Greater NYC for Change members helped register voters in Allentown, PA in fall 2012. This is Team Barbershop, a group of canvassers who worked out of a local business.
Miss talking to Pennsylvania voters? Now’s your chance! On Saturday, May 18th, join fifty New Yorkers to travel to Allentown, PA. We’ll be canvassing and attending a rally against proposed legislation to split the Electoral College votes by popular vote totals.
State legislators are trying to pass a bill to divide up PA’s 20 electoral votes, blunting its status as a true battleground state, and indirectly diminishing New York’s ability to affect close national races in the future. Most importantly, splitting votes in only certain states unfairly slants elections. Not dissimilar to attempts to suppress voting rights and ballot access in certain communities, this bill is unacceptable and would do tremendous harm to American democracy.
We don’t want to be caught looking away during a crucial time and find ourselves with more challenges to overcome in the next election cycle, just like we did with Photo ID in 2012.
We need every single seat on the bus this Saturday, going to Allentown, PA to be filled with eager, energetic and street-smart NYC volunteers to canvass for petition signatures and inform the local voters of the threat to their state.
Where and When: The bus will be loading in front of Babies R Us on Union Square East on Saturday, May 18, starting around 8:30 AM for a 9 AM departure. We plan to arrive around 11 AM in Allentown, join in a short rally with our friends at People for the American Way, then strike out to do some sidewalk canvassing. We plan to be back in the city by 6 PM.
RSVP here – and sign up to help!