ATTN fellow Professors: I registered 9 new voters in 15 minutes

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Tuesday October 03, 2006 · 8:49 AM PDT

2006/10/03 · 08:49

I teach at Berklee College of Music here in Boston. Yesterday, I ended the regular instruction early and have everyone 2 things: a copy of my paper "6 Reasons you should vote EVERY TIME" and a voter registration form.

I gave them a brief talk on each of the points in the worksheet. Told them how to get absentee ballots if they were registered to vote back home, and told them that if they were already registered, they could give me the form back or just leave it on their desk.

There were 19 students in the class, of whom 15 are U.S. citizens. 6 of those did not take the forms (which could mean they're already registered to vote); 9 did. I plan to do the same activity in my other classes later this week.

It would be more effective of course if this weren't a solid blue state, but I figure that if you get college kids to vote they're likely to keep voting wherever they move to in the future. Read More

Voter Non Contact or Why We Lose, Reason #29

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Thursday March 09, 2006 · 7:23 AM PST

2006/03/09 · 07:23

I'm on the political committee of the state chapter of an organization which will remain unnamed for now. Suffice it to say that it is a large non-profit which endorses candidates, and would be one of the groups which you would consider a member of the progressive coalition, even if we do slip up and support the occasional Republican.

Yesterday at our meeting something happened that froze my blood and suddenly it all made sense why we keep losing. Read More

I met Sherrod Brown today.

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Saturday December 10, 2005 · 2:21 PM PST

2005/12/10 · 14:21

As a local (Boston, MA) financial supporter of an peace and anti-nuclear weapons group Council for a Livable World, I was invited to a meeting in which members of the CLW board met with Ohio congressman and senate candidate Sherrod Brown, an interview after which CLW would consider endorsing him.

I should state that I have given money to Paul Hackett, and, if I lived in Ohio, was leaning to voting for Hacket, though I thought either one would make a fine senator.
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Wesley Clark rocks vs. Global Warming.

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Monday May 16, 2005 · 2:44 PM PDT

2005/05/16 · 14:44

Wesley Clark just sent an email to all of his supporters urging them to sign an online "virtual March on Washington DC" petition against Global Warming.

You can sign the petition as a "friend of Wesley Clark" here. Read More

My letter to Kerry - support Conyers

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Thursday December 30, 2004 · 5:19 PM PST

2004/12/30 · 17:19

I'm in Massachusetts, but I think everyone can write to Kerry, as he represented all of us in the last election.

Not claiming that this letter is particularly brilliant, but feel free to steal/modify it as you see fit. I bolded the last sentence for emphasis here, but not in the actual letter.

I sent a very similar letter to senator Kennedy.

By the way, you can email Senator Kerry here. Read More

Report from Columbus, OH - Looking good!

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Sunday October 31, 2004 · 6:28 AM PST

2004/10/31 · 06:28

My wife and I (from Boston, MA) have been in Columbus, OH since Thursday, helping the Kerry campaign bring Ohio home. The campaign calls us "Kerry Travelers," and there are a ton us us here in Columbus. A surprizingly large number of people from California, as well as just about everywhere else: Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, Texas, etc. So many volunteers that in Columbus alone they now have a main office and 7 satellite offices, as well as the Dem. Party HQ and the state Kerry HQ, and that's not counting ACT or the other allied groups.

Based on what I'd been seeing so far, I truly believe that Kerry is going to win Ohio solidly. Read More

CT-2 Dem. challenger Sullivan endorsed...

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Monday October 18, 2004 · 8:12 AM PDT

2004/10/18 · 08:12

...by the Hartford Courant, which is the big newspaper in CT. Pity they endorsed the two other Republican incumbents for re-election. Their congressional endorsements can be read here Read More

Tony Knowles massive fundraising

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Wednesday October 13, 2004 · 9:26 PM PDT

2004/10/13 · 21:26

When we selected Tony Knowles of Alaska to be one of the dKos candiates, I genuinely thought that we'd net him around $20000-25000, and that this would represent roughlyl 2% of his take.
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VOLUNTEER your old computer for Kerry

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Monday October 04, 2004 · 1:53 PM PDT

2004/10/04 · 13:53

Just a FYI that if you live in a swing state, or in an area with a competitive race, there's a good chance that your local Kerry (or whoever) office has a "wish list" that includes computers (as well as other more mundane stuff). There's a lot of data entry work to be done, and it's wildly inefficient for them to purchase computers when they'll be done with them in a month. Read More

OH voter reg forms - Did we just win?

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Tuesday September 28, 2004 · 8:25 AM PDT

2004/09/28 · 08:25

Outraged at the news that the OH Sec. of State was not going to accept new voter registrations which weren't printed on the proper width of paper, I just called the OH Dem. party.

The person answering the phone replied that the board of elections had told them than they would be accepting all voter reg. forms.

Was this person confused?

Did we just win?

What's going on?

Debate Party, Boston MA

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Monday September 27, 2004 · 7:14 AM PDT

2004/09/27 · 07:14

Now that the Lord of the Rings movies have all come out, if you want to see a cataclysmic struggle vs. the Forces of Malicious Stupidity for the future of the Free World, you've got to settle for the presidential debates.

Join us at our place to watch the first debate together at our place in Allston-Brighton (Boston), MA!
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Cute Gimmick for Kerry Volunteers

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Tuesday September 21, 2004 · 6:48 AM PDT

2004/09/21 · 06:48

I volunteered yesterday at the Kerry campaign in Boston, MA. Most of us, including myself, were calling voters in Florida to identify supporters. Others were calling MA volunteers, urging them to go canvass in NH this coming weekend.

But they had a very cool little gimmick after I handed in my 3 completed call sheets... Read More

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