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What I'd LOVE to see Big Dem donors doing NOW for the 2018 Midterms (and beyond)...
What I think we really need, almost more than anything at this point, is money donated and dedicated to helping ANY and ALL voters in states that require voter ID (or anywhere where the threat of that is real, either based on local Republican control or various other factors) to get them transportation, money, and whatever other resources they need to go and get a proper photo ID.
In a lot of cases, especially for the elderly poor who don't already have such, this can be a HUGE imposition on them. It may require that they actually obtain a copy of their birth certificate (when then may be been born in a small county, 70 or 80 years ago, in a now distant state).
This is before getting into the cost (however modest $8.00 may seem to most of us, it's the difference between eating and not eating for some others). We need to build a campaign (and NOW; not six months out from the next election) to support them and get them whatever they need in order to get ID and get properly registered to vote.
Obviously, this wouldn't be just for the elderly, but the poor, working poor, and disenfranchised in general. Get them what they need NOW so that this won't be a concern in upcoming elections. If we can pour millions into recounts (which I wasn't against, BTW; just saying), then we should be doing this for something that will ACTUALLY move the needle going forward. ANYTHING we can do to stop the no-good bastards from preventing people to vote should be done early and often.
We should build an infrastructure that is able to offer this assistance regularly; transportation, child care, or WHATEVER someone needs to clear a hurdle to get their vote out on Election Day.
This isn't going to be a "magic bullet", but nothing is. It just seems to me like this is low-lying fruit; it's something that (as far as I can tell) doesn't require a change in legislation, and doesn't depend on Democratic control of the local government. It just requires effort, will, and a modest amount of money.
This all being said, I'm not much of a community organizer. Thoughts on execution and implementation?