Web-roots activists eye swing votes - drivingvotes.org

[Kadie]

Web-roots activists eye swing votes
With California seen as safe for Kerry, Bush critics focus on states in contention.

By Herbert A. Sample -- Bee San Francisco Bureau
Published 2:15 am PDT Monday, July 12, 2004

OAKLAND - Jennifer Kane was brimming with political enthusiasm but had nowhere to express it.
The San Francisco free-lance illustrator wanted to get involved in presidential politics, but the action was not in California, which has been all but written off by political professionals as safely Democratic.

So earlier this year, she signed up with a Seattle-based Web site - www.drivingvotes.org - that organizes road trips around the country for people who want to travel to neighboring battleground states to register voters.

The effort is by no means nonpartisan. The clear aim of the Web site's founders and volunteers is to help defeat President Bush in November, and they are allied with other Web sites and groups that have the same goal.

more... http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/9971695p-10893333c.html

http://www.drivingvotes.org/

[Duncan Grant]

1. kick (get out the vote opportunity)

I have a few friends who just brought this to my attention. Thought others here might find it inspiring too! A lot of the statewide leadership positions are held by young people. Here's a great opportunity to channel anger and disappointment into something constructive...

Check out the website: http://www.drivingvotes.org/ and especially the ride board: http://www.drivingvotes.org/triplistings.php

:kick: ( :hi: to Kadie who is way ahead of the curve!)