6-9pm, ICIRR, 36 S. Wabash, Suite 1425, Chicago
The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) is working to turn out 50,000 voters on Election Day. To do this, they need to reach this many voters and more in what time remains before the election. Any help you or anyone you know can provide in contacting voters would be greatly appreciated, and will help them build the power of immigrant communities in our state. Anyone interested in helping can call ICIRR at 312-332-7360 or email Fred Tsao at [email protected].
ICIRR will also conduct phone banks during the same or similar hours in each of the areas where it has been working on voter registration, including seven areas in the city (Uptown/Edgewater, West Rogers Park, Albany Park, Logan Square, Chinatown, Pilsen/Little Village, and southwest Chicago) and in the suburbs (Waukegan, Maine/Niles townships, Melrose Park, Cicero, Bridgeview, Elgin/Carpentersville, and Aurora).
** PERSONAL PLUG 1: Peace & Justice Voters 2004 is one of the most successful voter registration groups in Chicago. I have loved every minute of working with them to register voters. Awesome awesome awesome.
** PERSONAL PLUG 2: I have registered South Asian voters through ICIRR and SAPAC and will be spending Election Day with them getting out the vote in Chicago's 50th Ward. They are a wonderful group to work with! If you would like to help us GOTV on Nov. 2, please email me at [email protected] or come to the E-Day Volunteer Open House on Oct. 30, listed below.
FRIDAY, OCT. 29 - TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV in Toledo, OH with America Coming Together (ACT)
You can leave on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. Some rides will be returning Sunday evening. Some rides will be returning Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. If you want to participate in any way, please
call or e-mail HANNAH FRISCH at 773 924-5057 or [email protected]. After Thursday October 28, contact Samantha Iyer, 773 924-1467 or 773-610-4484, [email protected].
MONDAY, NOV. 1: Chicago GOTV Phone Bank at Center for Economic Progress
5-7:30pm, Center for Economic Progress, 29 E. Madison St., Suite 910, Chicago
Join me and my co-workers as we call the people we've registered to vote in the last year at our community tax sites and financial education programs. Email me at [email protected] for more info.
MONDAY, NOV. 1: Peace & Justice Voters 2004 Phone Banking
5:30-7:30pm, MK Communications office, 350 W. Hubbard, Suite 200, Chicago
RSVP at 312-822-0505 or [email protected], or JUST SHOW UP!!!
Your help is extremely needed in reaching out to voters in swing-states like OH.
MONDAY, NOV. 1: Pre-Election Day Training for Lawyers
6-8pm, Trinity United Church of Christ, 400 W. 95th St., Chicago OR
6-8pm, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, 190 S. LaSalle St., Chicago
We have scheduled Pre-Election Day training sessions at for attorneys on Monday, November 1, 2004 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at two locations. We ask that all volunteers attend training at one of the sessions below. At this session, you will receive distribute material, give out Election Day assignments and in some instances pre Election Day assignments. for Election Day, and answer questions. We will also give you any updates and answer questions such as provisional ballots, i.d. requirements, etc.
Please respond and indicate:
- which training you will attend;
- your preference for an a.m. shift (5:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) or an afternoon shift (12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.); and - your preference for a south side or west side location.
You may respond by e-mail to Lynette Lewis, Election Protection Legal Coordinator, at [email protected] or by calling our south side field office at 773/238-8034.
MONDAY, NOV. 1 - TUESDAY, NOV. 2: Peace & Justice Voters 2004 - GOTV at High Schools
Join us Monday and Tuesday at High Schools to distribute posters, flyers, and teeshirts, as reminders to vote! Contact Sonja or Aislinn at 312-822-0505 or [email protected] to volunteer.
MONDAY, NOV. 1 - TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV in Ohio, Iowa or Wisconsin (PJVoters2004)
People are urgently needed everywhere. Prior training is not necessary.
For Davenport or Toledo, contact Hannah: [email protected].
For Milwaukee, Contact Lauren: [email protected]
For people who cannot travel, call Hannah about phone banking for voter turnout in swing states.
