Take Action Call Gov. Abbott TODAY and urge him to expand Medicaid to save our lives and protect our hospitals Please call him using this patch-through number: 1-877-880-6704 with the following message: Please expand Medicaid for the Texans who are uninsured and need healthcare, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. When any one of us can’t get the …
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Save the U.S. Postal Service | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Tell Gov. Abbott: We Demand Safe Voting The coronavirus pandemic is a public health emergency and economic crisis for Texans—and it’s also a serious threat to the state’s upcoming elections. Write a letter to Greg Abbott demanding vote-by-mail in Texas Tell your reps: Save the U.S. Postal Service Not coincidentally, as vote-by-mail gains …
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Write Your Reps! Save the U.S. Postal Service
Updated August 23, 2020. This letter will go to your US senators. The House passed the bipartisan Delivering for America Act, which—if passed in the Senate and signed into law—would give $25 billion to USPS, restore overtime to USPS workers, prohibit removal of mail sorting machines & mailboxes, and require all election mail be treated as …
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Write Your Reps! Tell Gov. Abbott: We Demand Safe Voting
We’re asking Governor Abbott to allow all Texas voters to vote by mail during the primary runoff election on July 14 and the general election on November 3.
Coronavirus actions to do from home: Save local businesses, send letters to voters | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Help Save a Local Business Buy a gift card now, use it later, and help save a local business (or two). Buy gift cards at Austin businesses (USA Today) Send meals from local restaurants to Austin health care workers (Frontline Foods) Send letters to voters Indivisible has launched a partnership with VoteFWD. It’s …
Support workers during the pandemic: Tell Gov Abbott to expand Medicaid now | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Tell Greg Abbott: Expand Medicaid Now Today is the day to write to Governor Abbott and ask him to expand Medicaid to all eligible Texans. We are in the midst of an unprecedented public health crisis, but millions of Texans don’t have access to life-saving health care because they are uninsured. Without insurance, …
Don’t let the coronavirus threaten your right to vote | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Don’t let the coronavirus threaten your right to vote “…Trump will serve one term or three.” —Ayesha A. Siddiqi By calling himself a “wartime president,” Trump is setting the stage to restrict constitutional rights, including the right to vote. This is a time to be vigilant and to advocate for easier access to …
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Write Your Reps! Tell Greg Abbott: Keep Texas voting during the coronavirus pandemic
Statement by League of Women Voters of Texas President Grace Chimene on Election Changes Needed Needed to Deal with COVID-19: We are all very concerned about the growing COVID-19 health threat to our local communities, all of Texas, the nation, and all the nations of the world. The Leagues of Women Voters across the country …
Write your reps! Tell your senators: Protect our vote during the coronavirus pandemic
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, vulnerable Americans are going to have to choose between casting a ballot and protecting their health. Vote-by-mail is a time-tested, reliable way for Americans to exercise their constitutional rights, and the right answer to respond to this crisis. Tell your senators to support the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act (NDEBA) …
Coronavirus response and resources: What to do when your government fails you | Take Action Newsletter
Read: Community Building During the Coronavirus (Indivisible Project) Take Action Coronavirus response and resources: What to do when your government fails you Source: Drew Harris Trump and his congressional enablers like John Cornyn are failing us, and with deadly consequences. It is medical neglect at a national scale. We have to protect ourselves. 1. …