Get out the vote efforts in Athens - can we do this here?
I saw another blog saying 9339 voters exist today in Oconee County. Surely several thousand of them are upset with the status quo corruption and development. Perhaps more people will decide with the children and the future in mind. The following is from Maddie Powell and her outfit, with a note from Fred Smith attached at the end.
Hi everyone!
Huge thanks to you, the kick-off now has a stellar Host Committee, which includes (in no particular order) Bob and Nancy Denson, Bertis and Katherine Downs, R.E.M., Ron Schwartz, Dick Bestwick, John Jeffreys, Becky Vaughn, Gwen O'Looney, Dr. David Jarrett, Doug and Mary McKillip, Jackie Howe, Ed Robinson, Rich and Janice Rusk, Ray and Nancy MacNair, Jim and Katie Bavis, Grady and Cynthia Martin, Marvin Nunnally and Charlie Maddox, and Evan and Erika Powell. This list is still growing, we have decided to use a mailing service instead of attempting to do it ourselves, which bought us a little bit of time to keep asking all of you to support this work!
We would also like to thank Little Kings for opening their doors especially for us on June 19th, from 6-9. We are still assembling our menu, so if you're a local restaurant that can contribute in return for Host status and our everlasting gratitude, please hit reply and let me know!
There's some very exciting news in Athens, there's a new collaboration called votingmatters 06. They are non-partisan, non-profit, and having a voter registration drive tomorrow! I've got a Board meeting of Common Ground Athens in the morning, so I can't help. But I know there are a lot of you on this list who love to do voter registration. Even though it's too late to be deputized for this event, I know Linda Lloyd would love to have some help. Scroll down to read about tomorrow's event.
Write to Vote needs your help calling all the folks we're sending invitations to. If you can come by and check out a script and a list of people to call, please let me know. We're mailing to almost 1500 people, and need your help following up with all these folks.
We will be meeting at my place on both Sunday and Monday, so that those of you who have other obligations on Mondays can get involved in the planning and execution of this effort. The Sunday meeting will be at 4, and the Monday meeting at 6. Please email me for directions, or call 706-351-0919.
Don't forget to scroll down to read the email from votingmatters06, please.
See you soon!
Madelyn Powell
From votingmatters06:
Dear volunteer:
Volunteers are needed to help with voter registration Saturday, June 3, at the Hancock Community Development Corporation Community Day. The event starts at 10:00 AM and ends at 5:00 PM, at the Brooklyn/Pauldoe Athletic Field on Pauldoe Street.
Community Day features youth activities, health screenings, vendors, live bands plus much, much more. This event is free to the public.
If you can assist with voter registration at any time during this event, email Linda Lloyd at LL1954@aol.com or call 706-549-1142, or email me at VotingMatters06@aol.com.
Best regards,
Fred Smith
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-
VotingMatters06 is a non-partisan voter registration and voter participation campaign in the Athens-Clarke County community. Collaborating organizations include the Athens Branch of the NAACP, Economic Justice Coalition and Athens Community Agenda. A primary goal of the campaign is to bring new and young voters into the political process. Volunteers are needed to canvass neighborhoods, participate in phone banks, and perform other functions as needed.
To be removed from this email list, email us at votingmatters06@aol.com.
Hi everyone!
Huge thanks to you, the kick-off now has a stellar Host Committee, which includes (in no particular order) Bob and Nancy Denson, Bertis and Katherine Downs, R.E.M., Ron Schwartz, Dick Bestwick, John Jeffreys, Becky Vaughn, Gwen O'Looney, Dr. David Jarrett, Doug and Mary McKillip, Jackie Howe, Ed Robinson, Rich and Janice Rusk, Ray and Nancy MacNair, Jim and Katie Bavis, Grady and Cynthia Martin, Marvin Nunnally and Charlie Maddox, and Evan and Erika Powell. This list is still growing, we have decided to use a mailing service instead of attempting to do it ourselves, which bought us a little bit of time to keep asking all of you to support this work!
We would also like to thank Little Kings for opening their doors especially for us on June 19th, from 6-9. We are still assembling our menu, so if you're a local restaurant that can contribute in return for Host status and our everlasting gratitude, please hit reply and let me know!
There's some very exciting news in Athens, there's a new collaboration called votingmatters 06. They are non-partisan, non-profit, and having a voter registration drive tomorrow! I've got a Board meeting of Common Ground Athens in the morning, so I can't help. But I know there are a lot of you on this list who love to do voter registration. Even though it's too late to be deputized for this event, I know Linda Lloyd would love to have some help. Scroll down to read about tomorrow's event.
Write to Vote needs your help calling all the folks we're sending invitations to. If you can come by and check out a script and a list of people to call, please let me know. We're mailing to almost 1500 people, and need your help following up with all these folks.
We will be meeting at my place on both Sunday and Monday, so that those of you who have other obligations on Mondays can get involved in the planning and execution of this effort. The Sunday meeting will be at 4, and the Monday meeting at 6. Please email me for directions, or call 706-351-0919.
Don't forget to scroll down to read the email from votingmatters06, please.
See you soon!
Madelyn Powell
From votingmatters06:
Dear volunteer:
Volunteers are needed to help with voter registration Saturday, June 3, at the Hancock Community Development Corporation Community Day. The event starts at 10:00 AM and ends at 5:00 PM, at the Brooklyn/Pauldoe Athletic Field on Pauldoe Street.
Community Day features youth activities, health screenings, vendors, live bands plus much, much more. This event is free to the public.
If you can assist with voter registration at any time during this event, email Linda Lloyd at LL1954@aol.com or call 706-549-1142, or email me at VotingMatters06@aol.com.
Best regards,
Fred Smith
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-
VotingMatters06 is a non-partisan voter registration and voter participation campaign in the Athens-Clarke County community. Collaborating organizations include the Athens Branch of the NAACP, Economic Justice Coalition and Athens Community Agenda. A primary goal of the campaign is to bring new and young voters into the political process. Volunteers are needed to canvass neighborhoods, participate in phone banks, and perform other functions as needed.
To be removed from this email list, email us at votingmatters06@aol.com.
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