2 weeks Ago By Kelsi Thorud
As the sun set on the final night before Election Day, Jane Lew and several other canvassers were still going strong on the corner of Market and Castro, using every last second to talk to as many voters as possible. "We've been at all the farmer's markets around the city, just talking to a lot of San Franciscans and encouraging them to vote Yes on K," said Lew. Jane is the field organizer for the Yes On K campaign, supporters of Proposition K which looks to close down the Upper Great Highway to cars and turn it into a park.
Prop K is expected to be a close call. Jane said they've been campaigning around the city for months. Now, with Election Day on the horizon, she just hopes they've done enough.
"A little bit of relief that it's going to be over soon and then also a little bit of fear. Did we do enough? Did we talk to enough people? Did we get our message out," said Lew. That nervousness is why Jane thought it was important to keep campaigning up until the last second.
And she's not alone, canvassers from several other campaigns were also on her same corner including Sarah Katz-Hyman who was there supporting Proposition L. "We're definitely trying to be out here, show visibility, it's a long ballot and L's on the last page so we just want to make sure that at least there's some name recognition out there," said Katz-Hyman. Prop L looks to tax ride-hail platforms and autonomous vehicle companies to fund public transportation.
Sarah said canvassers like themself were fanned out across the city for one final campaign push. "I think across the campaign we probably have a couple dozen folks out there today and this whole week, the past few weeks just really getting our visibility up," said Katz-Hyman. Back with Jane and the Yes On K campaign, she said they'll be back out canvassing on Election Day right up until the polls close.
She said even their campaign's mascot, Snowy D. Plover will be out there trying to get the vote out too. "It really captures a lot of attention.
It makes it feel less awkward when you're canvassing because people are excited to talk to you or take pictures with Snowy, so it's been a big help," said Lew..
