Weekly Newsletter - September 21

This is important. We're all in this together.

Notary Nights, St. Louis left and center, Springfield right Signature gathering is in full swing now all over the state. And we have had dozens of notary nights already around the state sending thousands of signatures to our Verification Center. This past week, we reached over 10,000 supporters! If you haven't volunteered yet and you want to gather signatures, be a notary, or help transport supplies make sure you fill out this form: respectmovoters.org/gather. Signed up to gather, but still need petitions? Look out for an email or phone call from your field captain. Email tip: check your Promotions, Spam or Junk folders and move any emails from Respect Voters to your main inbox folder to make sure you receive our emails in the future. Everyone who is a gatherer should have gotten an email last week from Alex Johnson field@respectvoters.org. Still can't find your field information? Find your regional field director's email here: respectmovoters.org/regions. Call to Action St. Louis has a huge new office But we need furniture to fill it. Are you in the St. Louis area and have any tables, chairs, desks or shelving you could donate? Email outreach@respectmovoters.org. Gatherer Reminders: Share pictures of yourself with your clipboard at respectmovoters.org/photos. To post locations where you will be collecting: Submit a Comms Request - please note this is a temporary solution and a new process for posting opportunities for folks to sign the petition is coming soon. Here are some helpful opening lines to help get you started talking to voters. Policy Details You can now find our policy language on our website, as well as our updated 1-pager and visuals to help explain to signers what this amendment will do. KC Coffee Morning Start your Weekend Meetup Saturday, Sept 27 at 10:00am Thou Mayest Nelson Atkins Coffee Shop 4525 Oak St., Kansas City, MO 64111 Use this link to register and share KC Signature Gathering Training Sunday, Sept 28 at 2:00pm Crows Coffee 535 E. Red Bridge Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114 Use this link to register and share PLAN AN EVENT NEAR YOU Find and share Upcoming Events on Facebook Helping Hands/Volunteer Opportunities Packing and Shipping Help - St Louis region, ship pre-ordered t-shirts and other materials. Work would occur at the St. Louis office. Project Manager - Any location, assist with tracking deadlines and progress to goals and highlighting priorities through reviewing our project management software Trello. Southwest Field Director - coordinate signature collection in the Vernon, Cedar, Barton, Jasper, Newton, McDonald, and Barry counties. Deputy Regional Directors (all regions) - assist with coordination, communication, and oversight of field activities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with campaign experience who is ready to grow as a leader while supporting others. Social Media Manager and Moderators - Help us keep our social media environment healthy, connective, and focused by ensuring we have quality posts to communicate information and discussion between members meets our standards of Excellence (pledge). Click HERE and find out more about all of the ways you can volunteer! Are you having difficulty connecting with the right volunteer role or the department you want to serve with? Reach out to onboarding@respectvoters.org and let the Onboarding team help direct and connect you to where you want to be. In the News The Beacon On initiative petitions, Missouri lawmakers, citizens look to curb the other group’s power - Ceilidh Kern KMBC-TV Directing Democracy: How Missouri voter-led Constitutional amendments could become nearly impossible - Cody Holyoke Fulton Sun: Voters’ rights advocacy group gathers signatures for ballot initiative West Newsmagazine - Letter to the Editor: Paid sick leave, inflation adjustments repealed from Prop. A We want you to use as much time as possible to go out and gather signatures so our Monday 6pm All Hands/Field Calls are no longer weekly. They will now be held the second Monday of each month. The next call is at 6pm on Monday, October 13. 🎉   Volunteer Spotlight    🎉 Nick Guidry works on the Fundraising team with a focus on donor research and phone banking. Phone banking covers whatever we need at the time. This could be recruiting volunteers for certain leadership roles, encouraging people with peer to peer fundraising pages or thanking donors as a personal touch.  Most of his free time is spent working on DIY projects on his  house or spending time with his wife and two dogs. Thank you, Nick!       Respect MO Voters is a cross-partisan, grassroots movement building a more ethical, effective government of, by, and for the people. Join our coalition to protect direct democracy from politicians who want to take away our fundamental freedom to self-government. Together, we will use the citizen ballot initiative process to repair our republic.   DONATE Paid for by Respect Missouri Voters PAC, Frederic Steinbach, Treasurer 725 Kingsland Ave., Suite 100, St. Louis, MO 63130