Today is a day of heartbreak, sorrow, reflection and terror . . . We are sad that Ruth Bader Ginsburg has left us. She left us better off than we were when she began her quest to lift up all women. Women, young and old, need to reflect on the rights for women RBG fought for her entire storied career. Our lives are richer and more vibrant because she fought that fight.

Let us honor RBG by doing our best to fight for Democrats up and down the ticket on November 3rd and through our absentee ballots, which will be arriving in our mailboxes sometime after October 4th. PLEASE don’t skip voting for a candidate because you thought yours would have been better. PLEASE don’t write in ANYONE. That ship has sailed. We are in the fight of our lives right now. The consequences are dire and that’s not even hubristic.

Just look at what Sununu has vetoed! Amongst the 79 vetoes, there is something for everyone! Something that adversely affects just about all of us, if not the family leave bill, it could be the minimum wage bill; if not his climate change denial, it’s taking sorely needed money from public education to give to corporations and other private venture groups. On and on.

Speaking of vetoes . . . we, the UVDems, are proud and excited about our upcoming program on Sununu’s vetoes (Monday, September 28). We’ve asked three of our eminent reps to talk about those vetoes and they are delivering. We will be treated to a program, carefully and passionately crafted, illustrating what, exactly, all these vetoes mean going forward. Our reps worked hard on these bills, many of which were bi-partisan. They have a lot to say about it. Don’t miss this program.

And SIGNS. We are awash in signs and dream of the entire Upper Valley blooming with Democratic candidates’ signs. Please check below, find the depot closest to you and pick up signs for the entire ticket in your town. We need to neutralize our opponents’ efforts so come on over, pick up a set of signs and festoon your abode!

Read the full email here!

• BIDEN SIGNS ARE IN THE UV
• Volunteer with your Favorite Team!
• Why elect all our Upper Valley candidates?
• Report: NH’s School Funding System Fails Students and Taxpayers
• Sununu Sad Facts
• September 23, GOTV training Upper Valley
• September 24, Hanover/Lyme Town Democrats Meeting, with Annie Kuster!
• September 28, UVD Program: Sununu’s Veto Mania
• September 30, The NH School Funding Fairness Project

ONGOING

• New Volunteer Opportunities with Organize NH
• Registration and absentee ballots for November 3!
• Black Lives Matter Vigils

We don’t usually get overly lathered up about our weekly newsletters BUT this one is so packed with critical material that we are begging you to read and absorb every morsel.

Let’s begin with VETO OVERRIDE DAY. Some, if not all, of these vetoes are ridiculous and damaging. Read about just three below . . . and then register for the UVDems monthly program which will focus entirely on the vetoes by the governor. If you aren’t angry already, you are sure to be by the time our three Reps fill you in. They are working out a comprehensive hour-long program that promises to be enough to inspire everyone to work harder to elect Dan Feltes and kick Sununu out of the corner office.

Then we have the honor to be a battleground state. Let’s take that to heart. Small though we are, the occupant in the White House sees our state as a place he can flip to his advantage. Let’s work as hard as we can to disabuse him of this fantasy. It’s definitely difficult to work for the cause in this covid climate . . . but there is phone banking (contact Eleanor Patten at epatten@organizenh.org). There are signs coming. There is talking to friends, relatives, neighbors, about their plan to either vote absentee or in person. If they aren’t registered (which happens with the newly-minted 18 year olds) then help them find their town clerk to register.

And, you to the north . . . Bill Bolton has tried to unseat Guida and maybe this is his year–so make a point of supporting Bill’s BOLTON BAND NIGHT. It sounds like fun and then go out there and flip that seat!!

Visit with Annie Kuster–at least two opportunities are coming up; watch Dark Waters; and then talk, write and donate as much as you can to as many candidates as you can!

This is the most critical election of our lives. Let’s work hard to alleviate our deep disappointment of the last four years and then have a party!

Ann Garland and Barbara J Jones
Co-chairs, UVDems

Read the details of events below here!

• September 16th is Veto Override Day!
• Executive Councilors ask Questions
• The Battleground: These states will determine the 2020 election
• NH sets voting turnout records
• Registration and absentee ballots for November 3!
• New Volunteer Opportunities with Organize NH
• NH Businesses for Social Responsibility and Business for America launch #VoteSafeNH Toolkit
• Census 2020! Are you counted?
• September 14, Justice & Accountability Fund’s Mission To Elect Democratic Executive Councilors
• September 14,  Congresswoman Annie Kuster & Congressman Beto O’Rourke
• September 15, Bolton Band Night
• September 17, Film Screening of Dark Waters!
• September 22, Dark Waters Convo with special guest Rob Bilott
• September 24, Hanover/Lyme Town Democrats Meeting, with Annie Kuster!
• September 28, UVD Program: Sununu’s Veto Mania

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ONGOING
• ‘Signs’ of the times depots
• Black Lives Matter Vigils

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