West Central Democrats Host Virtual Phonebank Training

On May 19, the West Central Democrats took the first step in doing voter outreach in this time of sheltering in place and learned how to phonebank. The training included nine new volunteers plus our trainer and was focused on how to encourage voters to request absentee ballots.
 
Volunteers learned how to ask voters if they would be willing to consider absentee voting for the upcoming election – and if they could be emailed the request form. The phonebank script also included inquiring and documenting if assistance witnessing a voter’s ballot was needed. And like all good phone calls, it wrapped up with a volunteer “ask” to help the West Central Democrats continue doing voter outreach. 
 
This phonebank targeted the highest turnout voters within the West Central precincts (802, 803, 804 and 805). 

On Thursday, May 21 at 7:00pm and Friday, May 22 at 1:00pm, the Forsyth County Democratic Party is hosting two additional Phonebank trainings focused on connecting with voters. Sign up for training here – and if your precinct cluster would like its own training on a different date, please let us know.