| Election Day Voter Empowerment | | Print | |
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  Call Liz Gordon at 803-446-2772 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by to let her know how you would like to get involved. For important details on this historic effort, click More. We need over 100 volunteers to help on Election Day (volunteer roles described below). IF YOU CAN HELP, PLEASE CONTACT LIZ GORDON ASAP AT PHONE NUMBER 803-446-2772 OR EMAIL This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! Canvassers Teams of volunteers are needed to canvass each precinct on election day. We are striving to cover each precinct in two shifts (12 and 5pm), with 2-3 volunteers wanted for each shift. With 5 target precincts, thattranslates to 30 canvassers needed. Phone bank volunteers Volunteers are needed to call voters in our target precincts to make sure they head to the polls. We would like 2 callers per precinct, who can call beginning at 2pm. 10 phone bank volunteers wanted. Rides to the polls We would like to organize rides to the polls, but liability is prohibitive. We can get around this problem if volunteers are willing to use their own cars (with their own insurance coverage) to provide rides. This means liability lies completely with the driver. We are happy to organize this effort if enough volunteers are still interested. One driver per precinct should be enough, so we hope that 5 drivers come forward for this effort. Election day visibility Volunteers who like to stand on a corner and hold up signs are perfect for this role. We will have volunteers stationed at strategic intersections between 7-10am and 3-6pm on November 2. It would be great to have 2 volunteers per intersection per shift, translating into 20 visibility volunteers. Election protection (poll-watchers) Volunteers are needed to stand outside the polls from 6:30am-7:30pm, hand out the SC Voters Bill of Rights, and be ready to report irregularities. (We are not allowed inside the polls.) Ideally, it would be great to have 2 volunteers per 3 hour shift (7-10, 10-1, 1-4, 4-7) requiring 40 volunteers. Total: 105 volunteers needed on November 2! Please note: Volunteers are welcome to volunteer for more than one shift or more than one role. For more about the People's Agenda Voting Project see below ______________________________________________________________________ THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA VOTING PROJECT "OPERATION 2004 AND FOREVER MORE" The more than 23 million adult Americans who live in poverty have little voice in our democracy. Many vote infrequently or not at all. In 2000, voters living below the poverty line had a voter turnout rate of 38%. Since the poor have little money or political clout, they can easily be - and usually are - written off by politicians. But if they decided to use the power of the ballot box, they can change the way this country works and Restore the American Dream for them and all of us. The People's Agenda Voting Project (PAVP) aims to play a significant role in changing this reality, starting with the 2004 elections. Between April and October, the PAVP has registered over 4,250 new voters and mobilize 1,500 new and infrequent voters in Columbia, South Carolina. This mobilization will emphasize the involvement of low income workers, youth and people of color. This work will be done in partnership with some of Columbia's strongest and deepest community organizations. Our Goal The People's Agenda Voting Project is working to increase understanding of public policy issues and their implications for ordinary South Carolinians. Out goals is to facilitate the ability of disempowered and disenfranchised individuals to impact public policies affecting them by exercising their power as a constituency to elect public officials who would be responsive to their needs and aspirations. What will we be doing? Identifying, recruiting and training community members and volunteers to register potential voters and mobilize groups for education forums. Educating voters on the connection between voting and public policies affecting them to enable them to make informed decisions at the polls. Registering over 4,250 potential voters by October 1, 2004 and communicating with them about important issues before Election Day. Transporting all registrants with no means of transportation to the polls on Election Day in November Where will we be working? Our Goal is to ensure that 5000 new and infrequent voters participate in the November 2004 elections in several Columbia communities. - Allen Benedict Community (Wards 7, 8, 9 and 32) - King Park (Waverly) (Wards 9, 32) - Prescott Road (Prescott Community) (Ward 21) - Colonial Dirve (Lorick Circle) (Ward 19) - Barhamville Estates (Ward 7) - Columbia College (Hyatt Park/Lin-Col-Lat)(Ward 31) - Drew Park (Carver School) (Ward 32) How can you help? -Become a trained volunteer -Co-host a voter registration drive -Host a meeting -Co-sponsor this project -Host a community forum -Join us now For More Information Contact: Carolina Peace Resource Center at 803-960-2229 We all know that we suffer from current conditions and we can no longer stand idly by and let the status quo coninue. Reform and change only come when people take history in their own hands and force our leadership to take action. The knowledge, strength and leadership of the people living the reality of poverty are essential to any effort to set us on a path to restore access to the American Dream for everyone!
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