Obama rally with Northam set for Thursday night at Greater Richmond Convention Center

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Obama rally with Northam set for Thursday night at Greater Richmond Convention Center

By ANDREW CAIN Richmond Times-Dispatch 14 hrs ago

Former President Barack Obama’s rally on Thursday evening with Ralph Northam, the Democratic nominee for governor, is set for the Richmond Convention Center. ... The campaign said Thursday’s rally will be free and open to the public.

Northam’s campaign announced Tuesday night that a limited number of tickets to the rally will be made available to the general public at 10 a.m. Wednesday. They will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at the Richmond Coliseum Ticket Office at the 5th Street entrance, 601 E. Leigh St.

Earlier Tuesday tickets were made available on a first-come, first-served basis to those who had pre-registered for the event at Northam’s campaign website. ... Those who pre-registered were told to line up at the Coliseum on Tuesday for a chance to claim a ticket to the rally, leading to a long line that snaked around the arena. ... On Thursday, the doors will open at 5 p.m. for the rally at the convention center at 403 N. 3rd St.

On Monday, former President George W. Bush held private fundraisers in Richmond and in Northern Virginia with the Republican ticket of Ed Gillespie, the candidate for governor, state Sen. Jill Vogel, the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor and John Adams, the Republican candidate for attorney general.
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[elleng]

1. Hope it does the job.

I'm concerned about Virginia.

[Yonnie3]

2. I got a numbered email ticket from the Northam campaign.

They said they would send an update as to time and location, which I have not received.

Reading the Northam campaign site they don't mention these email tickets, only that if you were preregistered you need to pickup your ticket on Tuesday (yesterday) and that there are a limited number.

I've attempted to clarify with them my ticket status, but haven't heard back other than an automatic response. Is there anyone on DU who knows if these emailed ticket numbers are valid for entry?

[Yonnie3]

3. It appears my ticket is no good.

Even though they say bring this email for admission, a later email changes this. I saw one that another ticket holder received at 1:28 pm Tuesday saying go to the box office in Richmond at 5 pm that day. I did not receive this later email. I would have been physically unable to stand in line for hours in Richmond, Tuesday, even if I had known I needed to, and even if I would have been able to blow off a customer. The campaign hasn't responded to my email and the link in my ticket email just leads to information about getting tickets at the box office and doesn't mention the email tickets at all.

I can understand that demand outstripped venue size and that campaign event coordination is like herding cats.

I'm perturbed about how poorly this is being handled, but that is all. I am also worried about peoples' reactions who got the email tickets and show up this evening and can't get in.