[okeefe-updates] James O'Keefe for State Treasurer Update

[James O'Keefe for State Treasurer]

JAMES O’KEEFE FOR STATE TREASURER E-MAIL UPDATE

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IN THIS E-MAIL:

1. EVERY MONDAY IS VOLUNTEER NIGHT!
2. MEET JAMIE, JILL STEIN AND TONY LORENZEN IN LEOMINSTER TUESDAY
3. JOIN THE CAMPAIGN EFFORT IN YOUR COMMUNITY
4. INTERNS WANTED!!
5. CONTRIBUTING TO THE CAMPAIGN IS FUN, EASY AND ESSENTIAL

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1.  EVERY MONDAY IS VOLUNTEER NIGHT!

Mark your calendar—every Monday is 
volunteer day, complete with pizza, beverages, and plenty of envelopes to stuff 
and other volunteer work to be done. If you are a new volunteer, Mondays are an 
ideal time to meet other volunteers, get familiar with the campaign and 
campaign staff, and do some important work for democracy! We meet at 6 p.m. 
Please come this Monday if you can—we’ll go door-to-door in Somerville with 
information about all three statewide candidates.  

In addition to Mondays, we need volunteers all the time! Please call at least 
30 minutes ahead of time to let us know you’re coming and tell us what your 
skills and interests are. The number is 617-628-2922

2.  MEET JAMIE IN LEOMINSTER TUESDAY 9/10

Join Jamie, Jill Stein and Tony Lorenzen for a speak out in Leominster Tuesday, 
9/10 the Elks Lodge at 7 pm for a Speakout!  The Speak Out! format is designed 
to allow the candidates to listen to local voters' thoughts on the issues of 
real importance to the varied, diverse communities throughout the Commonwealth. 
You'll get the chance to tell the candidates what's important to you, and 
they'll discuss their views on issues important to your community. 


3.  JOIN THE CAMPAIGN EFFORT IN YOUR COMMUNITY

With less than eight weeks left until Election Day, there is much work to be 
done!  The O’Keefe, Stein, and Lorenzen campaigns have been working in earnest 
to spread the word about the Green Party alternative, and we need your help!

No matter where you are in the state, you can help out the statewide campaigns 
in several ways.  If you call our campaign office at 617-628-2922, there’s a 
good chance that we can put you in touch with Greens in your local area.  As a 
group, there are many ways that you can support the campaigns, including:

1. Give out campaign information at a local event, concert or fair! If there 
are any events, concerts or fairs coming up in your community, let us know. 
We’ll provide you with campaign literature, buttons, etc., for you to give out 
at the event. We may even be able to get a candidate there to meet some 
voters!  Let us know as soon as possible so we can try to reserve table space 
for you. 

2.  Organize a voter identification effort in your community.  This is vital to 
the success of the campaigns and to the success of the Mass Green Party.  
Coming out of this election, we want to know who our supporters are, and you 
can help figure that out!  The campaigns can provide you with lists of 
registered voters in your precinct, ward or town, and help you organize a voter 
i.d. effort.  By going door to door and/or calling registered voters, we can 
try to determine who’s supportive of our campaigns.  

3.	 Put together a Democracy Lemonade Stand.  This is easy to put together 
and generates a lot of attention.  Basically, you find a place with a lot of 
foot traffic, like a farmer’s market or a town common, and we’ll bring candidate
(s), lemonade, candidate literature, voter registration forms, and a banner 
that reads “When the legislature gives you lemons, make lemonade!”  Then we’ll 
hand out lemonade, the candidates can meet voters and we can register new 
voters.  

4.	 Host a house party! Just invite friends, family and neighbors to your 
home for an evening meal, a Sunday brunch, or even a pizza party, and we’ll 
provide the candidate. House parties are an excellent way for the candidates to 
connect directly with potential campaign supporters and raise money and 
volunteers. And they’re fun!!

5.	Hold a speak-out.  This is where you invite individuals and people from 
local organizations, from advocacy groups to activist organizations and non-
profits to come and talk with the candidate directly about what their concerns 
are.  It helps our candidates understand the issues that people are concerned 
about, and demonstrates to activists in the community that our candidates care 
about their concerns.  

6.  Do some media activism!  If you read your local newspaper or watch the news 
in your community, you can help the O’Keefe campaign by letting us know when 
your local media covers the State Treasurer’s race and James O’Keefe out of its 
coverage, let us know so that we can respond.  You can also respond by writing 
a letter to the editor 
informing the media outlet and its audience of Jamie’s clean elections, anti-
corruption campaign.  If you see such a story, call us at 617-628-2922.

If you are interested in getting involved in any of the above ways, or if you 
have other ideas, just call us at 617-628-2922, and we’ll help you!

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4.  INTERNS NEEDED AT THE SOMERVILLE OFFICE 

With so much going on, we need your help! If you are a high school or college 
student, please consider taking internship credits and coming to help the Green 
Party statewide candidates win their elections in November!  If you can commit 
between 10-40 hours/week, you can be an intern.  It will provide you with great 
experience and is a fabulous resume-builder.   If you’re interested, call 
Vanessa at 617-628-2922.

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5.  CONTRIBUTING TO THE CAMPAIGN IS FUN, EASY AND ESSENTIAL

The James O’Keefe for State Treasurer campaign is a clean elections campaign.  
While we did not qualify for clean elections funding, the campaign is complying 
with the clean elections guidelines.  Therefore, we are only taking 
contributions of up to $100 from any individual.  This means that in order to 
run a vibrant and viable campaign, we aredependent on your help.  Please 
consider making a contribution between $5 and $100.  It is very easy to make a 
contribution.  
You can write a check out to “The James O’Keefe Election Committee” and mail it 
to 
P.O. Box 441031
Somerville, MA 02144

Or, 
You can make a donation on-line.  Check out our on-line contribution page at 
www.jamesokeefe.org. 

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James O`Keefe
Green Party candidate for Massachusetts State Treasurer
www.jamesokeefe.org | 617-628-2922 | info at jamesokeefe.org
Office Address: 240B Elm St., #B2, Somerville, MA 02144
Mailing Address: PO Box 441031, Somerville, MA 02144