AFL-CIO kicks off largest Get Out The Vote effort ever

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: CNN

(CNN)—With less than two weeks to go before voters cast their ballots, the AFL-CIO launched a massive Get Out The Vote campaign Tuesday, targeting over 13 million union voters across the country in presidential, congressional and gubernatorial battleground states.

250,000 volunteers will disperse across the country in 20 presidential battleground states, including some “non-traditional’ key states like North Carolina and Indiana.

The efforts will also target 12 Senate races and 60 House races in an effort to secure a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate.

The group, which has been targeting union voters throughout the campaign season, says it also plans to increase the volume of phone calls and door to door knocking in the key states, with an emphasis on veterans, elderly voters and gun owners, who are typically harder to contact....

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/21/afl-cio-kicks-off-largest-get-out-the-vote-effort-ever/

[Wwagsthedog]

1. Sure hope they're going to help Noriega in Texas.

He could use all the help he can get to beat that moron cornyn.

[cliffordu]

2. I'd like to see the repumps try to intimidate THESE folks at the polls.

[Omaha Steve]

3. For my Brothers and Sisters in Labor

K&R!

I'm calling it a night. I done with my study group early and had some play time. This lap top is much slower because of it's differences. :-(

[LibertyorDeath]

4. Hell Yeah !

People power!!!

"250,000 volunteers will disperse across the country in 20 presidential battleground states" :toast: