What am I DOING on Election Day??? >>>>how bout you?

PretzelWarrior

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Thu Oct-14-04 07:01 PM
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What am I DOING on Election Day??? >>>>how bout you?

I'm going to be calling people to have them drop off their mail-in ballots in Oregon. I will have already voted and early in the day we will start to get an idea of how the voting is going. THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE VOTE BY MAIL in OREGON!

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But what about the rest of the nation? I know many will be casting absentee ballots ahead of time which frees them up to help local offices monitor voting. They can answer questions, ensure people are not turned away and get a chance to cast a provisional ballot. We need to see what kind of directions can be given for folks to head to a new location or be BUSSED to a new location if a precinct's systems go down. There are many, many, many ways people can encourage voting.

If you live near an area where people are likely to be intimidated from voting, you can go out in days ahead and canvass letting those people know their rights and privilege of voting and how they don't need to fear any ramifications from law enforcement, etc.

I truly believe we have to be vigilant and guard our vote and the votes of others.

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This is a hopeful sign pulled from daily Kos:

This is an election about serious life and death issues and it is critical that every person who wants to vote can do so without interference and with confidence that their vote will be counted. We must work together to promote voting and voting rights. So the Nevada State Democratic Party has launched a statewide "Voter Rights Project". Our efforts are in conjunction with the Kerry-Edwards Campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

The goal - a voting rights attorney in every priority precinct in the battleground states

We have created the world's largest virtual law firm in the country dedicating to promoting and protecting the vote.

We have a Kerry-Edwards counsel in every state and every key county in Battleground states to protect voting rights on election day.

We have hired DNC Voting Protection Coordinators in every battleground state to design and implement voting rights and election protection plans.

Nationally, we will have thousands of Volunteer Voting Rights Attorneys in every priority precinct on Election Day.

From now until election day, we are conducting intensive trainings on line, in battleground states and in coordination with our field staff.

We will promote Early Vote and Vote By Mail and protect voters who vote early or by mail.

We are investing record amounts in voter education and empowerment via Mail, Phones, Print and Electronic Media

DNC and VPC lawyers are reviewing the ballots in every priority county and state to make sure ballots are clear and easy to vote.
Our Kerry-Edwards, DNC, and VPC lawyers are also ensuring that election officials have made met all bi-lingual requirements and have made appropriate provisions so that disabled voters and older voters can cast their votes.

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