Join the pledge to recruit a new volunteer every day! It’s a lot easier than you think.

To reach our phone needs, we must get more volunteers.

It’s not that big of a deal.

1. Explain to an acquaintance how easy phonebanks are (http://phone.guide.4berniesanders.com) or how important canvassing is.

2. If you can not reach an acquaintance, I have discovered that I can generally get new volunteers while I phonebank without too much difficulty.

Try to encourage strong supporters to volunteer. I reached tons of strong Bernie supporters in NY yesterday, but all but a few said they were too busy. Anticipate that response and emphasize the fact that some activities like phonebanking can be done from the comfort of your home (the script talks about contacting voters “in your area” and because of that reference they might think they necessarily need to go somewhere or knock on doors) and you don’t need to devote a lot of time to it, there’s no fixed schedule, you can do it whenever you happen to come across a little bit of free time, before or after the elections take place, whether you can actually vote or not, and that even the smallest amount of your time can help if enough people do it.

I usually ask “Would you like to make phone calls like I am? Even 5 calls would make a big difference.”

/u/krikeydile: The best way to do it is to phonebank Oregon like crazy when the East Coast switches out. We have a lot of supporters there and not a lot are aware of how easy it is to call! I just see this huge dropoff at 9 EST and we’re missing a capitalizing opportunity.

3. Try phonebank volunteer-recruiting flyers! (https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/4ew908/phonebank_volunteerrecruiting_flyers_3300px_jpeg/)