Check in here and let everyone know what you will be doing tomorrow to help Obama win.

[jillan]

Me, I'll be working the first shift phonebanking at one of Obama's offices.


Trying to deliver AZ to Obama/Biden:bounce:


Soooo exciting :)


Edit to add -

reading all of your responses makes me smile ear to ear!

[lady raven]

1. I'm going to VOTE and to phone bank from home!

[SharonRB]

2. Phone banking and providing breakfast f or volunteers

I phone banked today, too, and helped in our local office yesterday.

[jillan]

5. Delivering food is a great idea for those who can't phonebank.

Last week when I was phonebanking, someone brought in chicken and rice.
The guy that was managing the phone room was so excited saying that he's been living on fast food
for weeks.

[SharonRB]

26. We have people assigned to bring in food

and then more and more shows up in addition to that. You should see how much food there is at our local office! A lot of it is baked goods and snacks, but also lots of pizza, sub sandwiches, salads, pasta tonight, bagels and muffins in the mornings and on and on. There's going to be so much left over, I'm sure.

[liberalmuse]

3. Canvassing in the less blue portions of the state.

I will also be working all day election day (I took the entire week off from work.)

[jillan]

9. I've never canvassed - yet.

Everytime I volunteer (during 2004 as well) they always put me on the phone.
That's okay- I'm good on the phone, but canvassing would be fun.

Good luck!!

[Mz Pip]

4. Phone banking

probably calling NV or CO voters from an office in CA. Gotta do something.

[jsmirman]

6. Nothing - except driving 4 hours to Va. Beach to bust ass all day Tues.

oh, and riding herd on my friend who's supposed to be organizing an NYC to PA trip.

[Indiana_Dem]

I'm walking all day from 9a-to dark. eom

[jillan]

17. Thank you for working so hard in a tight swingstate.

:)

[AtomicKitten]

7. phone banking

[sellitman]

8. Phone banking then manning a voting place on election day.

Calling Ohio and VA & CO.

[Patchuli]

10. Tomorrow, unfortunately

I have to go to work.

Today, I worked on GOTV, getting voter information out to registered Democrats and received wonderful responses. Tuesday, taking the day off because I won't be worth a damn at my job anyway because I'll be so nervous, I'm working at polls being a watcher and finding out which local Dems haven't voted and making phone calls to get them to the polls! Tuesday night, I hope we're cracking the bubbly!

[nc4bo]

11. Just gonna cut and paste a previous reply in the hopes that more people get up and Get Out The Vote!

Have knocked on 53 doors today and will do it all over again tomorrow. We only have 3 sections left to complete tomorrow.

Got a call from Raleigh headquarters about canvassing and GOTV on election day followed by a call from Chicago office regarding a GOTV big meeting (poll watchers, runners, etc.) at the Dem Office in Lillington tomorrow night - Can you come? Oh hell yea count me in!! :rofl:

Chicago warned me my home turf may not be available and I might have to cover a little town called Barbeque, NC but hell, I'll do anything for Obama this election.

I expect to be totally up to my armpits in GOTV on Tuesday, either taking folks to the polls, calling in numbers or poll watching.

If you've got some time, don't think you can't do ANYTHING, you CAN do SOMETHING.

Just do it people, WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!

[jillan]

14. I feel the same way.

I can't just sit around when this election is soooo important.

[Indiana_Dem]

29. I knocked on almost 200 doors today all day. We don't have enough help.

We haven't gotten through half of the packs yet. Not enough volunteers. They keep "flaking" (not showing up when they say they will). I was supposed to be in the office all day directing traffic and tallying the results and keeping track of the walk packs out & in. Unfortunately, there weren't even enough of us to walk so I just walked all day and nobody was in the office all day--even the organizer had to go out walking all day.

We are really getting bummed out because we have so much work to do and not enough canvassers to do it. The other smaller counties are already on their second walks. We have too big of a small town but not enough volunteers. We have a core base that's been walking since the primaries but we can only do so much. We are upset that nobody has come to help us. We're supposed to have 52 high schoolers on Tuesday but that doesn't help us this weekend and tomorrow.

I hope some people show up tomorrow so we can get caught up. It took me all day by myself to do 2 walk packs!

[jillan]

37. That is so sad. Do you guys get phone numbers of people that sign up?

The office I'll be work out of calls to remind us.

It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow - when I signed up, the entire sheet was full of volunteers - all the phones will be manned. It will be interesting to see how many show up.

I don't get it - why would people sign up if they're not going to show up?
Oh yeah - things come up, but only a true emergency is more important than winning this election.

[Indiana_Dem]

41. I think the organizer gets them to sign up by phonebanking--

they say they will but then nothing. Yeah, she calls and reminds them but they still don't show.

[jillan]

45. I wish I could help you somehow.

:(

Keep your chin up, and don't knock yourself out....you can only do so much.

[nc4bo]

39. Awwww man..........so sorry Indiana_Dem.

I hope you get some real big help to get you through the next 48 hours - sincerely.

I hope the flake rate isn't because people are getting complacent and feel the Dems have it in the bag?

They originally combined 2 counties here and because there's so much real estate to cover between them all, just opened a small satellite office to keep volunteers from having to commute back and forth to the farther away location just get their supplies.

It's a good ride but much better than the alternative. Still, we only had 4 volunteers yesterday and 3 today and it takes so much time to wander through these areas. We feel lucky when we can get a housing development with relatively large concentrations of doors to knock but most of the time we have to travel by car to get to the 2 or 3 rural homes in one area then back to the car to drive to the other sparsely populated areas. It's a mess and they need help still.

I keep asking people to volunteer but usually they don't have the time, have kids, work, etc. and just making sure they get out and vote seems to be the only real morale boosters.

