We need your urgent help! Please contact your House Democratic candidate to fill in the Americans abroad questionnaire before overseas absentee ballots go out on September 21.
This action will only take *20 minutes* and will greatly help us advance our advocacy goals and get out the vote!
To complete this action either watch the webinar to understand steps required
or email [email protected] with your US voting address and you'll be sent personalized instructions based on where you vote.
Feel free to share this website page with anyone you think is interested in helping elect more Democrats and wants to fix the tax problems for Americans abroad!
Here are some template messages for what to say.
Initial Email to House Candidate
To: Candidate's email
Cc: [email protected] (this is very important, don't forget to cc us so that we know that you contacted your candidate! This helps us track who contacted whom.)
Dear [Candidate's first and last name],
My name is [your name], I am a proud [your state-district] voter living in [city and country you live in].
Would you please answer this Democrats Abroad questionnaire before the voter registration deadline on October 11? Here's the link: http://www.democratsabroad.org/housequestionnaire
Democrats Abroad will then publish your answers on democratsabroad.org/2024candidates. You can see a number of answers from incumbent and non-incumbent candidates already published on the website. Although voting for stateside Americans isn't until November, voting from abroad starts September 21. So the sooner your response is received, the sooner this will help you get more overseas absentee votes for your race.
Americans abroad issues are non-controversial and bi-partisan, so answering the questionnaire won't take any time at all and is an easy win-win!
Please let me know if you have any additional questions. I look forward to seeing your answers published on the Democrats Abroad website.
Thanks,
[Your name]
48 Hour Follow-Up Email Template
Hi [Candidate's first and last name],
I’m just following up, on answering the questionnaire from Democrats Abroad: http://democratsabroad.org/housequestionnaire
Did you see my email? Have you got any questions?
Thanks,
[Your name]
48 hours before the deadline template email
Hi [Candidate's first and last name],
Just a friendly reminder that [deadline date] is coming up fast!
Will you be able to answer the Democrats Abroad questionnaire in time?
http://democratsabroad.org/housequestionnaire
As always, if you have any issues, problems, or questions, please get in touch.
Thanks,
[Your name]
Day of deadline reminder template email
Hi [Candidate's first and last name],
Just a friendly reminder that today is the deadline for the Democrats Abroad questionnaire.
http://democratsabroad.org/housequestionnaire
Hope to hear from you soon!
Thanks,
[Your name]
Message to send as a direct message on social media
Hi, I emailed you a few days ago regarding answering a list of questions on American abroad issues from Democrats Abroad to engage the overseas vote for November. Are you able to reply or is there a better email to contact you on? Looking forward to your reply! Thanks, [your name]
Some additional tips
If you do not receive a reply in 24 hours, send a follow up email asking if they received your email or if there's another email address you should contact (which will only take 1-2 minutes of your time):
- If the campaign or candidate requests additional information or wants to do a call with you about the questionnaire but you're not confident in doing this in cc in [email protected] and say that someone in Democrats Abroad will reply.
- If you receive any reply, please forward it to [email protected] so Democrats Abroad knows how the candidate's campaign responded to your request.
- Don't be afraid to message them on all their social media platforms to ask if they saw your email too - candidates are very busy and get hundreds of emails a day so this helps bump your email up to the top of their inbox.