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  • Seed the Vote Door Knocking Volunteer Sign-up Form 2022

  • Welcome!

    Seed the Vote is partnering with grassroots groups on the ground in key states for the midterm elections. We are helping volunteers from around the country go door knock and talk to voters. There is nothing as effective as in-person conversations with voters, and it’s critical that we get out there.

    Please fill out this form to join our in-person Seed the Vote efforts. Go to our Door Knocking Delegations Guide linked below for more information and to get any questions answered! We will be following COVID-19 protocols vetted by medical and public health professionals and tested by organizers.

    If you're ready to book your trip, continue to fill out the form and we'll gather all your relevant information.

    If you have questions that you need answered before you're ready to book your trip, please review the Delegations Guide and attend a Door Knocking Info Session if you haven't done so already. If you have read the Guide and attended an information session and still have questions, please email doorknocking@seedthevote.org and we will schedule a call for you with our Support Team.

  • The  Door Knocking Delegations Guide  contains specific details about each partner organizatons and their door-knocking schedules. 

  • Before proceeding, please note: car access / comfort requirement

    In most cases, you will need access to a car to get to the places we will door knock. If you don't have access to a car, Seed the Vote can reimburse you for a rental car or place you as a passenger in someone else's car. Everyone must observe COVID-safety related protocols while traveling in a car with others: masks on, windows down, AC on, music bumping. 

    If you are unable to drive and don't want to be a passenger in someone else's car, then you should join a phonebank, help us fundraise, or join our Remote Support Team by emailing doorknocking@seedthevote.org! 

  • Contact Info

  • Background Info & Experience

    Please share a few sentences for each questions below to help us get to know you.

  • COVID-19 Safety

    We are sensitive to health concerns around canvassing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Volunteers at Seed the Vote must follow the latest health protocols to keep themselves and our communities safe. This includes social distancing, limiting the number of people in one car, not sharing materials, etc.

  • You're Not Eligible to Volunteer

    Seed the Vote cannot have volunteers who are not fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption door knock with us.

  • Organization Selection

    • Partner Organization Descriptions (Click to expand)  

    • Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC  - Georgia

      Asian American Advocacy Fund PAC is a collective of Asian American organizers, community members, and allies in Georgia. AAAF PAC is dedicated to building a politically-conscious, engaged, and progressive Asian American base in Georgia. Through a combination of policy advocacy at local, state, and federal levels, and by supporting candidates that believe in our values, we fight to create a better Georgia for us all.

      Durham for All - North Carolina

      Durham For All is building a new majority 10,000 people strong—a multiracial, cross-class progressive movement led by people of color and working-class people. Through grassroots organizing, leadership development, and political education, we fight for a Durham where everyone can thrive politically, economically, and socially. We take action together at the ballot box and in the streets to win back our government and put it to work—for all of us.

      LUCHA - Arizona

      Living United for Change in Arizona is an organization led by changemakers fighting for social, racial, and economic transformation. We are committed to human dignity, inclusion, equity, and collective growth. We work to reclaim our shared power alongside our families and community.

      Showing Up for Racial Justice  - Georgia

      SURJ is a national network organizing white people for racial and economic justice. win critical electoral victories by organizing poor and working class white folks to support progressive candidates of color, and continue to build a base for the long-run.

      UNITE HERE  - Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania

      UNITE HERE is an international union represents workers throughout the U.S. and Canada who work in the hotel, gaming, food service, airport, textile, manufacturing, distribution, laundry, and transportation industries. They represent 300,000 workers, mostly women, people of color and immigrants. 

    • Please note: Each organization has different start dates, available shift days and times, language requirements, and minimum volunteer length requirements. Please open the Organization Requirements section above for more information.

      Form instructions: This volunteer form also has built-in conditions and will adapt to answers you provide. Please fill out this form sequentially in top-to-bottom order. You will only be shown questions relevant to your organization assignment and other fields provided.

    • Volunteer Questions  

    • Click here to read all partner organization canvass schedules before selecting yours

  • Select Your Canvass Shifts

    Please select each full day you're available to volunteer. Do not include days you are only traveling.

  • Reno volunteers must RSVP for a Reno Door Knocking Training. Please do so now.

  • Pods

    Pods are groups of family or friends who plan to travel and/or stay together. It is helpful for organizers to know who you will be with, though all pod members must fill out this Volunteer Form separately: https://stvote.org/volunteer

  • Reminder: Each Pod Member Must Complete Their Own Form

    Thanks for providing the information for your Pod Member(s). AGAIN, please remember that each Pod Member must complete their own volunteer form and we ask that you send the form to each member of your pod. 

  • SURJ Volunteer Questions

  • Class Background

    For the next question, please use the following definitions to determine your class background: 

