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BELOW IS A COPY OF AN E- MAIL FROM AUSTIN FOR CHANGE
"If you're not appalled, you're not paying attention."The 1000th American died in Iraq yesterday.The President of the United States lied to the American people at his Convention.There are 55 days left to do something about it. You start right now with this email.We're going to knock on every door possible in Travis County. We're going to register 25,000 new voters. And you're going to help. Doing nothing is not an option.If you can't go blockwalking or help with voter registration in the coming four weeks, then you need to make a contribution at:
https://secure.fmp.com/tcdp/donate.php$25 will pay for a 1000 voter registration cards. $100 will pay for toner to print 20 precinct lists. Buy us a case of paper for $20! And then you need to do one of the two following things for Democracy:A)Block walk and identify Democrats and register folks to vote. (Scroll down to Nick's plea).B)Work at a table or with a clipboard, registering folks to vote. (Check out Jeff's info).C)Work at the phone bank or call from home. (Make Ken a happy guy).D)Build signs this Saturday. (Carl's really needing company at that warehouse).Click on
https://secure.fmp.com/tcdp/donate.php and make Glen Maxey cry for joy.Do something!A) Nick's Plea>>>Travis County Blockwalking SWAT Teams Assembling NOW!I. UpdateII. MissionIII. Where To Go From HereI. UpdateCurrently, there are about 60 Precinct Chairs who have received a "Blockwalk Packet" that has walk lists that include EVERY registered voter in their precinct. That leaves 200 precincts that aren't being organized yet. We are in the process of creating "easy-to-do" walkable areas for anyone who is interested in helping walk those areas. While we *will* be doing large group walks and working with the individual campaigns, we also want to enable normal people to go about their regular routine and walk on their own schedule, around whatever they have going on in their lives.(Example: As opposed to saying, "Can you come walk from 10-1 on Saturday, September 4?" we can say "Can you take a section of a precinct that will take about 2 hours to do, and do it when you can-around the kid's soccer practice and running around doing whatever you have to do-and get it back to us in a week?")We feel this will enable us to cover much more ground and empower more volunteers. (However, if you are someone who is interested in going out in large groups on the weekend, that will be an available option.)II. MissionYour mission, if you choose to accept it:We are in the process of IDENTIFYING Democrats and REGISTERING voters. There are MANY people in Travis who are registered but do not vote. We need to find the Democrats in this group!When you knock on a door, the first thing to say is: "Hi, I am _____ and I am here for (your favorite candidate!). Can count on your support this November."If the person says "Yes, I'm for (your favorite candidate!), then say:"Great! Do you typically vote a straight Democratic ticket?" and mark the appropriate place on the walklist. The next question if they are a Democrat is:"Is everyone in your household registered to vote?"There are also a couple other things, such as confirming phone numbers and asking for email addresses, marking ethnicity, etc.-but that is all in the instructions as well.If the person says "Heck no, I hate (your favorite candidate), then we ask:"Do you typically vote a straight Republican ticket?"This is the IDENTIFY factor. We will encounter many Repubs who do not vote straight ticket. That info is golden to our candidates.AFTER OCTOBER 4 (LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE) THERE WILL BE MORE "GET OUT THE VOTE" TYPE WALKS GOING ON. These walks will be mostly leafleting to OUR voters.III. Where To Go From HereIf you are interested in being part of the Blockwalking SWAT Team, please let us know!My address is
nick@austinforchange.com.My land # is 512.443.2019, and I am here most of the day (and night.)Thanks much for reading-let's make Travis BLUE. (It went red in 2000!!)>>>B) Jeff's Request>>>We have less than four weeks until the October 4th deadline for registering people to vote. We need YOUR help to get them registered! To register someone to vote, you must be a deputy registrar. You can be deputized by Constable Bruce Elfant at these times and places: Thursdays at 5:30pm -Glen Maxey's Office512 E. Riverside #203(next to Joe's Crab Shack) Saturdays at 9:00am - Travis County Democratic Party706 W. MLK Jr. Blvd. Suite 8 We have a new interactive website where you can view events where we need volunteers to register people, add your own events, and sign up for them all from your computer. Just go to
http://www.registertexas.org/ to sign up. Click on "create an account by clicking here", fill in your information, and choose a username and password. You can then immediately use that username and password to access the site.>>>C) Ken's a Happy Camper!>>>The phone bank is open! To get involved and help us turn out Travis County voters, contact Carolyn Keelen at 637-1424 or Ken Stewart at
ken@austinforchange.com. We have call lists, scripts, candidate information, plenty of coffee, and big comfortable chairs! We are located at 701 Rio Grande St. (behind Katz's Deli) - in the old Texas Democratic Party Headquarters (between Tickets and Fringe). Parking is available in the unmarked spaces on the north side (or alley) of the building or on the street. The hours of operation are: M-F from 10:30am-9pm, Sat. 10am-6pm and Sun. 1p-4p. We also need folks who can enter data on both Macs and PCs. Of course, training is always provided free of charge! Thank you for your time and support.And if you can't help at the phone bank, we always have a list you can take home with you!(We've finished identifying all the early voting seniors and are now moving into identifying all of the general election voters for early voting.)>>>D) Be Carl's Friend>>>The Democratic Sign Shop is now open and needs YOUR help! Signs for all of your favorite candidates are now being built EVERY SATURDAY at 10AM. Show up with your hammer at 92 Red River. JUST-SHOW-UP! {
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>>>If you cannot do any of these things, it is your patriotic duty to click this link:
https://secure.fmp.com/tcdp/donate.php
$25 will pay for a 1000 voter registration cards. $100 will pay for toner to print 20 precinct lists. Buy us a case of paper for $20! AUSTIN FOR CHANGE
www.austinforchange.comTravis Co. Democratic Coordinated Campaign512 E. Riverside DriveSuite 203Austin, TX 78704512.443.2027
