AOV Action Center

Can you step up and join our volunteer network? Your passion can fuel this campaign to victory. Please consider leaving a legacy for future generations of Oregonians. These four action-items are pragmatic and powerful. Anyone can be a civic-superhero for democracy. Please click here to express interest in joining the volunteer team.

1. Coffee talk & house parties

   Tap in to your group of friends, family, work colleagues, or table-top gamers who get-together now and then. Please invite us to share our proposal with your people! Help us make our ballot measure campaign a topic of conversation at your next gathering. Nonpartisan reforms are essential to sparking civil dialogue about the future of citizenship, equality and solitary in our society.

2. Phone/text banking

   Make a phone call to a family member, friend or neighbor requesting they become a supporter. Personal relationships can be very effective. We can also provide you a list of names and telephone numbers for engaged, independent voters who live in your local community.

3. Email outreach

   Write an email introducing yourself and IP-16, requesting an opportunity for an AOV presentation by our campaign director. Your community’s civic groups, service clubs and local elected officials hold meetings often! Some examples: Rotary, Chamber, Elks, Lions, Moose, Kiwanis, Optimists & Soroptimists, Grange, Masons & Shriners, NLYM & NCL, VFW & American Legion. There are also city council, county commission, school board, and labor union meetings.

4. Letter writing

   Draft a template letter and send out handwritten mail through the post office. A passionate, personal appeal has surprising power to inspire your family, friends and neighbors to become supporters. We can also provide you a list of names and mailing addresses for engaged, independent voters who live in your neighborhood. The return address can be the campaign, rather than your home.

5. Direct voter outreach

   Lace-up your sneakers and hit the streets, clipboard in hand. Canvass your neighborhood or local community event. You can knock door-to-door, stroll the college campus or talk to farmers market patrons. Any public space, community event, or church gathering is suitable for striking up a conversation about voting rights. We can provide you with a volunteer petition circulator training and tool kit.