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!@#$%! · 09.18.2008, 07:57 PM

and to end my postings for the day, here's an email i got the other day from a friend, describing his experiences canvassing & more, i've anonymized it for the interwebs:
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All right people, here's my feeling on this:
The last time we had a candidate running on a genuinely progressive platform with a real shot at winning was 1976. I don't want to wait another 32 years for this chance. The election is going to come down to the ground game. Who
gets out the vote. Arianna Huffington, Fox News, Maureen Dowd, the National Enquirer and Keith Olbermann are not going to decide this election. Because of our charming electoral college system, humans voting in swing states are
going to decide it. If you live in or near a swing state, here's a couple things you can do.

GET TO A SWING STATE
Canvassing is the Number 1 way to get people to vote. [ ] and i have been canvassing for Obama in New Hampshire, one of the crucial swing states (here's a link to more: http://www.pollster.com/) . The Obama campaign makes
it pretty easy. You sign up for one of their groups like Missouri for Obama or Teachers for Obama on their website. You can also search for the nearest field office on their website near you and contact them. Here is an example
of an email to see if I want to do a Pennsylvania cross border run.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/PABorder

FOR TEACHERS:
Make sure your students are registered. If they are from a swing state, they can vote at their parents' address. Here's a good place to start:
http://www.voteforchange.com/ I am also working to organize students at [ ] College for canvassing in NH. Every school has a student coordinator and you can contact them. So you are not pushing your politics on them, you can give your own students info about the McCain office to volunteer near
you as well as whatever you or an Obama student coordinator at your school are planning.

OUR EXPERIENCE
We drove into neighborhoods with NY plates, parking and walking, people were very nice. People are likely relieved you aren't religious nuts. You go with another person and if you are not comfortable someplace you don't go.
The campaign asks that you talk about why you are supporting Obama and they ask that you don't debate. So if they are for McCain you just thank them for
their time. Generally, the people they send you to are really (amazingly!!) undecided. The idea is to get people to move a little to the left: leaning mccain to undecided to leaning obama to strong obama to volunteer. The campaign gives you some talking points, but it's really important that you
just make contact, be nice and leave some info.

OTHER OPTIONS
There is also telephones, voter registration and other ways to help that are explained on the website and outside groups like http://www.moveon.org/
Anything involving human one to one contact is a good thing. Michael Moore organized a Bowling for Obama night in Michigan a couple weeks ago

WHEN
Early voting starts in October so soon is good

THE CAMPAIGN
The campaign is no frills man. If you're lucky they'll have some stale nachos and old coffee. All of their money is going to get out the vote. So follow up if they contact you. They will send emails but they are busy as hell.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/statepages

Feel free to pass this on or cut it up and add to it. This is not official.
I'm just trying to keep things moving.

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09.18.2008, 07:57 PM	#17
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,702	and to end my postings for the day, here's an email i got the other day from a friend, describing his experiences canvassing & more, i've anonymized it for the interwebs: ===================== All right people, here's my feeling on this: The last time we had a candidate running on a genuinely progressive platform with a real shot at winning was 1976. I don't want to wait another 32 years for this chance. The election is going to come down to the ground game. Who gets out the vote. Arianna Huffington, Fox News, Maureen Dowd, the National Enquirer and Keith Olbermann are not going to decide this election. Because of our charming electoral college system, humans voting in swing states are going to decide it. If you live in or near a swing state, here's a couple things you can do. GET TO A SWING STATE Canvassing is the Number 1 way to get people to vote. [ ] and i have been canvassing for Obama in New Hampshire, one of the crucial swing states (here's a link to more: http://www.pollster.com/) . The Obama campaign makes it pretty easy. You sign up for one of their groups like Missouri for Obama or Teachers for Obama on their website. You can also search for the nearest field office on their website near you and contact them. Here is an example of an email to see if I want to do a Pennsylvania cross border run. http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/PABorder FOR TEACHERS: Make sure your students are registered. If they are from a swing state, they can vote at their parents' address. Here's a good place to start: http://www.voteforchange.com/ I am also working to organize students at [ ] College for canvassing in NH. Every school has a student coordinator and you can contact them. So you are not pushing your politics on them, you can give your own students info about the McCain office to volunteer near you as well as whatever you or an Obama student coordinator at your school are planning. OUR EXPERIENCE We drove into neighborhoods with NY plates, parking and walking, people were very nice. People are likely relieved you aren't religious nuts. You go with another person and if you are not comfortable someplace you don't go. The campaign asks that you talk about why you are supporting Obama and they ask that you don't debate. So if they are for McCain you just thank them for their time. Generally, the people they send you to are really (amazingly!!) undecided. The idea is to get people to move a little to the left: leaning mccain to undecided to leaning obama to strong obama to volunteer. The campaign gives you some talking points, but it's really important that you just make contact, be nice and leave some info. OTHER OPTIONS There is also telephones, voter registration and other ways to help that are explained on the website and outside groups like http://www.moveon.org/ Anything involving human one to one contact is a good thing. Michael Moore organized a Bowling for Obama night in Michigan a couple weeks ago WHEN Early voting starts in October so soon is good THE CAMPAIGN The campaign is no frills man. If you're lucky they'll have some stale nachos and old coffee. All of their money is going to get out the vote. So follow up if they contact you. They will send emails but they are busy as hell. http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/statepages Feel free to pass this on or cut it up and add to it. This is not official. I'm just trying to keep things moving. ====================
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