You may now whine now...
If you didn't vote, shaddup. You aren't allowed to bitch about any of the issues on the ballot this year if you didn't. You know the rules.
Yesterday I volunteered with Rise Above it All's final campaign drive. Since I had a car, I was especially valuable. I spent most of the day poll watching. For those who don't know what that is - basically you have a list of voters that have said they'll vote yes for the monorail, and you compare your list to the rolls at the polling place. Then, you call the people on your list that haven't voted. The idea is to turn them out so that you'll get more of the vote for your cause.
I don't have a problem with checking the polls, but I do have a problem with calling people. I think if I ever volunteer for another campaign that I won't do any phone banking, at all. I can't stand calling people. I felt like a telemarketer the whole time I did it, and I don't like pissing people off, especially the ones who support our campaign.
Probably the one thing I should have done was build signs. Now that's easy. Or, data entry. That's easy (yet tedious), too. But, no more phone banking.
So far, monorail's doing well, but we'll see how it holds up as more absentees come in. I'm bummed that low black voter turnout in the south probably was the reason why the GOP did so well. I can only hope that after the counting's done, a few things are no longer issues:
Well, I'll just have to keep watching the polls. But, I won't be making any phone calls.
Yesterday I volunteered with Rise Above it All's final campaign drive. Since I had a car, I was especially valuable. I spent most of the day poll watching. For those who don't know what that is - basically you have a list of voters that have said they'll vote yes for the monorail, and you compare your list to the rolls at the polling place. Then, you call the people on your list that haven't voted. The idea is to turn them out so that you'll get more of the vote for your cause.
I don't have a problem with checking the polls, but I do have a problem with calling people. I think if I ever volunteer for another campaign that I won't do any phone banking, at all. I can't stand calling people. I felt like a telemarketer the whole time I did it, and I don't like pissing people off, especially the ones who support our campaign.
Probably the one thing I should have done was build signs. Now that's easy. Or, data entry. That's easy (yet tedious), too. But, no more phone banking.
So far, monorail's doing well, but we'll see how it holds up as more absentees come in. I'm bummed that low black voter turnout in the south probably was the reason why the GOP did so well. I can only hope that after the counting's done, a few things are no longer issues:
Well, I'll just have to keep watching the polls. But, I won't be making any phone calls.
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