Activists
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Voter Ambassador Project 
This easy-to-do, civic engagement project helps improve the rate of voter turnout of 18-29-year-olds. It’s quick and easy. All you have to do is ask young people you meet in the course of your regular activities if they are registered to vote. Voter Ambassadors is non-partisan, non-profit, and issue-oriented. More than 60 percent of people nationally are never asked to register. Research consistently shows that personal contact is the key to motivating people to take this step. Asking someone only takes a few seconds of your time and can really make a difference. Download the Voter Ambassador Plan on the Be A Voter website and share it with friends and family. Go to www.beavoter.info for details. Sign a Petition
Please sign this petition asking John Carter to give back the donations to his campaign from the NRA:
https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/return-contributions Call your Legislators
To call your legislators at the federal level, Michael Moore and The Huffington Post recommend using “5 Calls”. Go to https://5calls.org and download their app. You will see a list with current issues and a script to assist you in expressing your opinions on those issues. The app is an easy way to make 5 calls in five minutes. To call/text your state legislators, the Texas Democratic Party has a process for you to become a “connected” Legislative Activist. Go to http://txdem.co/txlege and register. They will send you alerts and links to issues, scripts and phone numbers to voice your opinions on current issues and information on when testimony on issues is being sought so that you can apply to testify at hearings. This program will also request that you take a course to improve your lobbying skills. Please, use both programs. Keep your skills sharp between now and the 2020 elections. Stay active my friends! Special Events Our group has participated in the Women’s March, the Planned Parenthood Lobby Day, the March for Science and the Red Poppy Parade. Watch the News section of this website for upcoming events. Voter Registration You can train to be a voter registrar for Williamson County on the 1st or 3rd Tuesday of the month. To sign up for the training, call (512) 943-1630. Training is held at 2:00 and 6:00 pm at 301 SE Inner Loop, Suite 104, Georgetown, TX. You can train to be a Travis County voter registrar by attending a one-hour training session on the first Tuesday of any month at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, or 6:30 pm at the Travis County Voter Registrar’s office at 5501 Airport Blvd, Austin TX 78751 (no reservation required). Note: If you are registered for Travis County you can apply to Williamson County without retraining. We need registrars at all our events and appearances. Office Visits Small groups of 4 to 6 will go to office hours for John Carter, Ted Cruz, and other representatives and try to speak to whomever they can (staffers usually). The groups will try to get real appointments with real representatives, and, at the very least, leave letters or written comments in guest books on various key issues. If you are interested in participating, please fill out our Activist Interest Form. Town Hall Events Postcard and Letter Writing Write postcards and letters to elected officials.If you are interested in participating, please fill out our Activist Interest Form. Letters to the Editor Please fill out our Activist Interest Form if you are interested in pooling advice and tips to keep letters flowing to the newspapers. Phone Call Campaigns Please fill out our Activist Interest Form if you are interested in participating in phone call campaigns. |
The Sun City Democrats Activists were very busy this past summer! 
Deputy Voter Registrars training
Registering voters around Williamson County
Writing letters to Congressman Carter, Senators Cruz and Cornyn, and Governor Abbot about immigration and gun violence group; and then delivering those letters in person to Carter’s office.
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