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Vote-Yes Committees

Identify and nurture "Yes" voters and conduct "Get Out the Vote" campaigns.

Strategies:

  • Money (fundraising)
  • Yard signs/ads/soft ads
  • Letters to editors/Newspaper commentaries
  • Phone banks
  • Targeted mailings
  • Community spokespersons/Opinion leaders
  • Site coordinators
  • Develop and maintain database
  • Strike force

Steering committees:

  • Subcommittee chairs act as steering committee
  • Get poll results
  • Coordinate efforts
  • Find spokespersons
  • Find opinion leasers to support the levy
  • Find volunteers

Sample supporting roles:

  • Lettwriting/speech writing coordinator
  • Board meeting attendance coordinator
  • Board meeting speaker coordinaotr
  • Research coordinator
  • Event coordinator
  • Phoning coordinator
  • Print distribution/mailing coordinator
  • Button distribution coordinator
  • Sign distribution coordinator
  • PR coordinator
  • Volunteer coordinator
  • School Rep coordinator

School board members and district staff can serve on vote-yes (or vote-no) committees during their personal time.



In This Section
  • Know the Opposition
  • Promotion
  • Fundraising
  • Site Coordinators
  • More Levy Resources

  • Additional Resources from Parents United
    General information on Organizing at the Local Level.