Tribe.net. Local Connections Mikita http://voterdrive.tribe.net/thread/48754f2b-9c90-479c-9bb4-d5fea8fc37f7 2004-10-07T00:56:13Z 2004-10-07T00:56:13Z

<div>If you can travel to a swing state on or before November 2, there are various “get out the vote” efforts seeking volunteers. Volunteers are also needed to hand out voter rights information in at-risk neighborhoods, and to monitor polling places to prevent voting rights abuses on election day. Check out the following and consider volunteering some time. <br/> <br/>The Election Protection Coalition: <br/>http://www.electionprotectionvolunteer.org/electionprotection/index.cfm <br/> <br/>AFL-CIO Voting Rights Protection Program: <br/>http://www.worksafe.org/about/extra.cfm <br/> <br/>Democratic National Committee Voting Rights Institute: <br/>http://www.democrats.org/vri/volunteer/ <br/> <br/>You don’t have to be a Democrat or a union member to volunteer. You just have to want to work to protect voting rights during this election. <br/> <br/>CALIFORNIA VOTERS: If you’re not in CA on election day, it’s easy to vote absentee. The deadline for absentee voter applications in CA is October 26. So if you are planning on travelling to a swing state to do voter rights work prior to the November 2 election, you can print out an absentee voter application from the CA Secretary of State’s website at: <br/> <br/>http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_m.htm#apply <br/> <br/>All you do is fill it out and mail it back to an elections official. All the information you need is at this URL. Thanks for looking at this.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://voterdrive.tribe.net">VoterDrive Art Car Project</a> - 0 replies </div>

Mikita 2004-10-07T00:56:13Z sarahblush http://voterdrive.tribe.net/thread/4d4ade5d-f27f-4204-84fb-64f44c90a278 2004-07-25T23:18:41Z 2004-07-25T20:54:12Z

<div>ROAD TRIP WITH VOTER DRIVE- <br/> <br/>Are you adventurous? Have a passion for registering people to vote? Have <br/>some free time? Want to hit the road on Neille the Voter Drive Bus creating <br/>the worlds biggest conceptual art project? <br/> <br/>VoterDrive is a not-for-profit, non-partisan voter registration project. We <br/>will be driving through over 30 states between July 22 and the end of <br/>September 2004, registering voters, speaking at schools, small towns, <br/>factories, truck stops, and doing what we can to motivate people to get <br/>involved in the political process. We are driven - and driving - to increase <br/>Americans' participation in civic life. <br/> <br/>Let us know why you would like to join the adventure? <br/>What dates you would like to participate? <br/>What is your drivers license status? <br/> <br/>The voter drive bus is on the road, to join the adventure please reply to: blush12@sprintmail.com <br/>For more information please see www.voterdrive.com</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://voterdrive.tribe.net">VoterDrive Art Car Project</a> - 1 reply </div>

sarahblush 2004-07-25T20:54:12Z sarahblush http://voterdrive.tribe.net/thread/7eb430f4-c84d-4f22-8988-b511615435f2 2004-06-30T20:51:57Z 2004-06-30T20:51:57Z

<div>Hi guys, <br/> <br/>Check out Voterdrive.com to see pics of the bus and Cory has started a blog for the trip as well. I think there is bus painting this weekend but not sure. <br/> <br/>Also, If anyone has a dorm sized fridge, or mircrowave to donate please give a shout. <br/> <br/>Xo, <br/>-s</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://voterdrive.tribe.net">VoterDrive Art Car Project</a> - 0 replies </div>

sarahblush 2004-06-30T20:51:57Z ladymerv http://voterdrive.tribe.net/thread/3fea1aaf-2658-4be2-93be-f3c0ec281fa7 2004-06-22T15:43:38Z 2004-06-22T15:43:38Z

<div>spent the day saturday painting the bus white preping it for the awesome painting skills of kristy- work is progressin' and its looking like its gonna be beautiful! <br/>http://www.voterdrive.com <br/>see blog for photos <br/>:) <br/>merv</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://voterdrive.tribe.net">VoterDrive Art Car Project</a> - 0 replies </div>

ladymerv 2004-06-22T15:43:38Z ladymerv http://voterdrive.tribe.net/thread/151248b1-7de4-4531-9318-d8b8f2260c16 2004-05-23T01:42:44Z 2004-05-23T01:42:44Z

<div> <br/>Help Register thousands! <br/>Participate! VOTE <br/> <br/>Are you aware that in the landslide re-election in 1984 of the president of the United States, the winner actually received the approval of only about 25 percent of the country’s eligible voters? One quarter! <br/> <br/>Now, twenty years later, our voter participation levels are no better. We rank at the very bottom of the list of nations whose governments are determined by popular vote. <br/> <br/>Is this any way to run a democracy … especially for a country that is working very hard to encourage democracy in emerging countries? <br/> <br/>VoterDrive is an innovative way to strengthen communities and to involve citizens in our democratic process. The VoterDrive team will travel 10,000 miles across the U. S. this summer to encourage popular participation in the election process. Driving through big cities and small towns in an eye-catching, customized school bus, we will be registering new voters and handing out information showing the importance of voting in every election. Again, let me emphasize: this is totally NON-PARTISAN. There will be no electioneering. <br/> <br/>The satellite-guided course we follow, specifically designed to take us to many communities otherwise ignored in the national political process, will actually spell out the word “VOTE,” making it the largest conceptual artwork in history. That will draw additional media attention, which will help further our cause. <br/> <br/>VoterDrive has a very small operating budget, which comes largely from the fact that everyone working on the project is, and will remain, an unpaid volunteer. Just about all we need is the bus itself, fuel, food, a scanner to record the ID information for new voters to file their registration forms, postage for mailing registration forms, and occasional lodging for our team as we travel. Since the bus will serve as a mobile voter registration office, we’ll also need some basic office resources. <br/> <br/>A donation of $250 will get us roughly 80 miles down the road into another small town in America spreading the word of Participation <br/> <br/>VoterDrive is our way of doing something to reverse voter apathy (even cynicism) and supporting the great experiment we call democracy. I thank you in advance for your support of this project. <br/> <br/> <br/>http://www.voterdrive.com</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://voterdrive.tribe.net">VoterDrive Art Car Project</a> - 0 replies </div>

ladymerv 2004-05-23T01:42:44Z