Keep your chin up, please - you all are doing everything you can!

[Indiana_Dem]

46. Sounds like you need help, too!

I think it's either complacency like you say, and also burnout for those of us that have been canvassing every Wednesday and Sunday since the primaries in April!!! We've never stopped since April! The offices stayed here and open since our primary was in May. We've had all kinds of events along with the canvassing ever since then. Still, it's just a core base of about 10 of us that continue on. That's a core of 10 for a county of 50,000 and 10,000 voters who voted in 2004. Now we can't possibly get through these voters in 4 days with just 10-15 of us! Especially not 2-3times like they want us to!

[RidinMyDonkey]

12. I'm going to phone bank

likely all day, or until I just can't take it anymore.

[CADEMOCRAT7]

13. Calling from home to make sure people vote.

This is sooooo exciting !!!!!

[virgdem]

15. Calling from home...

to GOTV in Virginia. Voting super early on Tuesday to duck the long lines in the rain.

[Lubernaut]

16. Canvassing local Dems that have not yet voted.

Then working as a runner for my local Obama office on election day.

Whee! I'm excited!

[graywarrior]

18. Sign waving 8 to 10 am

Then phone calls til I drop.

[PA Democrat]

19. I'll be knocking on doors tomorrow and Tuesday.

The weather is supposed to be beautiful both days. 70 and sunny on election day after we had snow and hail just last week. :)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

20. Phonebanking from home (TX) to NC

Did some of that today. Today I'm also calling volunteers to confirm their poll greeter shifts in Irving on Election Day. Later I need to review the election statutes and poll watcher guidelines in preparation for fighting back on Tuesday if anyone tries any crap in the polling places!

:patriot:

[parabolabear]

21. im in HS so i have school :( BUT

i get out at 1pm each day and up until this past week i was spending all of my free time at the HQ. this last week there were/this coming week there are dress rehearsals every night for a musical i'm starring in so i can't skip out! tuesday, though, no school - i'll be at the hq from morning til about 5 or 6...gah, i'm so annoyed that i've become so busy this close to the election! but i put in a lot of time and effort in the weeks leading up to now, so i don't feel as bad.

have fun, everyone! when youre feeling overwhelmed by the calls or the canvassing, take a step back and just relax.

[tigereye]

25. thanks for being such an active HS student!

:thumbsup:


my 12 year old is going with me to GOTV tomorrow.

[parabolabear]

27. that's one thing i haven't been able to do! tell me how fun it is :)

busy weekends keep my college applications looking robust, but my GOTV efforts to a minimum, other than phonebanks.

there's a 9 year old who comes to our hq and makes signs and in general raises lots of spirits!

[tigereye]

28. my son addressed mailers in the 2006 race and also put together some

yard signs in the primary.

[jdeetz1019]

22. Blue Team Leader in

Springfield OH. Coordinating canvassers for GOTV!!

[jillan]

23. I have alot of respect for you being a team leader.

Welcome to DU :)

[Indiana_Dem]

31. That's what I'm supposed to be but we don't have enough help--I have to walk instead. eom

[shraby]

Driving canvassers around then

on Tuesday driving people to the polls who need rides.

[tigereye]

24. putting GOTV fliers on doors- me and the kid

they just called me to tell me, and then I got a robo call reminder and thank you!

[markevil]

30. Nada...Zippo....Nothing

Gotta work....But Tuesday is Obama Day...Working for him all day the 4th.

[DoctorMyEyes]

32. whatever needs doing

when I arrive at the field office tomorrow

Probably phone banking or canvassing. I'm driving on Tuesday as far as I know - but, like tomorrow's schedule - it's flexible.

[KansasVoter]

33. Knocking on doors in MO

[Top Cat]

34. Phonebanking

[abumbyanyothername]

35. Phone banking from home.

Over 200 numbers dialed in the last two days.

[OhioBlue]

36. tomorrow - hanging GOTV info on doors

today - walked 2 packs, called 1
Tuesday - Staging Location Director.

[jillan]

38. Go get 'em Ohio!!

[Nipper1959]

40. Poll Watching

to keep the pukes from breaking the rules.

[RidinMyDonkey]

42. I take back my earlier post

Got a call from the volunteer center - they need more people to do door knocking. I'm going for the noon shift and 5pm shift.

[progressoid]

43. knocking on doors and phoning in the evening.

[justgamma]

44. Poll watching for about 12 hours.

I'm going to be sitting in the basement of the courthouse with a puke, watching them open and verify absentee ballots.

[TheDoorbellRang]

47. I just got back from two days canvassing in MO

Just got home after 5 hour drive. Rural MO is looking GOOD for Obama, BTW. In a town of 2000 there were 12 volunteers out on the streets Saturday alone. This is former Bush territory.

Tuesday I'm doing the door hanger thing here in IL in Aurora, then watching returns with family that nite.

I've never seen anything like this organization!

[rufus dog]

48. I got a mid day shift in OC

Might go earlier, business sucks so no need for me to hang around the office.

[quiet.american]

49. After work -- phonebanking and data entry here in NYC! :) nt

[Plaid Adder]

50. I will be staying home with my daughter...

...so that my partner will be able to GOTV in Indianapolis.

Also, I plan to vote.

I gave a lot of money, though!

The Plaid Adder

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. I'll be working from 9AM till 3PM CA time

doing data entry...

Helping print out the call lists...

And like that!

We have a very good team in my call center, and I am proud to be part of them...

:hi:

[grasswire]

52. I am baking twenty pies

My family member who owns an espresso cafe is giving away free slices of PIE on election night, in honor of our pie-loving candidate.

Pumpkin, pecan, apple, coconut custard.