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:
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
Recent House Votes Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 -
Vote Passed (263-171). The House agreed to a bill authorizing
the Treasury Department to spend up to $700 billion to purchase bad mortgage-backed
securities from troubled
financial institutions.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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