We understand that times are tough for many of you, and that everyone has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Please only give if you can; your health and safety are the most important thing right now.

Friends --

These days, we’re all doing things differently to keep our communities safer and healthier: putting off travel plans, staying home as much as possible, and wearing face coverings in public. We’re also figuring out new ways to register voters.

Will you pitch in now to help us fund new strategies to register record numbers of Virginia voters online?

We launched an ambitious voter registration operation months ago, as part of our winning strategy. But when the pandemic started and we had to stop in-person efforts, the number of new registrations plummeted. Just take a look at this chart the Virginia Public Access Project just published:

We could be on track to set a record low for new voters in 2020. As we head toward what’s likely to be the most important election of our lifetimes, that is simply unacceptable. So we’ve begun shifting our voter registration operations online -- but it’s not an easy or inexpensive process. We need your help to do it.

If you’re able, will you make a donation to support our new online voter registration strategy?

Friends, we all want to send Donald Trump packing in November. And we all want to elect more Democrats across the Commonwealth who will always work for our best interests. But to do that, we need to register a record number of new voters -- and we’re counting on your support to make it happen.

Thank you so much,

Your friends at DPVA