(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Quick Report on Hope Springs GOTV in Ohio Today [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-08-05 578,961 Ohioans have voted early . We have no idea, yet, what to expect on Election Day. What we know is that we have to complete our GOTV plan, as it gives us the best chance for victory. We’ve been calling volunteers to remind them of the shifts they signed up for this weekend, and i did have a couple of people ask if they were still needed. Hell, yes! Run scared, like victory requires you to give everything you’ve got. I know i do. Today was our second day of GOTV Week here in Ohio . One of our organizers had been calling it, “Speed Week” because everything has to get done fast. This is an intermediate report about today’s efforts. Not all the numbers are in yet so i’d expect some change between what gets reported here and what goes into the regular diary on this weekend’s effort in Ohio. Our GOTV universe is now 40,659 households . This includes everything: voters who have told us over the last month they opposed Issue 1, voters who have told us over the last two years they were Abortion single voters, etc. Any voter that Hope Springs from Field PAC had indications they would vote to defeat this onerous changing in the voting laws. People who have voted have been removed and we are hoping that VAN reports a big drop in this number before we cut turf for Tuesday. 1,231 volunteers came out today. This is the one number we can confirm, and don’t expect to change. This includes 51 volunteers from volunteers who have come to Ohio from Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York, North Carolina and Georgia. These aren’t “super volunteers,” to use the Obama campaign nomenclature. These are our stud volunteers, mostly women who double as organizers in their states. Their help is greatly appreciated since they can cut turf, motivate others, and knock on a lot of doors. Many, especially our volunteers from Georgia and North Carolina, will speak at Black Churches tomorrow. These volunteers took out turf to knock on 100,572 doors. It is doubtful that that number was reached. Most people do complete their turf but we are encouraging volunteers who are local to the turf they are walking to take voters to the Early Voting centers if they find someone(s) who wants to go and vote today and needs a ride. And anyone who does this is very unlikely to complete their walk list! Still a vote in hand is better. Others, who find a voter who needs a ride will call Vote Drivers to take them. County boards of election are open today until 4 p.m. for Early Voting ,and Sunday, they will be open from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. We do have one driver at each GOTV staging location who will drive anyone to the Early Voting centers if needed. Our campaign GOTV plan in Ohio is incredibly traditional, comprising of 3 phases — the last two actually running concurrently with the first. Phase 1 is our hybrid GOTV/Issues Canvass , which is ongoing through August 6th. We are knocking on doors in the suburbs of the major metro regions, prioritizing Democratic households. Even though this is a hybrid approach, we are weeding out voter households where everyone has already voted. Phase 2 is pure GOTV . This has already begun. Voters who we have identified as opposing Issue 1 will receive follow-up until the voter file (VAN) tells us they have voted. This is really a kitchen sink effort, and voters do ask, “How can I get off this list?” Pretty simple, you go vote and *we* won’t contact you again after your vote is acknowledged by the elections board. Early voting in Ohio began a couple of weeks ago. Phase 3 is Ballot (or signature) Curing. Often, we will reach voters before they even receive their official notice their ballot is missing the required signature for their vote to count. Voters have until August 15th to remedy the issue. Tomorrow we have 401 volunteers signed up for our normal GOTV/Issues Canvass from 1-5. I expect more, but that’s what we have signed up for now. Most of our out-of-state volunteers will be staying as well (they are not included in the 401 number. Monday Night will see our final lit drop. Monday's lit drop occurs not only to remind voters to go vote Tuesday, but also to mark houses where no one has picked up the lit. During the day on Monday, organizers will cut drivable turf for Monday night and Tuesday's 3 rounds of Running Down the Vote. We will be doing Ballot Curing until the vote is called. We have been doing test runs of this for 2 weeks and we feel really prepared for the next week! And we continue our special outreach to New Voters (and not just new voters Hope Springs volunteers registered). We are reminding those who recently registered using a paper form or updated their registration must provide additional identification for the first time this year: either an Ohio driver’s license, ID number or the last four digits of their Social Security number. We are asking for your help here. Our primary expenses for this grassroots-driving effort is VAN (the voter file Democrats use) and literature. Expanding our efforts — hitting more doors — means we have to pay more for VAN. We also need to provide clipboards for our volunteers, since we use the Issues Survey as a guide and we like volunteers to show voters the survey, as well as have something for voters to support Constituent Service Request forms when they fill out one. If you are able to donate to our efforts to fight against Issue 1, identify abortion rights supporters, protect our voters, especially in minority communities, expand the electorate, please help: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/hope4ohio If you would rather send a check, you can follow that link for our mailing address at the bottom of the page. Thank you for your support. This work depends upon you! 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