Your Support Is Important!

1) Got a friend or family member who is likely to see things as wisely as you do? Please purchase a Vote Out Incumbents window or bumper sticker for them as well. Only 3$ each and 75 cents S&H. Funds go directly into VOID's public outreach campaigns. The car window stickers raise public awareness of the growing
Vote Out Incumbents sentiment and option.

2) Tell a friend, acquaintance, or family member about VOID. Give them our email website address (http://voidnow.org) and ask them to contact us or to purchase one of VOID's car window stickers.

Create a VOID 8.5 x 11 information sheet to post on local bulletin boards. Be sure to email us with details on where you post these so we can share them with other supporters. Let folks you hang around with know about the option to vote out their incumbent *in the primary election* (No need for voters to vote against their party - just for a challenger from the same party), then let us know how it went, so we can share your success stories with other VOID supporters.

3) Are you a VOID member? If not, please consider becoming one. Individual annual memberships begin at $15 and go directly to funding VOID outreach expenses. Plus your name and state will appear memorialized on our membership roster on our website.

4) Volunteer. Become a VOID hero: a champion of the cause for better
government results. Review and select a volunteer role from below and reply to this email to let us know who you are and which role you chose:

-- News Media email and internet contact person. We provide the text, you get the text out to media sources we provide, and you help develop. This only involves a couple hours on an occasional basis, about every 8 weeks. This person will also work with our volunteers to coordinate call-in show participation by our supporters in the months just before the election.

-- Call-In Show participants. Have you called into TV and Radio shows to give them your two cents? Do you Twitter media outlets with your political views from time to time? Why not put that experience to work for VOID by calling in with VOID's messages from time to time? Your public voice will help raise the public awareness we need to change Congress for the better.

-- Volunteer Correspondent. This person will coordinate communications and follow up with our volunteers, recording, and passing information back to the board regarding volunteer project start dates, progress reports, and completion summaries. If you work and communicate well with other people, this role would require only an 1 to 2 hours per week at most.

-- Media coverage reporters. These volunteers will monitor and search media sources for anti-incumbent stories, polls, challenger announcements for Congressional races, and other media content that may be relevant or helpful to VOID's mission or supporters. Good language skills and word processor would be helpful. This role would require between 2 and 4 hours per month. More like 4 hours per month or an hour per week, in the 3 months prior to the election.

-- State VOID coordinators. These volunteers will help put together a VOID operations center in their state. We will provide you with everything you need from job descriptions and web site to contracts. Very good people skills and either a business, legal, or college graduate background are recommended for these roles. State coordinator roles will require 4 to 8 hours per month depending on proximity to elections (increasing toward election day). A background check consent form is required.

That's it for this newsletter but for some parting comments:

Changing old habits takes effort. We all have to put forth a bit of effort if our Congress is going to improve the way it conducts its business and responds to our nation's needs, now, and in the future. Congress has proven time and again, they won't do this on their own. A large number of these incumbents need a boot in the seat of their pants on election day for the Freshman Congressman or woman to witness on their way in.

If you have ideas or brainstorms on how VOID can better organize voters dissatisfied with Congress' lack of responsibility toward the American people and our future, we really want to hear them. We are volunteers and learning just like you. Just reply with your ideas to this email.

We love you, gals and guys, for your commitment to our nation, and our children's future. Though we have not met face to face, we consider you all friends deserving of our time, respect, and attention. We very much look forward to sharing this journey and experience with you all.

Sincerely, your VOID board of directors,
Stephanie Christ,
Daniel Summars,
and David Remer

By David R. Remer
Published: April 27, 2009 4:54 PM
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