It’s unlikely that D.C. voters will vote no in the April 23 referendum that would amend the Home Rule Charter to grant the city more control over its own money, but it is likely that many voters won’t even know that the vote is coming up. To that end, today D.C. voting rights activists and elected officials kicked off the “Yes on 8” campaign, urging voters to come out in support of budget autonomy and vote in favor of Referendum 8.

The referendum was hatched last year as a clever way to get D.C. more control of the $6 billion it raises locally. Though opposed by D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan and viewed skeptically by Mayor Vince Gray and D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, last month the D.C. Board of Elections ruled that amending the charter to grant the city additional budget autonomy was permissible and would proceed alongside the already scheduled At-Large special election set for April 23.

As a means to attract attention to the cause and let people know that they should go out and vote, activists led by D.C. Vote have created the D.C. Budget Freedom Committee, through which they will accept donations, put up yard signs and otherwise run a normal campaign in favor of the referendum.

In the meantime, it remains to be seen if Congress will move on granting D.C. budget autonomy before the referendum takes place, which Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) recently hinted he would do.