Fact checking

[Harmon Seaver]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 08:20:06PM -0400, Damian Gerow wrote:
> 
> Thus spake Harmon Seaver (hseaver at cybershamanix.com) [26/04/04 19:25]:
> :    And the local elections are no prime pickings either, it's crooks to the left
> : of us, crooks to the right of us, ahead and behind, above and below. Extremely
> : few real choices. The real problem is -- most people don't vote. What needs to
> : be done is a real grass roots effort to educate people and get them to vote. 
> 
> So, how does one start a grass roots effort?  I'm Canuck, and I'm not
> exactly impressed with this year's pickings up North.  My last vote was a
> vote /against/ the in-office party, not for the party I'd like to see in
> office.
> 
> How do you start motivating a lazy and apathetic public to learn about their
> candidates, and vote?  Door-to-door campaigns?  Talks at the local library?
> Grocery store posters?

   All of the above, but mostly door-to-door voter registration. When you
consider that both klinton and dubbya were elected with only 13%-14% of the
eligible voters, it wouldn't take all that many new voters to really make a
difference.



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Harmon Seaver	
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