[Peace-discuss] election judging

[meghan krausch]

I want to remind people that when you register more voters, you need more 
people sitting at the polls. I challenge those of you who volunteer to 
register people (which I would gladly help with) to register yourselves as 
election judges. and yes, I am one.

I say this because other judges I have worked with have told me that the 
2000 presidential election, with record turnout, was hellish. they did not 
get a break all day (there are no scheduled breaks--you just eat when 
there's a lag in voters), and were there very late counting ballots. if we 
don't want another 2000 debacle, the best way to avoid it is to be there at 
the polls ourselves, judging who can vote and who can't. plus, think about 
who your typical election judges are: are these the folks that we want to be 
in control of our elections?

you can find out how to register here: 
http://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/ejpage.htm

-meghan

----Original Message Follows----
From: Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com>
To: parenti susan rose <sparenti at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, 
sdas at ojctech.com,peace-discuss at lists.groogroo.com
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] register voters to oppose Bush?
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 14:12:50 -0700 (PDT)

I'll help!  How about we see how many of lefty or
semi-lefty groups would like to work together on this?
  AWARE, Greens, SisterNet, PRC, SPA, VEYA, CCHCC,
Living Wage, NOW, NAACP, Socialist Forum, ...???

Ricky
--- parenti susan rose <sparenti at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
wrote:
 > I was thinking of the following:
 >
 > I was wondering if anyone else is
 > interested in an attempt to register
 > voters in Sept/Oct in C-U, in preparation for the
 > November elections?
 >
 > I think of three criteria that make me want to try
 > this:
 > 1. the obvious one, which is the need to prevent the
 > neonconservatives
 > from continuing unabated in their program(in short
 > get the Bush puppet and
 > his masters, out)
 >
 > 2. less obvious, just as interesting and important:
 > to influence the
 > language around these elections. How to talk to
 > people so that getting rid of
 > the Bushies helps us become more clear about
 > direction to insist on with Kerry?
 >
 > 3. and also, just as interesting and important: to
 > find and work with
 > people in town whom we don't right now know, but who
 > might be ready to be
 > part of a group with a specific task(voter
 > registration).
 >
 > As we realize, the political pressure to get Bush
 > out, must CONTINUE and
 > TRANSFORM into political pressure on Bush's
 > successor.
 >
 > About point #3: on Lincoln Avenue, going north
 > approaching the highway,
 > there are two houses with yellow: REGIME CHANGE
 > BEGINS AT HOME--GET
 > BUSH/CHENEY OUT. Who are these families? I want to
 > get to know them.
 >
 > Anyone else thinking about this?
 >
 >
 >
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