NATIONAL 'GUARANTEE YOUR VOTE' DAY

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PRESS RELEASE:

NATIONAL 'GUARANTEE YOUR VOTE DAY' ON OCTOBER 1, 2008

Unbeknownst to them, tens of thousands of voters across the country have had their names purged from voter files. Most will not find this out until Election Day on November 4th, when it will be too late to re-register to vote in the crucial 2008 presidential election. Dozens of advocacy groups, bloggers, organizations and elected officials are calling for voters across the country to check with their state auditors and local officials on October 1st to insure that they are eligible to vote.

The fundamental cornerstone of democracy is the right to vote, yet millions of Americans may have had their rights suppressed as mettlesome election officials are bending and breaking election laws to deny a vote to newly registered voters and also those in communities that have a high percentage of Hispanics and African-Americans. Just recently:

---Republican Party officials in Michigan plan on challenging the voting rights of those whose homes have recently gone into foreclosure, of which 60% are African-American.

---Wisconsin's Attorney General, recently sued the states election board to try to remove 20% of the registered voters in this critical state.

---In Virginia, another battleground state, the AFL-CIO reported that Republican officials deliberately tried to confuse student voters about where they are eligible to register and vote.

In Ohio in 2006, 303,000 voters were purged in three major uban communities while last month, 600,000 additional voters were threatened to be removed from voter files. After irregularities have challenged the validity and integrity of a voter's intentions in 2000 and 2004, measures must be taken to guarantee every vote will be counted on Election Day. Most states have a 30 or 14 day preregistration requirement, Our October 1st call to action allows voters time to re-register if their names have been purged.

ON OCTOBER 1st WE WILL BE ASKING ALL PARTICIPATING GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SEND AN ALERT EMAIL, TEXT OR PHONE CALL TO THEIR CONTACTS ASKING TO CHECK WITH THEIR STATE ELECTION DIVISION OR COUNTY AUDITOR TO VERIFY THE VALIDITY OF THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.

"Let's not allow 2008 to mirror the widespread manipulation that we have experienced across the country since 2000" said Todd Iverson, president of America in Solidarity. "Every vote in Ohio, every vote in Florida and every vote in every state should count" Let's have this election decided by people and by machines, dirty tricks or voter witch hunts." "This is a fundamental matter of justice, pure and simple. If we lose our electoral integrity, we sink into being a third world nation" according to Mike Collier, chair of the MICAH Project in Tacoma, Washington.

How can you help? A growing list of organizations, church groups, and elected officials are participating. Bloggers, candidates and media outlets will be contacted to help spread the word about October 1st as NATIONAL 'GUARANTEE YOUR VOTE' DAY. We are asking all, to spread the word, any individuals and groups who like to endorse this action please let us know.

Information about how to contact elections officials along with links and stories about voter suppression will be available on America in Solidarity's website at: www.americasolidarity.org

For more information or to schedule an interview, contact either:

Mike Collier [e-mail] or [phone] or

Todd Iverson [e-mail] or [phone]

In Solidarity

Todd Iverson and Mike Collier

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1. Done

Copy and pasted emails,blogs...passing it on.:kick:

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2. thank you

where are you from...we are trying to keep track of the various states we have made in roads to. If you know of any groups willing to endorse this project, please let me know! Mike C