Vote for Change Wraps-Up its 11-State Concert Tour

[JimGinPA]

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041011/nym138_1.html


Monday October 11,
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Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Dave Matthews Band, Dixie Chicks, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, John Mellencamp, Jurassic 5, Keb' Mo', Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds, Pearl Jam and R.E.M. Close Out Historic Tour...


WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Vote for Change wraps up its 11-state concert tour with a five-hour grand finale in Washington, D.C. today, October 11th when more than 12 of the tours' artists take to the stage to encourage concertgoers and viewing audiences nationwide to vote for a change this November 2nd.


As a result of the Vote for Change tour success, and what was accomplished on the road, tour sponsor MoveOn PAC and benefactor America Coming Together (ACT) will continue to expand their outreach and voter mobilization efforts by bringing thousands of new people into the process. The added infrastructure of key funding, new volunteers and a broader grassroots base will all help these organizations continue this momentum in key battleground states through November 2nd. A review of these successes follows:

* ACT and MoveOn PAC recruited thousands of new volunteers.
* Registered voters across the country.
* Raised millions from nearly 250,000 donors to help ACT reach its
budget goal.
* Handed out more than 200,000 "Why Vote for Change?" cards to
concertgoers.
* MoveOn PAC secured 300,000 new members.
* Exposed millions to the Vote for Change message through the concert
tour, live broadcasts and Web casts and the immense media coverage
totaling over 2,000 stories.


"The artists used their voices to create a chorus of change in the battleground states, igniting voters and helping America Coming Together to create the largest voter mobilization effort in history," said Ellen Malcolm, founder of America Coming Together. "Continuing this effort, the money raised on the tour will be used to reach millions of swing and Democratic voters and convince them to vote. Those voters will change the direction of this country by electing progressive candidates to local, state and federal offices and, of course, putting a new President in the White House."

[LosinIt]

1. any word on the number of new voters that were registered

through the tour?

[henslee]

2. 350,000. But they were quickly disenfranchised. Now its 23.

[vajraroshana]

3. hope they put out a good dvd...

Here in Hsv, Alabama, we practically never get any good concerts....

[6th Borough]

4. They should sell a DVD of the final concert

I'de certainly buy it. Hopefully it would have much more Bruce and REM then Mellencamp :)

[Algomas]

5. Bravo to MoveOn, ACT and the artists for taking a stand!

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Saw the concert last night at a friend's house.

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[JimGinPA]

7. It was broadcast live on the Sundance channel

And they re-broadcast it immediately afterward. I hope they show it again soon. It was a great show and the message was very clear.

[vajraroshana]

9. I wish I got Sundance channel....

I'm on Huntsville, Alabama's Knology cable...

we don't get that unless we pay more....

I'm already paying probably too much (probably much too much, but the best I can) for cable computer....

[Arugula Latte]

8. 300,000 new MoveOn-ers!

That is absolutely wonderful!!!!!

[JP Belgium]

10. link

hope this works...

http://www.vrtnieuws.net/nieuwsnet_master/default/nieuws/overzicht/041012_springsteen/index.html?video_1

News-item On Belgian television yesterday. (I guess you'll have some problems understanding the voice-over)