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Wisconsin: Walker's on the ropes, we need your help for a KNOCK-OUT!-Moveon.org

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"It's a huge victory that we succeeded in getting six recall elections against Republicans, but now we need ALL MoveOn members around the country to help us actually win the races and unseat Walker's majority," says MoveOn member Steve Hughes of Madison. We need to raise $185,000 immediately to get started.
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Breaking news—we've now got a chance to beat six Wisconsin Republicans facing recall elections after helping force through infamous legislation taking away bargaining rights from teachers and other public workers. If we win, that would end Gov. Scott Walker's right-wing crusade.

This election is a huge opportunity to turn the tide against tea party Republicans and their attacks on the middle class. But in a last-minute election like this, whoever can mobilize the most voters will win—so we've got to get to work.

We've got an ambitious plan to get thousands more voters to the polls in Wisconsin, taking the technology and organizing tools that we used to help elect Barack Obama and applying them for the first time ever to a state-level election.

MoveOn members contributed $1 million to the huge effort to force these recall elections, and worked tirelessly on the ground.

But with just six weeks to go, we've got to raise $185,000 to get moving on this plan immediately.

Can you chip in $5 to help us mobilize voters to the polls in Wisconsin and stop the tea party Republicans in their tracks?

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/win_in_WI.html?bg_id=hpc5&id=27666-17663758-98...

If we win, we may even be able to reverse the anti-collective-bargaining law: A judge blocked the law last week, but Gov. Walker may try to pass it again. If progressives win three seats in the state senate, we can stop it. Furthermore, Republican governors and state legislators across the country are watching what happens in Wisconsin very closely, as are party leaders in Washington, D.C.

Since special elections like these always have very low turnout, whichever side can get people to the polls will have the upper hand. So we've put together an aggressive plan to get thousands more Democrats to the polls in each of these districts. Here's just some of what we'll do:
(Sorry, thats for my eye's only Rethuglicans !!!!!
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....But believe me it will work with your help i will not be giving them our playbook this time (wink)-figg


The state election oversight board announced yesterday that all the recall elections filed against Republicans will proceed, while all the retaliatory recalls Republicans filed against Democrats are mired in allegations of signature fraud.

These recall elections of right-wing Republicans could send shock waves through the nation, and a clear message: Voters won't stand for the extreme Republican attempts to trample on workers' rights.

But to send that message, we need to win these elections. Can you contribute now to help get out the vote in Wisconsin?

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/win_in_WI.html?bg_id=hpc5&id=27666-17663758-98...

Thanks for all you do.

–Adam R., Laura, Kat, Stephen, Milan,Figgdimension, and the rest of the team
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6 comments // Wisconsin: Walker's on the ropes, we need your help for a KNOCK-OUT!-Moveon.org

  • Mayeffie
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      Mayeffie  
    • Thanks Figg, I grew up in Wisconsin. I joined the Progressive movement in support of Feingold and the state of Wisconsin.

    • 1 year ago
  • MDBard
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      MDBard  
    • Best wishes are all I can afford but I'll tell my friends that have money to send what they can. Nice work Wisconsin keep it up.

    • 1 year ago
  • figgdimension
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      figgdimension  
    • MDBard:

      Thats more than enough ... give only what you can ...I am doing PR and calling and posting and sharing and thats way more than $5 talking to your friends is a great way to pass it on thanks MD... sometimes just being a supportive voice is all we can do and thats worth more than dollars and is more than enough believe me...glad to have ya!
      Go Wisconsin !

    • 1 year ago
  • chew_chew
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      chew_chew  
    • "The state election oversight board announced yesterday that all the recall elections filed against Republicans will proceed, while all the retaliatory recalls Republicans filed against Democrats are mired in allegations of signature fraud."

      That speaks volumes!

    • 1 year ago
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