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I’m concerned.

In the last week, I have talked to many friends, neighbors and strangers (I wear my political heart on my t-shirts and hats), and almost every conversation has revealed their total surprise that tomorrow is Election Day.

I have been out placing signs for the Kerry campaign. Tonight I will be calling to GOTV from a phone bank location. Tomorrow I will hold signs at the polls in the morning and evening and make calls during the day. And, if I have a decent signal on my cell phone at the polls, I’ll make calls from there.

If you read this, and agree we have work to do, just recommend this so it stays front and center. Don’t spend time writing back. Use this precious time to get out the vote. Call your friends (I’ll bet even the good Dems among them aren’t aware there’s an election tomorrow), mention it to your neighbors, go to a phone bank, or sign up to use the Activate software that feeds you calls, one after the other.

Please use your words to do something!

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  1. I’ve spoken to a couple of people who figured that this was all taken care on Super Tuesday.  Unless you have a contested race in your neighborhood, you might not know there’s voting going on tomorrow.

  2. calling recent (voted in the last election) voters– registered Dems and unenrolled. Fully 1/3 of those I reached had no idea there’s an election tomorrow. Some who knew about the election said it was because they’d received robo-calls with a message from Ted Kennedy earlier today.

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    p>It’s fun to make calls for which people are actually thankful. Try it!

  4. Actually, I sadly do believe it.  Of course, there are always those that then complain about all the phone calls (too bad!).  I thought the media were doing a decent job covering the race, though O’Reilly seems to have been discovered just recently by some.  Words cannot express my frustration with how disengaged some people are.

  5. I had usually very politically savvy friends call me last night to ask me who was on the ballot & who to vote for- and I’m in NYC on a business trip! (I already voted absentee ballot)…
    I will say it is confusing to have had so many different elections in one year. In my district we also had a previous special election for State Senate (Marzilli’s seat), so it’s especially confusing if you’re not paying attention.

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