Advocacy groups in battleground states have pulled out all the stops in their efforts to encourage members of the LGBTQ community to vote.
Equality Florida Executive Director Nadine Smith on Thursday in an email to the Washington Blade noted her organization has “launched the largest and most ambitious voter mobilization program in our organization history.” She said Equality Florida has invested $1.5 million in reaching 560,000 “pro-equality voters across the state for whom LGBTQ issues are a litmus test, but who are at risk of not casting a ballot unless we contact them.” Smith added 72,000 Floridians who did not vote in 2016 have cast their ballots early because of these efforts. “In a state where U.S.