low turnout favors republichristofascists and their referendums?

[msongs]

been reading here and there that the special election will have a way low turnout as it is not an election for any candidates statewide.

also read today that the neofascist christians are ramping up their smear tactics for the abortion for underage girls referendum (whichever that one is), and that will ensure a huge turnout of the white gay basher crowd.

meanwhile, what are the methods being used to get out a large vote of the registrered democrats and others who are anti arnold and against the corporate vs working people initiatives?

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[Pushed To The Left]

1. If we lose this election

it will be because too many Democrats and progressives didn't vote. I'm volunteering with the Alliance For A Better California. www.betterca.org We have been contacting Democrats and some decline-to-state voters to let them know why Schwarzenegger's ballot measures need to voted against.

[Ally McLesbian]

2. One good news from me

My mother, an Ahnuld Republican, is now incensed at her favorite Governator over his plans to cut education spending - one that will threaten a vocational training program my sister is attending.

This has pushed my mother into complete anti-Ahnuld mode. She will vote against every Ahnuld proposition next month.

Sometimes it's things like education cuts, and tax breaks for those who need it the least, that push people over the edge.

[beltanefauve]

3. Got this

from Moveon.org today. Its a drive to get the anti-Arnold vote out:

Dear Fellow Californian,

The results are in. MoveOn members overwhelmingly oppose all the Governor's initiatives—more than 85% voted against Propositions 73 to 78 in our online poll. So now we need to get out the word. The Governor and the radical right are going all out for these initiatives, and we need to connect the dots for Californians—that the best way to repudiate Bush, Schwarzenegger, and the whole right wing agenda is to stop them here, in California on November 8th.

Can you make a contribution to produce and air a terrific ad that makes the connection between Bush and Schwarzenegger and calls on Californians to turn out and send a message to Washington? You can support this ad through a great new progressive organization, the California Courage Campaign. Just go to:

<http://www.couragecampaign.org/donate >

If we can help the California Courage Campaign raise $50K in the next 24 hours, several large contributors will match your contribution dollar for dollar, doubling our impact. If we succeed, the campaign will announce the ad buy on Wednesday.

The Governor is getting desperate to get these initiatives passed. So desperate that he's trying to separate himself from President Bush, Tom Delay, and the radical right wing that's pushing them. The Governor's campaign even recently complained about President Bush visiting our state.1 But the Governor is in bed with the President—there's no doubt. This ad, called "Arnold Hearts Bush" makes the point in a humorous and memorable way that could generate significant press.

MoveOn members easily saw through the game behind the special election, and most polling shows that most Californians do too: the radical right wants to divide us with cultural issues (Prop 73), starve the public schools (Prop 76), manipulate legislative districts like they did in Texas (Prop 77), protect the drug companies (Prop 78), and get revenge on anyone who challenges them—like the teachers, firefighters, and nurses have challenged the Governor (Prop 74, 75).

President Bush's approval ratings have hit rock bottom and Arnold's are in free fall. That may be why Arnold is ducking Bush when he comes into the state to campaign. The only way they can win is if Californians stay home because they are so annoyed with this special election nonsense. We need to tell the big story, so everyone knows why it's important to get out and vote. Just go to:

<http://www.couragecampaign.org/donate>

If we all put in a few dollars, we can send a message that the whole nation will hear.

Thanks for all you do,

–Wes, Joan, Carrie, Mari and the MoveOn Political Action team
October 24, 2005

MoveOn Member Endorsements2
PROP 73 NO
PROP 74 NO
PROP 75 NO
PROP 76 NO
PROP 77 NO
PROP 78 NO
PROP 79 YES
PROP 80 YES

[cascadiance]

4. Here in San Diego if you want to help both Donna and the props...

do the following. Go out and campaign as a rep of the "Democratic Party". If you go out representing the Donna Frye campaign, then by law you can't also be passing out stuff for the Alliance for a Better California, and if you go out "officially" for Alliance for a better California, you won't be able to pass out stuff for Donna Frye (or the other City council candidates running). Both the props and these candidates are equally as important here to get out the vote for. If you go out for the Democratic party though, you aren't locked into either set of materials, and you can hand out materials for both these candidates and the prop, and help them both, and help yourself save time as well. An Alliance for a Better California rep was noting this to us when she spoke to our group last week. I suspect with all of the things going down the coming weeks (Fitzmas indictments, special election and local elections, Halloween parties, football games, etc.) our time is going to be at a premium, but that shouldn't stop us from getting out there and trying to get as many people voting per our input as possible.