Californians road-tripping to register Nevada voters

[Judi Lynn]

Californians road-tripping to register Nevada voters
Home thought safe for Kerry, so focus is on swing states

Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, July 26, 2004


Las Vegas -- His shirt soaked with sweat after 21/2 hours of walking door-to-door in the 107-degree morning heat of Las Vegas, Santa Clara construction worker Dan Yoshida put down his clipboard and counted how many Nevadans he had registered to vote.

Three.

He had caravanned 10 hours with 24 other Bay Area residents to this most unsexy suburban corner of northwest Vegas to offer help in a "swing" state where polls say the presidential election is too close to call. For three voters? And yet he was smiling.

Polls are giving Democratic Sen. John Kerry a comfortable lead over President Bush in California, so a growing number of the Bay Area's left-of- center types feel there's no point staying home and preaching to the converted.

Their solution: Hook up with one of a host of new organizations, like last weekend's organizer, DrivingVotes.org, that are coordinating trips to places like Nevada, where their efforts are needed more; Bush beat Democrat Al Gore in Nevada by a shade under 21,000 votes in 2000.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/26/MNGPT7T4GQ1.DTL

[Jane Austin]

1. This is so smart!

Glad to hear they are doing it.

Even if they only register a few voters, by talking to the already-registered about Bush or Kerry, they'll have an impact.

[bleedingheart]

2. Kudos to the volunteers!

[Big_Mike]

3. Question?

I thought you had to be a registered voter to do registration.

Or is that only for ballot initiatives?

This is probably going to be a D'OH moment.