Earlier today, Organizing for Action announced that they’ll be joining the growing campaign to win Fair Elections for New York. This is a major boost to our efforts. OFA’s huge network of grassroots activists across New York will surely make our already strong campaign even stronger.
OFA’s participation in the campaign was announced via an email to their hundreds of thousands of members in New York. Here’s some of that email:
In New York elections, the voice of the public is being drowned out.
Contributions from special interests, lobbyists, and corporations are far too influential, disclosure is inadequate, and enforcement of the laws currently on the books is too lax.
That’s not how democracy should work. So right now, OFA supporters are joining the fight to reduce the influence of special interests in state elections, and put the power back into the hands of New Yorkers.
If you want to fight for fair elections in New York, you should join a planning call tomorrow, Wednesday, March 27th, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
You’ll be on with phone with Jon Carson, OFA’s executive director, David Donnelly, executive director of the Public Campaign Action Fund, and Attorney General of New York Eric Schneiderman to discuss the issue and the work already being done on the ground.
Our Executive Director, Karen Scharff, will also speak on the call about all the work this amazing coalition has done.
As we enter what we hope is the final stretch of this campaign, I can’t stress enough that this is no time to sit by and watch it happen. We’re only going to win if you step up and fight with us.
So, there’s two things you can do right now:
- Sign the petition. Tomorrow, we, along with dozens of other organizations, will begin pushing out this petition to our members. We’ll get tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of signatures. Can you be one of the first to sign? We’ll deliver the petitions at the Capitol in Albany in early April.
- Host a house party. During the week of April 7th to the 13th, we’re planning to recruit over 100 house parties across the state. We need you to host one. Click here to find out more info and sign up.
We can win this, but we need you.