More news about the turnout and results after things have settled a bit, but for now, a big thank you to all.

Sunday, November 2nd, 8:00pm
Macalester, Campus Center Stage

8:00pm: Doors open
8:15pm: The TRADS
8:45pm: Al Franken, Betty McCollum & Rebecca Otto!

Grand Finale w/ Special Musical Guest

For more information on how to get involved on campus, e-mail Alex or call 812-344-9126.

We’ll be getting a good chunk of volunteers by giving them some of our 75 tickets, but we’d like to fill as many of these visibility spots as possible with staff, staff families, and core supporters.

This would mean:

• Arriving at the Fitzgerald Theater at 5:30pm.
• Standing on a designated street corner
• Possibly assisting with a welcome rally for Al

Unless you’re volunteering for a ticket, this won’t guarantee entry into the debate…but it’s something we absolutely need to make the debate successful. Please consider helping.

Will Howell
Congressional District Four Political Coordinator
whowell@dfl.org
651-336-9023

Doors Open 7:00 PM
Rally Begins 7:30 PM

President Clinton will be joined by U.S. Senate Candidate Al Franken and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are NOT required, but an RSVP is strongly encouraged. Members of the public are invited to RSVP at http://mn.barackobama.com/FiveDaystoChange or http://www.alfranken.com/clinton.

For security reasons, do not bring bags. Please limit personal items. No signs or banners allowed.

As we head into the final days of this election cycle, we all know that we cannot let up. Lacking solutions and on the side of special interests, the Republicans have predictably resorted to smears and the politics of fear and division. We’ve got momentum on our side but we must continue to carry the positive message of our candidates to our neighbors’ doors through Election Day.

Thousands of volunteers are walking door-to-door throughout Minnesota in these critical last days. In order to prepare walk packets for our Get-Out-The-Vote efforts, we need your help next week in what we are calling “Packet Land.” We’ll be compiling walk packets with the necessary information to use in our final days of GOTV. Join us!

Packet Land
Griggs Midway Building
1821 University Avenue

Monday, October 27 – Friday, October 31

Shifts…
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
5 p.m. – 9 p.m.

To volunteer at “Packet Land,” you can easily sign up at http://www.dfl.org/packetland

If you are interested in many, many more details, please read more of this article.

NOVEMBER 1st – 4th

For the final stage of GOTV, we will use the UAW Local 879 (2191 Ford Parkway, at corner of Cretin) as our canvass launch location.

Our phonebank will be back at the Carpenter’s Union (700 Olive Street, there is a large parking lot, and there are actually 3 entrances with 3 different addresses, you should enter via the 710 entrance for easiest access to the phonebank).

HELP FEED THE VOLUNTEERS

We will also be feeding the volunteers working out of this location so that energy and enthusiasm remain high. If you are able to bake cookies or banana bread or other yummy contributions to this effort, we’d love to have them. Just send a note to info@sd64dfl.org to let us know what you are bringing and when you plan to bring it (this gives us an idea of how much other stuff we have to buy) and then drop it off at UAW Local 879 when it is ready. If you don’t have time to drop by, you can donate money to the cause.

EARLY VOTING

Finally (and I know, this is interminable, if you’re still reading, I appreciate it): PLEASE VOTE TODAY. OR TOMORROW. OR ANY DAY BEFORE NOVEMBER 4TH.

On Election Day, we hope many of you will be on the doors motivating others to get to the polls ALL DAY. If you are volunteering, you might not have time to go to the polls ourselves. So please vote before Tuesday.

All you need to do is go down to the County Elections office (90 W Plato, you cross the Wabasha Bridge and take a right on Plato, the building is on your left). There are signs pointing you to the elections office where you can fill out an absentee ballot request form, get a ballot, and vote.

The election is almost here - and we need you! SD64 DFL, the coordinated campaign, and the Obama campaign are coming together for a kick-off to our massive Get Out The Vote effort. We plan to hit 14,000 doors in 3 days - so we need you, your spouse, your significant other, your friends, your neighbors. Bring them on over.

Special Guests include Rep. Erin Murphy & Michael Paymar. We’ll provide lunch and everything else you need. Please RSVP.

Road trip! Join us for our stop in 28A. We’ll meet around 9:00 AM at 898 Osceola. More details to come…

Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Barack Obama, will hold a public campaign event on Monday in St. Paul at Macalester’s Leonard Center. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required but an RSVP is strongly encouraged. To RSVP, please visit mn.barackobama.com. Space is available on a first come first serve basis.

The program begins at 4 pm; doors open at 2:30 pm.

For security reasons, do not bring bags or umbrellas. Please limit personal belongings. No signs or banners permitted.

Good news: The Campaign for Change recently received a fresh batch
of Obama-Biden signs, the biggest order in the state so far in this campaign
cycle. The Obama campaign is giving them out for free.

As we all know, the scarcity of Obama signs has been a persistent
issue ever since Senator Obama captured the nomination. But let me dispel a
misconception: Some people think that Obama signs are hard to find because
the campaign ordered fewer than usual. On the contrary, the supply is
comparable to the supply of Kerry signs that were available in 2004. The
difference is that demand is much higher. Remember the precinct caucuses?
Turnout at the 2008 caucuses was four times as high as in 2004, and more
than seven times as high as in 2006. The demand for Obama signs has also
been disproportionately higher than the demand for Presidential signs in
previous cycles. The signs have disappeared from Obama offices nearly as
fast as they have arrived: for example, in the late summer, a delivery of
over five thousand signs was totally gone in less than 36 hours.

The latest batch of signs is available at Campaign for Change
headquarters, 777 Raymond Avenue, St. Paul. If you are heading over to pick
up some signs, please call 651.644.4850 to make sure that there are still
signs available.