Learn How to Get Out the Vote

There are two reasons to consider Rashid Burney’s call to help get out the vote for Barack Obama.

If you support Obama for president, the first reason is obvious.

The second reason is that it is a chance to learn the skills that can make the difference in any campaign, from the highest office in the land to a local school board or council seat. All too often, I have seen people who feel their cause is just, but who don’t know how to do the gritty organizational work to get every last voter out to the polls.

As a reporter, I used to ponder the fact that no matter how much work went into a good story, the final link to the reader was the carrier. If the newspaper was flung into the rain gutter or a barberry bush, the connection was broken. The same goes for a political campaign. A candidate may make the most compelling speeches and have the best ideas, but it is the phone-banking and similar actions to get voters to the polls that matter in the end.

So if you are inclined, join in and learn something. Click here for Rashid's contact information.

--Bernice Paglia