TURNOUT...TURNOUT...TURNOUT...

[vetwife]

We have worked long and hard and the key is no matter, come rain or shine or dry or cold, TURN OUT TO VOTE KERRY ! Be willing young people to stand in a line for hours or be willing to stand in a warzone for years. Bush is revving up the draft for sure ! HE wants to go into Cuba only 90 miles away from Florida and kill Castro.. He wants to go into Iran...he wants to go into N-Korea...
People after all the fighting is over and thousands and millions of bodies are mamed and discarded, it all comes down to the negotiating table. EVERYTIME. Be willing to vote or be willing to stand far away and in danger. Stand in line and Vote while you still do have legs to stand in line with.

[HFishbine]

1. Got Legs?

Got a pair? Ready to use them to put John Kerry and John Edwards in the White House?

If your election day schedule isn't full, call your local Democratic party headquarters, and tell them you want to go door-to-door on election day and get out the vote among registered Democrats.

Your local democratic party will set you up with a walking list. Some have quite sophisticated software that can target strong Kerry supporters, making your efforts even more productive. I was given a list of 150 in my precinct. It's going to be a nice fall day, and I'm going to get on my bike and knock on each of these doors and do my best to encourage these people to vote.

Does it matter?

Yes, it WILL make a difference. In a tied race, it comes down to turnout. Even if you think you are in a safe state, and especially if you are in close state. Even if you're in a state you've been told is red (like my North Carolina), your effort is now desperately needed.

We can no longer leave it up to the party, the candidate or any of the traditional apparatus. They've taken us this far, now we must return the favor. This election will be won on the depth of the team. Unlike football (Yeah, Packers!), in this contest each team can field as many players as it can muster -- and we need every last player.

YOU have to be on the field on election day!

Karl Rove has his 72-hour strategy vote-turnout machine, we can't leave it to others to respond on our behalf or we will lose. That's what this plea comes down to.

If each and every one of us mobilizes on election day, we win!

Your lunch hour or the whole beautiful day, you have to spend some time in the trenches. Imagine it: a flood of Kerry supporters, visiting their fellow citizens, down oak-lined sidewalks, across dusty field, up and down apartment steps and down the old two-lane highway.

Your encouraging reminders will prod people to vote. Your support of Kerry will enforce their belief that they're making the right decision and motivate them to vote. Hopefully you'll talk to many people who are damn sure going to vote anyway. But you will be what tips the balance -- the one that gets a few more Democratic voters to the polls, times hundreds of thousands.

The Republicans are betting you won't show up!

This election is now in your hands -- more than it has ever been in this long process. You've waited four years for this. We've discussed and argued until we were battered and bruised. And then we united. Now you must carry the ball. Not the collective you, but you the person reading this. Will you show up?

Call your local Democratic Party Headquarters, if your city doesn't have one, your county will. Call them now. Tell them you want to hit the streets with a Democratic voter list and knock on some doors on election day. Tell them when you are available and I guarantee you they'll accommodate you.

Then follow through. Go put a smiling face on the doorsteps of the people who are going to be the margin of victory. Work hard. Come home, flip on the TV and bask in the success of what you have done.

We are on the one-yard line, don't fumble.

<Fishbine>Herky</Fishbine>

[0007]

2. No Matter what get your vote in

 Vote as if your life depended on it, because it does.

Call 866 687-8683
If Poll Workers refuse you to vote for any reason
If there is a late opening or early closing of a polling place.
If your polling place runs out of ballots or has an incorrect ballot
If you experience poll worker insensitivity or discrimination in the voting process

The civil rights community have set up a toll-free Election Day hotline. This line is
staffed now and, in addition to logging your complaint, the civil rights organizations have law
students and attorneys who can provide assistance on Election Day.

the hotline number is
866 687-8683
202 457-0473 fax

When you call the hotline, be prepared to give your name, telephone number, and note as many
details as possible, including the names of the people who are involved.