Changing the Electorate - Obama Kicks Off National Voter Drive!

[jefferson_dem]

This ... is exciting! :bounce:



National Voter Registration Kickoff Today
By Christopher Hass - May 9th, 2008 at 1:47 pm EDT
Also listed in: SFBO Blog

Today is the official kickoff of Vote for Change, an unprecedented 50-state voter registration and mobilization drive. In over 100 cities across America, from Anchorage, Alaska to Miami, Florida, grassroots supporters will hit the streets to register voters. With events planned in every single state, no matter where you live, you can find an event near you.

As Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas explained,"This could change the face of American politics for decades to come."

Our efforts across the country have already yielded incredible results. According to a recent Associated Press survey, over 3.5 million people registered to vote in the first three months of 2008. Now we're expanding our approach to every single state, as part of a sustained, six-month effort that could reshape the electoral map.

Most events will begin in the late morning or early afternoon, and will run approximately four hours. No prior experience is necessary, and materials and training will be provided at each location.

There is no better way to start your weekend, and no more important work to be done right now than bringing more voters, and more voices, into the political process. Click on a state below to find an event near you:

---> http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGB9pl/commentary


Changing the electorate?



Today's the kick-off of Obama's big national voter registration drive. A reader sends in the picture above from the packed Harlem church that's the site of the New York event.

These things are notoriously difficult to quantify, and a generation of reporters have written stories about how Candidate X would reshape the electorate with new voters; it almost never happens.

But Obama's marriage of technology, organization, and sheer starpower is truly new. So, as I wrote in April, the drive that launches today could have the potential to make real, lasting changes to the political map.

And there's simply no parallel on the Republican side this year, where organizers hope that their more narrowly targeted appeal to likely voters will hold off any Obama surge.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Changing_the_electorate.html#comments

Original post -- http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9328.html

[TragedyandHope]

1. Kick

Click to get involved

[my3boyz]

2. Yeah and the SD's are watching? What is Hillary doing? Causing more problems!

Way to go Barack!

[Adelante]

3. Now we're talking!!

It's that democracy thing :thumbsup: