Wendy Davis Reminds Us Why We Must GOTV, Plus TexKos Weekend of Action Updates

Our second and final week of early voting here in Texas is now underway, and we still have a ton of work to do! Have you voted for Wendy Davis, Leticia Van de Putte, and other Texas Democrats yet? Have you convinced everybody you know and love to get to the polls and cast their votes against the continuation of Republican rule in the state? We only have until Friday before the early voting period ends, so now is the time to GOTV. And it starts with the ones you love. I got my normally apolitical boyfriend to the polls to vote the straight Democratic ticket--it took a little pestering, not because he's not supportive, but because it just took a little pestering. This election is too important not to annoy people.

The next part of GOTV, of course, is getting involved with Battleground Texas and Democratic Party efforts to support the wide array of Democratic candidates in the state and increase voter turnout. That's what this October Monday evening series is all about. If you've been following this series, you know that we just finished our TexKos Weekend of Action, which was October 25-26. But if you missed my diary announcing the Weekend of Action, nomandates's diary two weeks ago, and my diary last Monday, here is the rundown:

The designated TexKos Weekend of Action will be the last weekend of the month: October 25-26. [...] During the Weekend of Action, we strongly encourage every single Texas Kossack to do something with Battleground Texas, whether it is making phone calls or walking door to door. It doesn't have to be all weekend, although the more activism you can do the better. If it's only a few hours, it's still something toward prying Texas out of the grips of Republicans. Then, either nomandates or I will be posting a diary on Monday reporting on our Weekend of Action here in Houston and asking everybody else from around the state to report how it went in their neck of the woods.

Of course, this TexKos Weekend of Action should not be taken to mean that every weekend (and, indeed, every day) should not be action-filled. That's why, leading up to our big Weekend of Action, nomandates and I will be posting diaries every Monday in October asking Texas Kossacks to report back about how their weekends went. But we know people are busy. We know that not everybody can devote every weekend to this election. So we ask that, if you can't do anything the rest of the month, at least try to participate in whatever way you can in our Weekend of Action on October 25-26.

And, of course, while Wendy Davis and Leticia Van de Putte are at the top of the ticket, we know it is going to take more than electing a Governor and Lieutenant Governor to swing the balance of power in this state. So we have modified our call to action as follows:

During the Weekend of Action, we strongly encourage every single Texas Kossack or Wendy Davis supporter to do something with Battleground Texas or with a Texas Democratic candidate's campaign, whether it is making phone calls or walking door to door.