Denver area DUers : ACTION ALERT by Pachamama

[BelgianMadCow]

apparently needing to post under another name in Skinners open debate thread.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2609696#2610129

Post is as follows :

Skinner and DU- I'm under a temp name on DU because I forgot my password and my account is linked to a now discontiued email account!

I'm going to post a bunch of posts until I can post a thread, but I am here in our War Room organized by the theMMOB, Working Assets, True Majority and Election Protection.

The reports are awful from all over the country, but in particular Denver. I'll report more in a moment, but they need help in Denver - badly. I'm with a bunch of gals right now and we are posting on DailyKos and elsewhere trying to get out the word for help. We need people in Denver who are available to go bring Drink and food to people standing in line. A judge declined a request to keep the polls open till 9PM, so they are closing at 7PM. Anybody in line at 7PM will be allowed to vote after that. But we need people to go down and encourage people who have already been standing for a few hours to stay.

I'll post more details in a minute.

Namaste

Pachamama

Pachamama, please add where exactly people should be bringing food and drinks and support.
I figured you cannot make an OP at the moment.

[katinmn]

1. Kick for the volunteers!

[Pachamama]

19. Thanks for the kick! I'm also willing to buy pizza if DUers go down there!

Please PM me DUers in Denver!

There may be a lot of voters standing in line till midnite and we need to keep up their spirits and help encourage them to stay and atleast feed them and get them water!

[blm]

2. let's keep this kicked for the next hour

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[acmavm]

3. Bet the judge is republican. There's no reason not to keep the

polls open for that extra two hours to make up for the criminality and incompetence of the thugs running the election.

[halobeam]

4. if not only to do the right thing by the people.

unbelievable, isn't it? well, you know what I mean. (I believe it, it is just ROTTEN to the core!)

I'll help keep this kicked too, until hubs is home, then we go vote... ahhhhh counting the minutes.

[bobbolink]

7. And, we had all the lawyers, and the judges would do the right thing.

I certainly hope those who posted all kinds of crap about "doom and gloomers" get over here and offer some apologies!!!

Yes, I'm pissed.

:nuke:

[Pachamama]

17. Not only is the judge a Republican, but apparentely the State AG who is a Republican too was fightin

against an extension....

Voter disenfranchisement??? Wow, some democracy we have here.....

[katinmn]

20. Even the Ohio judge ruled to keep the polls open to 9 p.m.

when they normally close at 7:30 because of *&^$%# "glitches."

Is the CO judge more partisan that Ohios? That's saying something.

[bluethruandthru]

5. Any AAR affiliates in your area?

If so, they may be able to put out the word.

[rockymountaindem]

6. Yes, but they play the national programming

I don't know if they can cut in for live information.

[bluethruandthru]

9. I'll bet they would!

Try to contact whatever show is currently on. Can't hurt to try! :hi:

[Bucky]

8. kick for democracy in action

[bobbolink]

10. Denver is the new Ohio...

So much for hopes for a Dem gov...

:nuke:

Hey, all you who flamed me for "doom and gloom", get your ass here and apologize!!

See, it's even worse than we thought, but you had soooo much fun dumping on me.

You owe me one BIG apology!

[mom cat]

11. Great work! K&R Rate this up so it does not get lost!

[BelgianMadCow]

12. 1 more for greatest, but...where's Pachamama & the additional details..

thank you!

:hi:

[Pachamama]

16. I'm here! By the way, if we can find some DU Denver folks to go down there, I will personally

sponsor the costs of the pizza and water to take to voters standing in line!

I just feel so sick to my stomach right now about this and we only have about 1 1/2 hours left before the polls close! If I know that my actions together with you could have saved even one voter tonite to get their vote counted, its worth it! It's all we can do as we watch and hear what's happening!

So, any Denver DUer, PM me if you can go down and I'll talk to you about covering your costs on the food and drink, I just need you to be the legs and voice to deliver them and the encouragement to the people who if they get there by 7PM that they may need to stand there till midnite and they need the food, drink and encouragement!

:kick:

[BelgianMadCow]

18. I have to hope denver DUers are already there - time is of the essence

:shrug:

I agree on the one vote. Every vote counts. Thank you for NGU.
I'd chip in on the cost as well. Just can't drive there from europe :-)

[Pachamama]

23. This is where faith comes in....I just have to pray, hope and believe that DUers and folks who have

read BradBlog and DailyKos have hopped in their car or gone to one of the voting centers and are now doing what they can.

:grouphug:

[Pachamama]

13. Pachamama back! Thanks for posting this Belgiancow! Here's the situation:

We need people in Denver to find a voting center nearest to them:

http://www.denvergov.org/councildistrict10/template116966.asp

Go down there, and see what you can do to help. If you can afford to bring some bottled water and a few pizzas to be delivered, that's awesome. But even if you just go down there and see if you can keep peoples spirits up, that would be great too.

We have to prevent voter disenfranchisement!!!

:kick:

[mom cat]

14. Kick for the heroes tryong to save democracy in Denver tonight.

[BelgianMadCow]

15. Good good good! Atten - tion ppl.

[bluethruandthru]

21. Any updates?

Have volunteers turned out to keep those lines happy?

[Pachamama]

24. No reports yet....but the media in Denver is covering the long lines and we will find out soon

if there is Pizza showing up to the polls for the voters in line!

Apparentely the media has called the state leader in Boulder about this and they are aware of it....

I just keep praying and hoping that lots of good Denver DUERs are down there....I know that BleedingheartPatriot was aware of the situation and looking to help out...

[Crunchy Frog]

22. Kick!

I wish I was in Colorado right now instead of stuck here in Syracuse. I heard about this on NPR on my way home. Thank you for keeping us updated.

[Habibi]

25. Hey, Crunchy!

:hi: from Rochester! (oh, and :kick: )

[Crunchy Frog]

32. Hi, Habibi!

Maybe we should try to organize a CNY meetup.

[Demonaut]

26. will be at 17th and champa in about 30 min, need anything and where?

[Pachamama]

27. If you can, get there, access the situation and see if people standing in line want water, food etc.

See if you can get water and food for them...

I just got your pm...I'm happy to help "sponsor" your pizza and water for voters....

:hi:

Thank you so much for going down there to help!! :hug:

[Demonaut]

29. which location? I live in Aurora

[Demonaut]

30. heading down now

[Ghost Dog]

28. This is a k&r from Western Europe, Western Mediterranean.

Paying great attention here. Glad to be able to perceive your Great Spirit.

Hang on in there!

[otohara]

31. Huge Line @ S.Denver Police Station

blew me away - as a poll watcher in 02, I am shocked at the turnout vs back then.