Washington Indivisible Podcast

With the runoff set for two Senate seats in GA, Indivisibles in WA are understandably excited about getting involved. For the moment, though, we are being asked to give leaders on the ground in GA a little bit of time to formulate a game plan.

In the meantime, we have some crucial action we can take to help our fellow Indivisibles in CA, curing ballots for critical progressive House races. Joining us to talk about it is Nina Moussavi, Indivisible Senior Regional Organizer for California and Washington.

WA State Ballot Curing

• King County Democrats: Make every vote in King County count! Contact Voter Protection Director Clyde Shavers at [email protected]

• Ballot curing with 5th LD Senate candidate Ingrid Anderson: https://forms.gle/rrmintUJDQ2Nzo336

CA Ballot Curing

• CA-39 Gil Cisneros – The campaign is running an aggressive ballot curing effort both on the phones and knocking on doors. Phonebank: https://www.mobilize.us/cisnerosforcongress/event/362517/

• CA-10 TJ Cox – The campaign is running an aggressive ballot curing effort both on the phones and knocking on doors. Phonebank: https://www.mobilize.us/coxforcongress/event/355740/

• CA-25 Christy Smith – The campaign and progressive groups are running an aggressive ballot curing effort both on the phones and knocking on doors. Phonebank: https://www.mobilize.us/grassrootsdemocratslahq/event/362522/

For our final podcast before Tuesday’s election, we speak with the very first guest on this show, Chris Petzold. She is the leader of Indivisible Washington’s 8th district.

We talk about the group’s achievements over the years, including flipping its congressional seat from red to blue, and we also discuss what may lie ahead post-election, no matter the outcome.

As part of our town hall series in partnership with the Washington Indivisible Network and Indivisible Tacoma, we speak with 1st district Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, who joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about her ongoing work on COVID relief and tech privacy, her thoughts on the election, and what may be possible in a Democratic Washington, DC.

This was recorded live on the evening of Thursday, October 29th.

https://voter.votewa.gov/

Town hall with Rep. Sharon Shewmake: https://soundcloud.com/wsip/town-hall-house-candidate-series-rep-sharon-shewmake-ld-42

Town hall with Alicia Rule: https://soundcloud.com/wsip/town-hall-house-candidate-series-alicia-rule-ld-42

As part of our town hall series in partnership with the Washington Indivisible Network and Indivisible Tacoma, we speak with 6th district Congressman Derek Kilmer, who joins us for a wide-ranging discussion, touching on concerns about the upcoming election, COVID safety and relief, the climate, and what Democrats may be able to achieve in a post-Trump America.

Town halls for candidates supported by Congressman Kilmer:

Joy Stanford and Carrie Hesch (LD 26): https://soundcloud.com/wsip/special-town-hall-series-candidates-for-the-state-legislature-in-the-26th-ld?in=wsip/sets/win-town-hall-series

T'wina Nobles (LD 28): https://soundcloud.com/wsip/town-hall-series-education-education-panel-state-senate-candidate-twina-nobles-ld-28

Brian Blake (LD 19): https://soundcloud.com/wsip/washington-indivisible-town-hall-series-19th-ld-candidates?in=wsip/sets/win-town-hall-series

Darcy Huffman and Colton Myers (LD 35): https://soundcloud.com/wsip/town-hall-series-candidates-in-the-35th-legislative-district

With emotions around the election at their peak right now, we check in today with therapist Jennifer Young. She is a trauma specialist, and she's also a leader with Indivisible Action Tampa Bay.

This discussion covers a lot. We talk about anxiety, anger, how or even if to repair broken relationships, and how to keep going in the face of exhaustion. And, as a heads-up, Jennifer also talks very bluntly about what may lie ahead for us in the coming days and weeks, and what we should expect from ourselves.

We hope that you’ll join us for this important, no-holds-barred discussion.

Director of King County Elections, Julie Wise, is here to answer your questions about early voting, ballot tracking, and especially election security issues here in Washington. She also has potentially great news about when we’ll be getting election results this year.

https://voter.votewa.gov/WhereToVote.aspx

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"Pure Joy" by Otis Galloway

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With this presidential race hinging on driving voter turnout, reaching the so-called low-propensity voter has never been more crucial, whether they’re friends or relatives, or people you encounter while phone or text banking.

We speak today with Rachel Miller, whose recent piece for Vice speaks with a series of experts about how to reach the apathetic voter in your life. Rachel is deputy editor of Vice Life.

Rachel's article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/9357w3/how-to-convince-someone-to-vote-this-year-2020-election

Her blog: https://www.justgoodshit.com/

Her book, "The Art of Showing Up": https://amzn.to/37tBfXp

What happens if (or more likely, when) Trump refuses to accept the results of the November election?

Protect the Results is a coalition of national organizations led by Indivisible and Stand Up America that is dedicated to coordinating nationwide, daily, nonviolent protests until all the votes are counted.

We speak with Indivisible’s Chief Communications Director, Sarah Dohl, to hear about the game plan, and about how you can get involved.

Protect the Results: https://protecttheresults.com/

Toolkit: http://www.bit.ly/PTRToolkit

Legal defense from National Lawyers Guild: https://www.nlg.org/massdefenseprogram

Trainings: http://www.bit.ly/PTRTrainings

Stay involved: http://www.2020.indivisible.org

If you’ve ever wondered what a presidential campaign surrogate does, this show is for you. We chat with Hamdi Mohamed, campaign organizing director for Joe Biden in South King County, about the state of the race, and what we can be doing here in blue state Washington to help win across the board in November.

Hamdi is the former campaign manager and deputy district director for Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, and she currently works for King County as a policy advisor.

As part of our town hall series in partnership with the Washington Indivisible Network and Indivisible Tacoma, we speak with April Berg, who’s in a very competitive race for state representative in the 44th legislative district.

This was recorded live on the evening of Tuesday, October 6th.

https://www.aprilberg.com/