AOV Action Center
Become a Supporter
Activism for Volunteers
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Resources, Links & Tools
• Archive of AOV email newsletters
• State Primary Election Types
• Report: The Rise of independent Voters (PDF)
• Register to vote in Oregon
• Update current voter registration
• Find your current elected representatives
• Comparison of election methods
• Closed primaries shut out millions of voters, divide Americans into ‘warring camps’