Formaliazed Voter Registration?

Are there any plans for formalized voter registration drives via Fight With Tools? If not, what are the rules for using the Fight With Tools "brand" to run one? I have done all the research on how to get one done in Colorado, but I would like to do it under the auspices of a greater movement.

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Permalink Reply by Gabe LLanas on August 26, 2008 at 12:50am

I'm in Northern Colorado, so I don't know if there is an organizer, and there are some funky laws regaurding the colletion of registration here, if more than one person is doing it. I'll keep looking into it but thanks a ton for responding.

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Permalink Reply by Jay "Brick" B. on August 26, 2008 at 2:22am

Easiest way is this: Every area has a Democrat Committee.
They tend to be the ones pushing for the voter reg.
If you can find them, theyd have more than enough information.
Try looking Under "Democratic committee" or "Young Dems"

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Permalink Reply by Gabe LLanas on August 27, 2008 at 10:12am

Yeah the Obama campaign is doing 4000 voters in 4 days, so I'll be going door to door with Sunday. But I want to start doing stuff under the banner of FWT, I just think that it is something that would has huge potential.

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Permalink Reply by mark v on August 27, 2008 at 12:10pm

Hey 13 Bullets... it is great to hear that you are mobilizing and taking on this voter registration task. I am part of the Inland Empire street team and the way we do voter reg is to look up some sort of community event or gathering, get in touch with the coordinator of the event, ask if we can set up a table or if we could just walk around where the people are to register voters (setting up a table with voter registration posters and pamphlets have been the most effective for us, go to your county's registrars office for free posters and fliers). We usually wear the same colored shirts then wear our flags. We also hand out fliers that remind people what their vote means and then we have a FWT flier we hand out also to guide them to the site.

When they ask who and what organization we are we just tell them that we are community members brought together by this awesome site, which has prompted us to make a positive difference in the areas that we live in.

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Permalink Reply by Gabe LLanas on August 27, 2008 at 12:15pm

Awesome, thank you for the advice. I'm going to call the organizer for the Obama registration that I'm going to on Sunday, and see if they would be ok with me handing out some stuff guiding people to here and americawillbe. And I sure as hell will be wearing my flag for the whole thing.