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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Registration..Final Push

We had a great time registering and talking to voters yesterday at Osage Hills. The amount of Obama signage there was truly inspiring, as was the amount of people who had already registered on their own, and the general enthusiasm for the election. I talked to one veteran who served three tours in Iraq, and told me he wants to make sure nobody else gets sent back there. Funny, he didn't once say "let us win", like McCain claims they all say.

I seriously doubt that very many of the folks we talked to out there show up on anybody's "likely voter" list. If all of Tulsa is like this, I think some people are going to be quite surprised come election day.

Today
This afternoon we will be at the OCCJ March toward CommUNITY (details here). Anyone can participate in the march of course, but if you'd like to do so with us, contact Mary Jo at 269-4400.

This Week
Any new voter registrations need to be postmarked by this Friday (the 10th) in order to be elegible for the general election. So even if you can only find a few hours during the week to help, please do so. Just stop by HQ at 3930 East 31 Street (between Yale and Harvard). There we can give you some quick training and a stack of voter registration forms.

If you can't find time during office hours, then I'll give you quick instruction here. You can download and print out the forms directly from the Oklahoma State Election Board's website. The most important things to remember are:
  • Do not wear any Obama (or Democratic party) gear.
  • Try to fill out the forms for the person, to ensure things are filled out properly and legibly.
  • Convicted Felons can vote if they are no longer on parole.
  • Try to also get email and phone numbers too, for our own lists.
  • Bring a clipboard and multiple pens.
  • Please turn all forms back in at Democratic Headquarters, so we can keep track of them.
  • If for some reason they are busy (or someone wants one for someone else) they can of course fill the form out themselves and mail it in. It must be postmarked by this Friday!
  • Mention that they can vote early to avoid the lines on election day. Early voting is November 1, 2, and 3 (the election is Nov 4).
People you can contact:
Mary Jo for the Tulsa area in general.
Alicia Cater in Wagoner.
Delorus Crawford in the area around Admiral and Harvard.
Blanca Thames for the Tulsa area Hispanic community.

If you can't even leave your computer, there's still something you can do to help. Send this blog to 5 friends. Send this video
(embedded below) to five friends. The video is promoting this great voter registration website that Google worked up. Send that to five friends.