MONDAY, NOV. 1 - TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV Phone Banks to Missouri and Wisconsin with ACT
Monday, Nov. 1, 5:30-8:45pm
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 12-4pm and 4-8pm
America Coming Together is phoning Missouri and Wisconsin Sundays at 3:00 PM and M-W at 5:45 PM
downtown at AFSCME Council 31, 29 N. Wacker Drive, 8th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60606, SE corner Washington and Wacker (sign-in in lobby, go to 8th floor conference room). Parking lots are on Franklin east of Wacker, or at meters on Wacker, Washington and nearby. To sign up go to http://www.acthere.com and call up events within a selected number of miles from your home.
MONDAY, NOV. 1 - TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV Phone Banks with the Kerry Campaign
57 W. Grand, Chicago
The Kerry office is phoning into Battleground States. They phone both day and evening. Call 312-832-0220 to check the schedule.
MONDAY, NOV. 1 - TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV Canvassing in Wisconsin with ACT
Monday, Nov. 1, 3-7pm
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 12-4pm or 4-8pm
Mon, 11-1, meet in Milwaukee or Madison, knock on doors from 3:00pm to 7:00pm (reply with city).
Tues, 11-2, meet in Milwaukee, Madison, South Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha and Sheboygan, knock on doors to remind, urge and drag people to vote, 12:00 - 4:00pm and/or 4:00pm - 8:00pm (reply with city, hours and whether you'll drive or need a bus). Buses will depart at 9:00 from at least two sites - UIC and Northwestern. We will likely add other sites as well, such as Hyde Park.
VII. DIRECTIONS TO TEAMSTERS LOCAL 200 (6200 Bluemound Road) in Milwaukee
1. Take I-94 North towards Wisconsin.
2. Continue on I-43 North/I-94 West (go 5.5 miles)
3. Continue on I-94 West towards Madison
4. Take the Hawley Road exit #307B and make a left on Hawley (North)
5. Take a LEFT on Bluemound Rd (1st stop light you reach on Hawley)
6. Teamsters Local 200 is on the RIGHT (6200 Bluemound Rd)TRAVEL TO WISCONSIN (RSVP with Nina Schulman, [email protected]):
(Lodging needed? Contact Nora Ranney, [email protected], or 206-992-7703)
TUESDAY, NOV. 2: Peace & Justice Voters 2004 - GET OUT THE VOTE!!
On ELECTION DAY...
11am-6pm: Phone bank at MK Communications, 350 W. Hubbard, Suite 200, Chicago
All day: Drive people to the polls--be on call from home or from MK
All day: Poll running--get your assignment Tuesday morning, compare who's voted to our list so we can get those who haven't out to vote!
Contact Sonja or Aislinn at 312-822-0505 or [email protected] to volunteer!
TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV in Chicago's 50th Ward with ME!
9am-7pm, Indo-American Center, 6328 N. California Ave., Chicago
Help the South Asian Progressive Action Collective, the Indo American Center, and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights get out the vote in Chicago's 50th ward! Email me at [email protected] or our field organizer, Dan Thomann, at [email protected], for info or to volunteer!
TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV in Kenosha, WI
If you are not yet committed, vote absentee and go to Kenosha on Tuesday.
Sign up at http://www.envirovictory.org/page/s/gotv
or go to Kenosha Union Club, 3030 39th Ave.
Contact: Bill Welz, 860-830-2534, [email protected]
TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV Phone Bank to Ohio with Peace & Justice Voters 2004
From home: email Samantha at [email protected] or call: 773-924-1467 or cell 773 610-4484. She
will email you a script and a list.
Even more ideal, go to the phone bank at 350 W. Hubbard--10 AM - 6 PM. RSVP to Sonja 312-822-0505; or to 3411 W. Diversey Ave., in the afternoon, RSVP and get exact hours from Barbara 773-973-6529 or [email protected]
Cell phones with Swing Sisters 11:00am - 8:00pm, 649 W. Arlington Place, Chicago (GOTV reminder calls).
TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV in Wisconson with Kerry Travelers
8am-11pm
* Buses leave 57 W. Grand (Chicago) and 826 Custer (Evanston) at 8:00am. Volunteers are asked to arrive a half hour before departure.
* Buses leave Wisconsin shortly after 8:00pm and return to Chicago/Evanston by 11:00pm. As always, please RSVP to [email protected]
Your RSVP should include the following information for each traveler:
1. Name
2. (Cell) phone number
3. E-mail
4. When exactly you are free to come to Wisconsin.
5. Whether you can drive (and if so, how many others you could take).
6. If you cannot drive, which buses you'd like to ride (time, date, location).
7. In the event that you're staying overnight, whether you'd be willing to stay with a local Kerry supporter. (Recall that people who would prefer not staying with local Kerry supporters and will not be in Wisconsin for four full days will be on their own to find housing.)
If you can't drive, but your availability does not correspond with the bus schedule, we will try to arrange a carpool for you.
TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV in Wisconsin with America Votes
Hi! My name's Britt Gordon-McKeon, and I'm working with America Votes (a coalition of grassroots organizations which focus on broad range of issues including environmental protection, education, human and civil rights, women's rights, choice and labor) to help get out the vote in Wisconsin on Election Day. We got your name from MoveOn Student Action, and we wanted to let you know what's going on in the next few
days and ask for your help.
On Election Day, Tuesday, November 2nd, America Votes will be sending busloads of volunteers to Wisconsin to take part in Get Out the Vote efforts, like reminding people to vote, helping get them to the polls,
and monitoring polling sites. Wisconsin is a crucial state, and voter turnout may be the deciding factor. If you can take a day off from school to join us in Wisconsin, your help will go a long way.
America Votes has two buses-- one leaving from UIC, at 900 W. Harrison (west of Halsted) near the UIC Blue Line stop, and one leaving from Northwestern's Evanston campus at 600 Emerson, near the Foster Purple Line stop-- and we hope you'll get on board. The buses will be leaving at 9am on Election Day, and returning after the polls close, which we're estimating will mean you'll get back to Chicago around 10pm.
If you have access to a car, we'll give you directions and you can drive up to Wisconsin and volunteer any time of day that works for you--you can get back as early as 11am or leave as late as 3pm. (We can also try to connect people without cars who need a flexible schedule with people who have empty space in their cars, so just ask.)
Please get in touch with me as soon as possible so I can answer any questions you have and reserve a seat on the bus for you. You can call me at 312-233-8784 (or at 224-875-2026 this Saturday or Sunday),
or send e-mail to [email protected]. Please pass this information along to anyone else you think might be interested in making a difference on Election Day.
We're looking forward to your help!
P.S. There are other ways to get involved, too. You can go up to Wisconsin on October 30 or 31, or you can make phonecalls to Wisconsin voters from here in Chicago up to and including Election Day. Just ask me, and we can get you connected with opportunities that work for you.
Sincerely,
Britt Gordon-McKeon
America Votes
312-233-8784
[email protected]
TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV with MoveOn Student Action
http://www.moveonstudentaction.org/grandslam
We have assembled the names and phone numbers of over 30,000 progressive leaning young Americans in critical swing states. Most have never voted before. But that�s about to change.
We�ve set up a nationwide Grand Slam Election Day phone bank, here�s how it works:
We give you their names and phone numbers in easy groups of 15. You call as many as you can, giving them their exact polling location and the number for the national hotline set up to protect their rights. They vote, and bring their friends to do the same. Together, we just saved the country.
(PLUG: Phone banking is fun and easy. MoveOn rocks. You can't go wrong.)
TUESDAY, NOV. 2: GOTV in Wisconsin with Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund
7:30am-5pm
A group of us are going to Madison, Wisconsin tomorrow if anyone wants to join us. We'll leave from Oak Park at 7:30 am and be back by 5 pm. We're volunteering with the Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund and helping them get out the vote in Madison's low-income neighborhoods.
We don't have room in the car but we could lead the way.. The polls open at 6 am so you will still have time to vote here in Illinois. Let us know!
Rebekah Cowing
312-435-1825 (p)
312-218-8058 (cell)
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