Get Out the Vote and Election Protection - On Campus, in Chicago, and Nationwide!

To add an event, e-mail Emily ASAP!

Both partisan and nonpartisan events are listed here. Events are added without regard to party affiliation.

Ideas in the works:

- Phone banking to remind folks to vote and get them to their polling places! Could be targeted at U of C students, Chicago voters, or swing state voters. Contact Jess if you're interested.

- Flyers for apartment buildings and dorms with polling locations. Contact Emily to help!

- A training on effective door-knocking strategies. Contact Emily and Nicole to help organize!

- Phone banking to get resources for a trip to Ohio is being done through Nicole: nekaro@uchicago.edu

Ongoing:

Every Saturday - Kerry Campaign
Buses leave from 57 W. Grand, Chicago
and
826 Custer, Evanston at 9:30 am, return by 8PM.
RSVP to NIKerryTravelers@yahoo.com, get there by 9am.

Every Sunday - Kerry Campaign
Same info, but going to Iowa, not Wisconsin.
RSVP to nzeke@hotmail.com.

Every Sunday – Phone Banking with Peace and Justice Voters
5:15-8PM

51st and Blackstone


For exact address, or to phone bank from home, contact Mateo.

Events:

October 9
Training session hosted by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, at the UNITE-HERE union office at 333 S. Ashland starting at 10 AM. Contact Jeannie for more info.

October 10
2-4PM
League of Young Pissed Off Voters All-City Strategy Session
Chicago Public Radio office downtown
Contact Breeze or Nicole for more info.

October 13, 6PM in Hutch
Meeting for the Liberal Get-Out-the Vote Rally on Bartlett Quad
Alderman Preckwinkle and others will speak! Contact Kristin for more info.

October 16 - Canvassing in Wisconsin with Young Democratic Socialists and the League of Conservation Voters - Contact Bethany to sign up.

October 19 - 12:15PM at the Law School
Training with the Asian American Legal Defense Fund as election-protection - for folks who want to stay in Chicago for the election. Contact Daphne to sign up.

October 23 - Kerry Campaign - Hamilton County, Ohio
Canvassing and student rally. Contact Mo for more info.

October 26 - Get out the Liberal Vote Rally - Bartlett Quad
We need speakers and performers! Contact Kristin to help.

October 31-November 2 - Ohio organizing via Jackie Bray. Contact Nicole to sign up.

November 2 - Get Out the Vote in Chicago - Contact Alan to get an assignment.