Hi, my name's Leighton, and I'm the director of DrivingVotes.org.
I wanted to let you all know that Driving Votes just kicked off an
online petition to convince Howard Dean to run for Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee. If we want to turn the Democratic
Party around so that we can start winning national elections again, we
need a bold leader like Dean at its helm. If you agree, please sign
our petition, and then send it out to all your email contacts:
http://www.drivingvotes.org/action/deanfordnc.php
Howard is considering taking a bid to run for DNC Chair, but he's
gauging how much support he'll have from us, his grassroots
supporters, before committing himself to the race. Let's tell him
we're behind him! If he decides to run for the position, Driving
Votes will lobby DNC members to support his candidacy in early
February when they vote on the new chairman.
This is a separate petition from DraftHoward.com and DeanForDNC.org.
The more the better, because even if there's some degree of overlap
between them, the message to Dean will be that there are a number of
organizations out there that are capable of reaching different groups
of people and are behind him and his call to reform the party.
In case you're unfamiliar with us, Driving Votes was founded to
mobilize people in non-swing states to take road trips to the swings
to get out the Democratic vote in this year's presidential election.
Tens of thousands of people traveled to the swings using our website
and our volunteer organization. We were an "unofficial member" (their
words) of the America Votes coalition. Tracy Chapman did a benefit
tour for Driving Votes, Michael Moore endorsed our organization, and
we partnered with MoveOn PAC for the GOTV phase of their ground
operation.
We believe that we have a choice to make: more of the same, or reform
of the party. More of the same means more national defeats. Howard
Dean is our best shot at reshaping the party and letting the
grassroots have a seat at the table. If you agree, please add your
signature to our growing list, and tell Howard we want him to run for
DNC Chair:
http://www.drivingvotes.org/action/deanfordnc.php
Thanks a lot!
--
Leighton Akio Woodhouse
Executive Director
Driving Votes
Help America Change Gears.
http://www.drivingvotes.org/
leighton@drivingvotes.org
