Weekly Newsletter - September 7

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

Can you believe it? Launch Day is in just THREE DAYS! This Wednesday, Respect MO Voters volunteers will take the next step together: launching our statewide signature collection effort to protect the initiative petition process and preserve the voice of the people here in Missouri. Launch Day isn’t just the start of signature collection—it’s the moment we show Missouri that the people’s voice is alive and strong. We need 1000 people at launch to be on track to qualify for the ballot. We have 589 people RSVP'd.  We need 411 more volunteers (THIS MEANS YOU!) to come on Wednesday.  RSVP for a Launch Party on September 10th Invite friends, family, and neighbors to join you Come ready to sign—and leave ready to start gathering signatures! Launch Day is about all of us—working together, multiplying our voices, and reminding those in power that they work for the people of Missouri. It’s go time. THIS WEDNESDAY: Statewide Launch Parties September 10 Find and Attend a Party Near You! RSVP for a Launch Party near you Call to Action Letters to the editor - new samples available! Write a letter to editor (LTE) expressing how you feel about the recent special session's effort to further gerrymander the state and gut the initiative petition process.  See sample letters and instructions on how to submit an LTE below. Letters to the Editor MONDAY: KC Region Signature Gathering Training Sept 8 at 6:00pm UAW Local 249 8040 US 69 Pleasant Valley, MO 64068 Use this link to register and share TUESDAY: Virtual Training for Jeff City Rally Signature Gatherers Sept 9 at 6:00pm Virtual: Link will be sent via email after you RSVP Use this link to register and share TUESDAY: Springfield Monthly Meetup Sept 9 at 5:00pm Library Center 4653 S Campbell Ave Springfield, MO 65810 Use this link to register and share WEDNESDAY: Jeff City Signature Gathering at the MO Capitol Sept 10 at 11:00am 201 West Capitol Ave Jefferson City, MO 65101 Use this link to register and share PLAN AN EVENT NEAR YOU Find and share Upcoming Events on Facebook Helping Hands/Volunteer Opportunities Fundraising: Help collect donations and hand out sustainer wristbands at each regional launch event.   Email Nick Guidry to volunteer. Regional Social Media Managers: The Comms team is seeking someone from each region to help coordinate and post region-specific Respect MO Voters content . Contact communications @respectvoters.org  In the News KMOV - First Alert 4 Proposed changes to Missouri’s initiative petition process would create a hard threshold for passage - Shawn Loging Go to News Story KRMS New Movement "Respect MO Voters" Working To Gather Signatures -Mike Anthony Go to News Story 🎉   Volunteer Spotlight    🎉 Jen McKanry is the new Co-Chair of the Communications Dept. She joined Respect MO Voters because she believes the work we are doing is so important and we should all have a say in our government. Jen looks forward to helping with signature collection and notarization! Outside of volunteering, she spends time loving on her two rescued Great Pyrenees dogs. Thank you, Jen!       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