    • Poor/ welfare class  (Family* income: $0 - $24,000; Net Wealth less than $4,800; Life experience marked by things like: Substandard, unstable or inconsistent housing; Underemployed/underpaid, sometimes long-term use of public benefits; Chronic lack of health care, food, or other necessities; Little access to higher education; Debt from predatory lending services (cash advance, etc.), monthly bills, or emergencies; Sometimes raised with strong value on resource sharing and taking care of each other; Frequent involuntary moves, chaos, and disruption of life; Targeted for intervention by the state)
    • Working Class  (Family income: $24,000-$75,000 Net Wealth: $4,800-$170,000; Life experience marked by things like: Often little or no college education, in particular no BA from a four year college; Generally living paycheck to paycheck with little or no savings; Debt from education, medical bills, mortgages and credit card debt from day to day living expenses or emergencies; Rental housing, or one non-luxury home long saved for and lived in for decades; Housing sometimes unstable; Occupation often involves physical labor, service or care work for upper and middle-class people. Little control over pay, hours, or access to benefits)
    • Middle Class (Family income: $75,000 - $121,000 Net Wealth: $170,000 - $500,000. Life experience marked by things like: College generally expected, may or may not complete Bachelor’s degree; Homeownership or other generally stable and decent housing; Wealth is primarily in home and savings for education and retirement; Debt for people in this category is most often in mortgages, education or medical bills; Depends on wages/salaries to pay the bills. Often jobs with some benefits. More control over the hours and methods of work)
    • Upper middle/ managerial  (Family income: $121,000 - $431,000 Net Wealth: $500,000 - $10,300,000. Life experience marked by things like: Life experience often marked by: Owning one or multiple homes, more likely to intentionally use a home as an investment to make money; Travel (including international); Education at elite private schools and elite/selective colleges, or at public universities without student loans; Wealth in home(s), retirement accounts, savings, and stock market; Often enough retirement savings to retire early, even if people choose to continue working; Many receive or pass down significant inheritances
    • Owning Class  (Family income: Above $431,000 Net Wealth: Above $10,300,000; Life experience marked by things like: Most have enough income from assets/investments (stocks, bonds, etc.) that full-time work is optional; Education at elite/selective private schools and elite colleges without student loans; Receiving and/or passing down large inheritances; Luxuries, multiple homes and international travel; Social connections, status and financial knowledge to help the next generation remain wealthy; Positioned as political and economic decision-makers and central actors in shaping reality for self and others)

  • Transportation: Getting to your destination city

    If you select that you need financial or logistical assistance, or are unsure about how you will get to and from your destination city, our Support Team will help you with these details. You will be able to schedule a call with our Support Team at the end of this form.

  • Housing

  • Please refer to our Hotel Room blocks for discounted hotels (coming soon).

  • For those requesting financial assistance: Seed the Vote will invite you to book a room with a specific hotel through our booking system or by connecting you with the partner organization who will book your hotel. 

    If that hotel does not work for you, Seed the Vote may be able to reimburse up to $500 per person per week for housing you book yourself, if there is one of the following issues with our preferred hotel:

    1. Accessibility
    2. COVID-19 Concerns;
    3. Traveling with a pet not allowed at STV hotel; or
    4. Housing with a pod of 2 or more people 

    If that is not enough to allow you to complete your trip, it is possible that more assistance may be allocated during your support call.

  • Daily transportation while canvassing

    Getting from your housing to canvass launch location & canvassing your "turf"

  • Car Access Requirement

    In most places, volunteers will need access to a car to get to the neighborhoods where we will door-knock. If you don't have a car (a personal vehicle or your own rental), Seed the Vote can reimburse you for some or all of the cost of a rental car. We can also place you as a passenger in someone else's car (while observing COVID-related protocols which are: masks on, windows down, AC on, music bumping). 

  • Car Drivers

    PRIVATE CARS

    If you will be driving a personally-owned vehicle, Seed the Vote can reimburse you for your mileage while canvassing. We will reimburse $0.14 per mile which is the IRS rate for mileage reimbursement for volunteer activities.
    At the end of your trip, you will need to fill out our Reimbursement Form (which will be emailed to you) with the appropriate mileage. Please track your mileage each day while door knocking on your turf page. At the end of each day, please take a photo of your turf sheet with #of miles you drove. At the end of your trip you will be invited to submit your expenses for reimbursement and will need to upload a photo of your receipts at that time. 

    RENTAL CARS

    If you will be driving a rental car, we can reimburse you for your rental car for each day you drive for canvassing. We can also assist you with the cost of gas. To be reimbursed for a rental car or gas, you must keep your receipts. At the end of your trip you will be invited to submit your expenses for reimbursement and will need to upload a photo of your receipts at that time. 

  • Important

    Please keep travel receipts from your trip. You will need to submit gas and toll receipts at the end of your trip to receive reimbursement.

  • Rental Car Support

  • Seed the Vote is currently working out the logistics of its support program for rental cars. We will update you once it is ready. You may skip this page and proceed with the rest of this form.

     

    You must be at least 25 years old to request a car rental.

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  • After your support call, you will be emailed a car rental policy waiver that you will need to sign.

  • Schedule a Support Call (required for $ assistance)

    If you want help selecting a partner organization, or if you are requesting financial support you must sign up for a support call. It's optional for others.

  • Expand your impact!

  • Invite three friends! 

    Direct outreach from people going to door knock is the best way for us to build our movement together. Can you invite 3 friends to join you? Please use our Recruitment Toolkit.

    Here's a text message you can use:

    "Hey, I just signed up to knock doors with Seed the Vote and their partners for the midterms so we can defeat the Right and build our movements! Will you join me? https://stvote.org/volunteer"

  • Volunteer Agreement

  • COVID Precautions

    The safety of volunteers, staff, voters, and the broader community is of the utmost importance. Seed the Vote is coordinating volunteers to participate in different programs in states across the country, and each one has different practices and protocols for COVID-19 safety. Every group is being very thoughtful and intentional. Across the board, masks and  social distancing are expected for all interactions between staff, volunteers, and community. Every field program provides PPE as needed. 

    Seed the Vote asks all our volunteers to commit to a set of COVID-19 Safety Protocols. We also ask that you be aware of the local COVID-19 public health orders and recommendations where you live, including any requirements or recommendations upon return. 

    Please review Seed the Vote's COVID-19 protocols here. You might also have COVID-19 protocols for your organization, which you will receive with your confirmation email. 

  • Seed the Vote COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

    Volunteers who door knock with Seed the Vote must be vaccinated and have the booster shots that you are eligible for (unless you have a medical exemption). Please bring your vaccination cards (or picture of one) with you when you volunteer.

  • Please submit your form by selecting "Submit" below. If you have additional questions, please email us at doorknocking@seedthevote.org.

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