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The Knox County Democratic Women welcome women throughout Knox County, Ohio, to join us in promoting and supporting Democratic principles.

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Get out the Vote!

The stakes
could not be higher.
Now is the time to do your part.

Do you want to see four more years of Republican rule? Or would you like to see change at the local, state, and national level? The only way we can make change is to get involved in these political campaigns. Help us in this final push to turn Ohio blue. Volunteers are needed to help us with our GOTV campaign.

Each campaign needs volunteers. To get involved, contact:

DUANE GRASSBAUGH, candidate for Ohio House, 90th District. Contact: Mary Rugola-Dye at mt.vernon.mary@gmail.com.

ZACK SPACE, candidate for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, 18th District. Contact Susan Hayes at skhayes99@yahoo.com.

BARACK OBAMA, candidate for U.S. President. Contact Jon Bosscher at jbosscher@ohioforchange or call 740-974-7811.

KEEPING AN EYE ON CONGRESS

Each week, we'll update you on how our representatives are voting. This information comes to us from C-Span's MegaVote. (Find info on past votes in our archives.) From 10/6/08:

Recent Senate Votes
U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act- Vote Passed (86-13, 1 Not Voting). The Senate passed this bill that would allow the U.S. to trade nuclear technology with India.

Sen. George Voinovich voted YES......send e-mail
Sen. Sherrod Brown voted NO......send e-mail

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Vote Passed (74-25, 1 Not Voting).The Senate approved a bill authorizing the Treasury Department to spend up to $700 billion to purchase bad mortgage-backed securities from troubled financial institutions.

Sen. George Voinovich voted YES......send e-mail
Sen. Sherrod Brown voted YES......send e-mail

Upcoming Votes

The Senate and House are out of session until January 3, 2009, unless they are called back into session early.

news

Grassbaugh/Ruhl Debate Scheduled

October 27, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Knox County Career Center Auditorium

Duane Grassbaugh, Democratic candidate for State Representative of the 90th District, will debate his Republican opponent, Margaret Ann Ruhl, on the issues facing Ohio and the 90th District. The debate will take place at the Knox County Career Center auditiorium, 306 Martinsburg Road, Mount Vernon. Click here for a map. The public is encouraged to attend. For more info, contact Mary Rugola-Dye.

Why You Should Vote Early

Top five reasons, courtesy of Connor Lake, via the wonderful Columbus for Obama group:

1. If you vote early, you save the campaign valuable time and money, because they no longer have to spend their resources targeting you and making sure that you get to the polls. It costs a lot of money to run the phone banks, mail literature, and drive canvassers out to your place.
   
2. Instead of investing their efforts on a staunch supporter, they will be able to target and contact new and undecided voters. And their lists of election day GOTV targets will be whittled down, making them easier to contact for the hundreds of election day volunteers and staffers.
   
3. It gets even better if you persuade someone else to vote early. That's another person not in line on Nov 4. Not only do you bank their vote, you stop the campaign from inadvertently annoying them with calls and canvassing (of which too much of can be a turn-off). It IS possible to annoy your supporters with too much contact.
   
4. You'll do a great service to the brilliant number-crunchers at HQ, because they'll gradually get a better picture of how things are shaping up, which precincts to target, and how to move votes. Their models are definitely going to appreciate the numbers you give them.
   
5. And best of all, you'll reduce the odds of GOP operatives 'challenging' you at the polls or forcing you to stand in artificially long lines on election night. By voting early, you REDUCE the possibility of election fraud by the GOP.

Take time to vote this week if you haven't done so already. The early-vote location for Knox County is:

Knox County Board of Elections
117 E. High Street, 2nd Floor
Mount Vernon, OH
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm

KEN BLACKWELL IS AT IT AGAIN

Speaking of election fraud by the GOP (see #5 in the news item above), former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell is riling up the Republican base with scurrilous accusations against ACORN and the Obama campaign. Read more about it on the KCDP blog and pass it on.

LEARN MORE ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS

See our events calendar for upcoming activities you can participate in!

ACTIVIST TOOLS:

Use the buttons below to write a letter to the editor, contact your U.S. representative, your state legislator and more.