Getting Out the Vote
The Teapublican efforts at blocking the vote and the consequences if it succeeds have finally moved me to stop lurking and write. I have organized a GOTV effort that I would like to see copied. I call...
View ArticleUpdate on Getting out the Vote
My first diary described my efforts in organizing my precinct for GOTV. I've recruited Block Captains to get phone numbers for voters in their block and then call those voters to remind them when...
View ArticleGOTV Ohio early voting
Today is the start on in-person early voting in Ohio. In my first diary (Getting Out the Vote) I described my GOTV plan for my precinct. I was able to recruit 20 Block Captains to collect phone...
View ArticleScalia's Analysis Scraps "Right to Bear Arms"
I think I have read some talk of this problem before but it seemed to me to be overblown. However one paragraph of Scalia's remarks reported by Mark Sherman in an Oct. 5th A.P. story makes the problem...
View ArticleReport on GOTV Success
My first diary was a report on my idea for a different kind of get out the vote effort. It was aimed at forming a multi-year effort rather than the usual presidential election spasm. The idea was to...
View ArticleGetting Out the Undeclared Voter
I agree with Angie in WA State Old School that 'old school' is an excellent GOTV method. I wrote about my pilot project in 2012 Getting Out the Vote. My only reservation is that, unless voting...
View ArticleWhy McConnell Will Maintain the Blockade
I wish that Joan McCarter’s analysis of McConnell’s possible reasons for maintaining the SCOTUS blockade were exhaustive, but I fear it leaves out his actual reason. I believe he intends to maintain...
View ArticleOf Course There Should Be An Investigation
Be serious! Joe Biden installed his son Hunter into the White House and put him in charge of middle east peace in the Ukraine. Then all of a sudden anonymous oligarchs ponied up hundreds of millions...
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