<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sharing just for any who might be interested - supporting/sustaining or through Amazon smile designation - a one year old nonprofit advocating for ranked choice voting options (city, county, instant primaries/runoffs (save tax $ for other local needs). All-volunteer, nonpartisan group with supporters across the spectrum in NC. Details/links below to consider with your giving or shopping giveback program(s). </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Feel free to share as wished, delete/disregard if not interested! </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">------------------------------------------</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hi RCV proponents,</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The big give/big spend time of American culture is here –
won’t you support this vital cause you care about by becoming a supporter with
a contribution (recurring/sustainer or single) and/or choosing BBNC as your
charity at Amazon smile ahead of shopping this season?<br>
<br>
Our sustainers deeply provide us the source of regular funding we can plan
around and employ to ‘keep the lights on’, covering our regular monthly
expenses for the technology, tools and supplies that help us grow and continue
our vital work – and help us attract more funding from granting foundations and
others who see our support base and view us as a smart place to provide
institutional support. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Here’s a further sustainer story from a key monthly
recurring contributor for this week of seasonal financial activity who really
understands the power of ongoing support and community contributions to our RCV
cause – our amazing Founder and Treasurer of Better Ballot North Carolina: </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">“Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) offers
the possibility of rejuvenating our weak and moribund electoral system. I see
RCV as a necessity in electoral reform, and that is why I am a sustaining
supporter of Better Ballot NC. My monthly contribution ensures that BBNC has
the resources they need to promote RCV to the public and to our elected
officials. Your tax deductible contribution will have good company in working
to improve our electoral process.</span>”</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-  Wayne Turner, </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">BBNC
Founder & Treasurer</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Will
you join Wayne and others now in making a recurring (or one-time, if desired)
donation to Better Ballot NC for our End of Year campaign? You can do so here: </p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.betterballotnc.org/contribute" style="color:blue">https://www.betterballotnc.org/contribute</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Budget tight
but want to support? Another great way is to choose us as your <b>charity nominee at Amazon Smile </b>today
and before you shop there or Whole Foods online through the holidays – they will
donate a share of profits when you order, cost free to you! Go here to sign up,
then always shop at <a href="http://smile.amazon.com">smile.amazon.com</a> to give us the benefit: <i></i></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/ch/85-2475738" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(0,113,133);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none">https://smile.amazon.com/ch/85-2475738</span></a>
</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All financial contributions to BBNC are fully tax deductible
and/or all Americans can donate up to $300 in 2021 and receive a tax deduction
without itemizing on their annual returns this January (due to the Pandemic
Recovery Act, directly on a line of the 1040). You can also send a contribution
by check/money order to our address at Better Ballot NC, 146 Robert Alston Jr. Drive,
Pittsboro, NC 27312.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you for choosing a path to help Better Ballot NC make
an even stronger impact for bringing RCV to North Carolina in 2022…we
absolutely need your help in our second year to grow! </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">With gratitude,</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The volunteers at Better Ballot NC</p></div>