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One of the big criticisms (and there are many) of the No On Prop 8 campaign was that there wasn't enough person-to-person canvassing. According to the folks managing the campaign, they had to use phone banks because the swing voters were too widely dispersed to reach on foot. Well, we've seen how that worked out.
So what's next? Ah, the Courage Campaign is glad you asked. They've got a bunch of nifty tools and tactics lined up to reach out and grab swing voters -- much of it recently learned or developed for other, more successful campaigns -- and they're about to roll it out. There's going to be a ballot battle again soon, no matter which way the Supreme Court rules; and the Courage Campaign is planning to unleash an extremely clever, very targeted outreach to exactly the voters who need it. And they need your help.
They've just put out a call for volunteers to form regional campaign teams (hey, sound familiar? Like, Obama-familiar?) to contact local voters, provide a local public face, and organize local events. Here in The Gay City, it might seem a little superfluous, but it's not; and out in the suburbs and valleys, it's crucial. (And in fact, Courage Campaign is holding a boot camp in Fresno on March 7th and 8th for just that reason.)
So if you're interested in volunteering, let them know. We've seen a sneak peak of the amazing new techniques they're using, and it's stuff that neither side of the Prop 8 battle even dreamed of.
Disclosure: SFist_Matt is the creator of Stop8.org, a site that monitors the media for reporting on California marriage equality.
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A rainbow, a bear, the gay. Somewhere Bungle is reaching for the phone to call his copyright lawyer.
"There's going to be a ballot battle again soon, no matter which way the Supreme Court rules"
Can you go into more detail about this? If the CSC rules that prop. 8 is in fact a revision and throw it out, then the only thing left for the other side would be to try and get this through the legislature. So what would we be putting on the ballot if the CSC rules that 8 was a revision?
If the justices invalidate Prop 8, the other side could initiate a recall campaign to get the judges thrown off the bench.
And I'm sure they wouldn't stop there. Even if Prop 8 was unconstitutional, they would surely try again. After all, they keep putting up those anti-abortion ballot measures, even though they're voted down year after year after year.
Also, how will the other side bring it back to the ballot if they need 2/3 of the legislature to enact something like this again?
Instead of re-creating the wheel, it'd be nice if the Obama campaign folks or the DNC would allow the Courage Campain or Equality California or whomever to use their email list for a one-time message to try to get up to speed with those pre-existing local Obama groups - kinda like the Howard Dean campaign of 2003/2004 lives on through many local Democracy for America groups who take on issues now facing us (another group). Oh well.. politicians and advocacy groups rarely share such email lists.
How many times do Obama, Biden, Clinton, et al., have to say they are against gay marriage before people finally understand, hey, they are against gay marriage?
Let's hope there is a plan to reach communities of color this time around.
Disclosure: SFist_Matt is awesome.
I think that the court will uphold prop 8, but they will allow those already married to stay married.
It was depressing to listen to some of the questions the justices were asking during the hearing...