SOMA Action Blog
SOMA Action Announces 2020 General Election Endorsements
After careful deliberations by our Endorsements Committee and a vote of our Sustaining Members, SOMA Action has endorsed a slate of candidates in the 2020 General Election. Our Sustaining Members - people who have contributed $20 or more to SOMA Action in the past year and thus qualify to vote on key decisions such as endorsements - voted overwhelmingly (97% in favor, 3% opposed) to endorse this proposed slate of candidates…
Be a 2020 Election Hero: Vanquish the Villains!
The 2020 election is less than 100 days away, and you may be wondering how you can help, especially during this pandemic. We here at SOMA Action are ready with some ideas, and the action starts now!
Since we’re in a safely Democratic congressional district in a safely Democratic state, we get to turn our energy and attention to other places and races where we can make a difference. Specifically, SOMA Action has decided to focus our efforts on three Democratic Senate challengers in swing states who are ready to “vanquish” a trio of the GOP’s most “villainous” incumbents…
Register NOW for 8/9 Vanquish the Villains Kickoff!
The election of our lifetimes is 100 days away!!!
For anyone who cares about the future of our democracy, it's go time. SOMA Action is going all-in to flip three vulnerable GOP Senate seats by “Vanquishing the Villains!” We’re targeting Susan Collins (ME), Martha McSallly (AZ), and Thom Tillis (NC), three of the worst (and most vulnerable) GOP villains. We'll be working with the campaigns of their opponents, Sara Gideon (ME), Mark Kelly (AZ), and Cal Cunningham (NC) to ensure a proper vanquishing on November 3rd.
It will take real heroes to vanquish these villains; that's where YOU come in…
7 Reasons Why Freeholder Elections Matter
With 2020 primary elections fast approaching in New Jersey (July 7!), you may be wondering not only who should get your vote for Essex County’s Chosen Board of Freeholders, but also what, exactly, a freeholder is.
You’re not alone. In fact, if you’re not a native New Jerseyan, you may have never even heard of a freeholder before. As NJ Spotlight points out, the Garden State is the only state in the U.S. that still uses the term instead of the more common “county commissioner.”
That’s why SOMA Action put together this brief overview of what freeholders are and why their role is so important…
SOMA Action 2020 Democratic Primary Endorsements
South Orange/Maplewood NJ -- SOMA Action is a progressive grassroots organization located in South Orange-Maplewood. This year, SOMA Action’s sustaining members have voted to endorse several candidates in the 2020 Democratic Primary for Freeholder, an Essex County position. All voters in Essex County may vote for up to four Freeholders at Large. Through a survey sent out to SOMA Action’s sustaining membership, sustaining members voted to endorse Anthony Diaz, Sabre Burroughs, and Simone Jelks-Bandison running for Freeholder-at-Large, and Jennifer Larsen running for Freeholder of District 4, which includes Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, Livingston, Millburn, North Caldwell, Roseland, Verona, West Caldwell and West Orange.
The full results are available here.
2020 Primary Candidate Questionaire Results
SOMA Action is pleased to share our candidate questionnaires for the Democratic primary election on July 7th. Thanks to all of the candidates who responded.
This year, due to concerns about Covid-19, registered Democrats and Republicans will be sent a ballot to vote by mail. A limited number of polling places will be open for those who cannot vote by mail to vote provisionally. Unaffiliated voters will be sent an application to vote by mail…