire social security number, and then look over the registration form before the voter leaves. It's also good to get a phone number on the form and then have the voter check that they do not want their number sold; however, a phone number allows the clerk's office staff to call the voter if there is an error. 

GET READY TO CAST YOUR BALLOT
IT'S TIME TO MAKE YOUR VOTING PLAN...AND BRING FIVE PEOPLE WITH YOU TO THE POLLS
Check your voter registration status:  My Registration Information.

How will you vote?  Absentee? 

Request an absentee ballot by filling out an application and returning it to your local County Clerk. Applications can be obtained by:

• Fill out an application online by Clicking Here
• Contacting your County Clerk’s Office in person, phone, mail or email
• Downloading an Absentee Ballot Application here and mailing it or hand delivering it to your County Clerk’s Office

Early In- Person?  Early in-person voting in Santa Fe County will begin Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 at the County Clerk's Office, and will expand to additional early voting sites around the county, beginning the third Saturday before the election.  Visit NMVote.org for more information.  

 MONDAY NIGHT MEETING  

Currently we are meeting on the following Mondays: 
October 14th and 21st.
Time: 7–8:30pm MDT.
Location: Christ Lutheran (ELCA) Church
1701 Arroyo Chamiso Rd Santa Fe, NM 87505

INDIVISIBLE SANTA FE 

INDIVISIBLE SOS 

SANDOVAL COUNTY INDIVISIBLE

ENDORSEMENT OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO THE PRESS

With the ultimate goal of electing more and better progressive and Democratic candidates in order to overcome the bitterly divisive and harmful policies of Donald Trump and his enablers in the Republican Party, our members endorse Kamala Harris in the 2024 election for President of the United States. 

We believe the future of our incredible democratic republic is at stake and we have the opportunity to enact a new vision of America with less focus on fear and more focus on equality under the law, equity in access to opportunity, and accepting the responsibility of the stewardship of the planet.

We understand that no individual candidate will be perfectly suited to the principles that guide us, and we will not be purists in this once-in-a-lifetime election, although there is little that we would change about Vice President Harris’ legislative positions. We appreciate the policy proposals she envisions. There are many aspects to her experience that will strengthen our democracy and create an environment of opportunity for all. 

We join National Indivisible group’s members in voting nearly unanimously to endorse Vice President Harris for President of the United States. 

“The National Indivisible organization is launching a huge effort to recruit volunteers and voters for Harris. The “All in for Kamala” effort will run from today until the Democratic convention in the third full week of August.” - Washington Post