Some of the Candidates

This is our first opportunity to flip a state legislature and end Republican gerrymandering! Swing Left is going all in, and we need you to help turn Virginia BLUE this November.

10/12-13 is Swing Let’s weekend of action (WOA) to get out the vote in Virginia. Join us for some letter writing and apple crisp (vegan too) to help power us through!

Virginia was home of the blue wave. In 2017. Democrats won 15 seats in the House of Delegates, nearly flipping the chamber—and representing the most diverse freshman class ever in Virginia’s history! We just need two seats in the House and two seats in the Senate for a majority.

We need to protect the seats we gained last cycle, an flip just two seats in the House of Delegates and just two seats in the State Senate to have a majority.

Virginia has one of the most restrictive voter registration laws in the country, with strict voter ID and restrictions on early voting that disproportionately affect low-income and African-American communities. And Republicans have purged electoral rolls of hundreds of thousands of people, many eligible to vote.

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This could be our best and last chance to turn Virginia blue, and set up a decade of progressive victories that will impact the entire country!

What to Bring

20 first class stamps or a donation to help cover postage, printing, and supplies is gratefully accepted, but not required.

Location

We are conveniently located in Union Square, Boston (Allston), near the corner of Cambridge and Brighton (near Twin Donuts)! Easy access to bus and train, including: 57 (Kendall-Watertown Square), 64 (Central Square), 66 (Dudley-Harvard Square), B Train (Green Line), and Boston Landing commuter rail (Framingham-Worcester line).

We will send the address after you RSVP.

How Do We Do It?

Swing Left and Vote Forward have launched a national campaign to get 150,000 letters to Democratic voters in Virginia in advance of the November 2019 election. We are will be writing letters to encourage young people, people of color and single women to remember to vote in the upcoming Virginia state legislative elections

Virginia’s very winnable! Join us for a house party, where we’ll write letters to Virginia voters, encouraging them to vote in the crucial state house election on 11/5/2019. This proven letter-writing tactic will help us get out the vote for this important election---right from our living rooms. And with some apple crisp.

What’s at Stake?

Fair maps, voting rights, the Equal Rights Amendment, and setting the tone for 2020!

Virginia’s legislative and congressional districts were last drawn in 2010 by Republicans, and are racially gerrymandered, drawn to disenfranchise African-American voters.

On top of restrictive voter ID laws, early registration deadlines, and barriers to absentee voting, Virginia also imposes a ban on voting rights for people convicted of a felony which disproportionately impacts African-Americans of voting age.

And on top of that, last session, the GOP-controlled House of Delegates prevented state Democrats from voting to become the 38th and final state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

No doubt that a win in Virginia will build momentum for blue wins in 2020.

More about Virginia and the Candidates

What to learn more? Learn all about the 20 candidates on the Swing Left Virginia page and download the Virginia primer.

Learn more about Virginia on the Sister District Virginia page.

About Swing Left 2020

Swing Left is focused on winning *all* the Houses in 2020, including the White House, the Senate, the House, and the State Houses key to rolling back Republican gerrymandering. This will set up a decade of progressive victories that will impact the entire country.

Swing Left 2018: You Did This at www.tinyurl.com/swingleft2018 (just 3 minutes). We really, really like to watch this video when we need a boost.

Swing Left 2020 #SuperState Strategy swingleft.org/p/super-state-strategy, including the Swing Left 2020 strategy video at www.tinyurl.com/swingleft2020 (just 5 minutes)

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