What you can do
Help Us Spread the Word
The pro-Trump Republicans have millions of dollars to spend on television ads to try to re-elect their “do-nothing” incumbents. We can’t compete in that funding arena. But one very powerful tool that we do have is our networks of friends, family and co-workers. We need your help to reach out and mobilize those networks, both to get them to vote, but also to ask them to help spread the word by reaching out to their own personal networks.
Please copy the graphic “It’s Time To Clean House” and use it in an email, text message, and/or Facebook or other social media post to your network of friends and co-workers. Add some text asking friends to be sure to VOTE and also ask them to copy the graphic and share it with their friends, family, and co-workers. Consider also adding a link to this page to provide them more information: https://www.standupnebraska.org/act By doing this we can reach 10,000s of concerned folks. Do it once, do it twice, heck do it three times.
Please act today!
Help Elect Pro-Democracy Public Officials
The Primary Elections are over and Nebraskans now have just four weeks to help elect public officials who will honor their oath of office and work with us to defend our democracy.
The Stand Up Nebraska Campaign leadership, after consulting with other pro-democracy activists, has compiled and shared their reflections on key upcoming election campaigns. For your consideration, their thoughts and suggestions are available here.
As Nebraskans, we are very fortunate to have high quality candidates running for many of the key federal and state public offices that are up for election this cycle. At this point, many of these races are very winnable, with current polling showing these pro-democracy candidates either ahead or very close.
These candidates are working are working hard to win these elections on our behalf and need your support right now. That support can come in many forms:
Financial contributions (the other side is spending millions to defeat pro-democracy candidates - help us level the field)
Campaign volunteer (write post cards, letters-to-the-editor, door-to-door leafleting, yard signs, phone-banking, etc.)
Here is a listing of the candidates who have been endorsed by the Stand Up Nebraska Campaign and their respective campaign websites. If you are concerned about the threats to our democracy, now is the time to actively engage in the struggle. With these candidates, and the current electoral environment, we have a real shot at electing folks who will stand with us in this struggle to defend our democracy.
Please visit the websites of these pro-democracy candidates and consider how you might help elect these candidates.
Dan Osborn, independent candidate for US Senate
Chris Backemeyer, Democratic candidate for 1st Cong. Dist.
Denise Powell, Democratic candidates for 2nd Cong. Dist.
Mark Cohen, independent candidate for 3rd Cong. Dist.
Lynne Walz, Democratic candidate for Nebraska Governor
If you are concerned about the threats to our democracy, now is the time to actively engage in our struggle to save our democracy.
Highlight the Threats to Our Democracy
Helping to elect pro-democracy candidates is important. But it is also important that we continue to highlight the on-going threats to our democracy. We can do that by :
Placing “Defend Our Democracy” signs in your yard along with candidate’s yard signs,
Being a visible pro-democracy presence at election campaign events with signs and banners and asking questions of the candidates regarding their positions on threats to our democracy and their oath of office,
Writing letters-to-the-editor or opinion pieces for local newspaper,”
Reaching out to your friends and co-workers through social media or email using the graphic above. Urge them to vote and to also consider using the “It’s Time To Clean House” graphic in emails to their friends.
Your support and input is critical to our success.
The Stand Up Nebraska Campaign is a grassroots campaign entirely “staffed” and funded by volunteers. A report on what we have been able to accomplish with your support is available here. Every project we undertake is supported and funded by concerned Nebraskans like yourself. With no paid staff, all our funding goes to directly support our outreach and organizing projects. Please use the online donation form to help make this on-going outreach and mobilization effort a success.
Yard Signs
The Stand Up Nebraska Campaign has designed and distributed over 400 yard signs. Place one of these signs in your yard, along with a candidate’s sign, as one more way to make your concerns seen and heard. These custom designed yard signs may be ordered here.
Supporting Elections
Here are some ideas and links to go to if any of these activities sounds right for you.
Sign up to be a poll worker. Most urban counties have an election commissioner whose office is responsible for recruiting and managing poll workers.
Volunteer with the election protection program. Civic Nebraska is a non-partisan organization and this effort involves a brief training, and then on election day watching for and reporting violations of voting rules, https://civic-nebraska.vomo.org/opportunity/election26
Volunteer for voter registration efforts (Civic Nebraska, or political parties)
Volunteer for non-candidate-specific Get Out the Vote Campaign Efforts (League of Women Voters)
Publicize Vote 411, https://www.vote411.org/, People can register to vote, learn what will be on their ballot, and check their registration.