Election 2006: Tues. Nov. 7th
UPDATE (11:18 pm): New Hampshire's other Congressional District has also been called for the Democratic challenger: Carol Shea-Porter! This is a huge surprise, as no one expected she had a chance of dislodging Republican incumbent Jeb Bradley. That's TWO new House seats out of New Hampshire!
UPDATE (10:26 pm): New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District, my district, has just been called for Democrat Paul Hodes! He beat out the Republican incumbent Charlie Bass 53% to 45%.
UPDATE (10:04 pm): I made 466 get out the vote phone calls today, and now I'm holding my breath!
POLLS ARE OPEN TODAY! I'm going to spend some time this morning making get out the vote phone calls from home. If you'd like to participate, check out MoveOn.org's Call for Change program. They have a very cool system set up online that allows anyone to spend five minutes or five hours calling progressive voters and reminding them to go to the polls.
IMPORTANT: If you're on the National Do Not Call Registry and have been receiving calls that sound as though they're coming from your local Democratic candidate, BEWARE!! These calls are coming from Republicans who are 'robo-dialing' voters--once, twice, even dozens of times per day (and night)! More here.
Project Vote Smart: voter registration info + detailed information on federal and state races in your district.
I think it's important for everyone to get out there and vote--even if you live in a place that leans heavily in one direction or another and think your vote doesn't count. After the 2004 election, I talked to a lot of Blue-staters who stayed home for just that reason. But imagine if they had voted. George Bush might have won the electoral but lost the popular vote. Imagine how different the past two years might have been if voters had made it clear to Mr. Bush that he did NOT have the support of the popular majority! So go record your conscience if nothing else.
This post will remain up top until Nov. 8th.
