Ballots arrived in San Francisco yesterday

 

Time to get this done! The complex California ballot makes this urging to "Vote on Day One" a little daunting. But I've been pushing this principle all over social media because Simon Rosenberg has convinced me that getting people to vote as soon as possible makes a material contribution to the campaigns we're working on, even in this blue state and city.

Here's how he explains the value of voting as soon as we are able:

• when you vote early, on Day 1 of the early vote, for example, the campaign knows you voted and will remove you from their GOTV/field targets. ...

 

• It creates a very public permission structure and social pressure for voters who are not sure about voting, of when they are going to vote, to vote. “Hey other people seem to be voting I need to vote too.”

 

•  It is a daily affirmation of the health and vitality of our democracy, something desperately needed today. All these people voting, and voting successfully, is in itself a sort of repudiation of MAGA and Trumpism. ...

• A heavy early turnout leads to stories about “hey everyone is voting” ...

Over the next few days, I'll roll out commentary on how I dealt with California's maze of ballot measures and local propositions and make a very few candidate comments.

Let's get this done!