I am reaching out today with a personal invitation to the Let Us Vote Community to participate in three independent actions. One takes 5 minutes, one takes 15 minutes, and one takes one and a half hours. All three can make a difference.
Here at Let Us Vote, we are building a new kind of political community. We are not a political party.
We are organizing independents, creating a community that respects our differences and has a mission — we want our democracy to grow and innovate, not stagnate and divide!
That is a tall order and today I want to ask you to do three things.
#1 Take the Let Us Vote National Poll – it’s quick and easy! The national poll gives us a way to get in front of the media and disrupt the narrative that independents are just “leaner” and closet partisans. In fact, I think we are anti-partisans! After you take the poll, share it with friends and family. You can take the poll here.
#2 Watch the Tik Tok videos below and send me a note if you are inspired and think “I could do something like that.” Include one sentence of what you would say.
#3 Join the November Let Us Vote Power Hour on November 17th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm ET. Take an hour and a half and invest it in helping grow the independent movement. It’s fun and important!
Here is the plan for November 17th.
- Bree Doldron, our new National Organizer and I will be giving a political briefing. We’ll give you a sense of how the fight for full voting rights is going and some updates on our polling (pre-release!).
- We’ll spend some time sharing why we are all independents. You’ll meet people from across the country.
- We are going to take action together and we are each going to develop our own social media meme (no experience needed). The memes we all create are going to be shared on our social media channels to invite other independents to join Let Us Vote. We have to let people know there is a community for them!
Do you have time on November 17th to help us expand our network?
P.S. I have been hearing from many of you sharing your stories of why you are independent and what it means to you. Keep them coming! I wanted to share two stories I received in the last week.
Independents Speak Out
“The current party structure is designed to amass and retain power for its own benefit. The citizens of the United States are pawns rather than constituents to be represented. There is more that unites us than divides us…I do not want to be dictated how I should think about issues based on what a party affiliation says I should think. I want my elected officials to hold to that same standard. It is vital that our elected officials be able to think for themselves and work toward solutions that benefit all of their constituents.”
Rachel Cook
Barrington, IL
Hello Let Us Vote!
Since joining the team, I’ve been getting acquainted with a wave of young independents on Tik Tok who are speaking out about how they feel politically, and offering insight into how our generation is redefining political identity. There’s so much honest, thoughtful, even funny, content out there from people trying to make sense of a system that doesn’t speak for them.
I wanted to share a couple of their videos with you today:
1. @pitneyy — 23-year-old from Kentucky
He captures what a lot of young voters are feeling: disconnected from both major parties and not really sure where they belong. Many are calling themselves or identifying as politically homeless (#politicallyhomeless), and his post gives a face to that sentiment
2. @itsjenisecheyenne — Black independent perspective
Jenise shares what independence looks like through her own experience as a young Black voter. It’s a thoughtful reflection on the nuances of belonging and political agency.
@iamhocuspocus – Speaking out as an independent
Amanda shares what being an independent voter is like for her through personal reflections, offering a perspective of what being a young independent can look like in practice
What’s clear across these videos is that there’s a generation searching for a political home; becoming independent and redefining what a political home looks like altogether. They’re asking hard questions, rejecting easy, antiquated labels, and imagining something different.
