- political parties/slates at the municipal level.
- community meetings outside of “family time.”
- increase time during which registration papers can be filed.
- early money
- dedicated funds for female candidates (from where?)
- campaign school
- increase ways people can participate remotely
- community meetings via tele-townhall (no need for childcare!)
- candidate twinning for fundraisers (incumbent candidate hosts joint fundraiser with new female candidate)
- mentorship (from people of all genders!)
- who are female, apolitical community leaders? why aren’t they in politics? address those reasons.
- go to where the women are.
- make it explicitly clear how proposed/new policies impact women, their families, their lives, etc.
- lessons on fundraising for “me” vs. fundraising for “we.”
- men have to call out sexism too
- ranked ballots
- Canadian version of Emily’s List
- better advertise existing ways to get involved (community boards, associations, etc.)
- shouldn’t be an uphill battle to get recognition/promotion/advancement/equal pay
what else?