A Message From Moveon.org--Go Vote!

This is from Moveon.org with great links to get information about voting.

Election 2008 Voting Information

Today, November 4th, is Election Day! Remember to vote—not just for Barack Obama, but for Congressional, state, and local candidates as well.

Where and when do I vote?

Find your polling place, voting times, and other important information by checking out these sites and the hotline below. These resources are good, but not perfect. To be doubly sure, you can also contact your local elections office.

• Obama's VoteForChange site: voteforchange.com
• League of Women Voters' site: vote411.org/pollfinder.php
• Obama's voter hotline: 877-US4-OBAMA (877-874-6226)

What should I do before I go?

• After you've entered your address on either Vote For Change or Vote411, read the voting instructions and special rules for your state.
• Voting ID laws vary from state to state, but if you have ID, bring it.
• Check out all the voting myths and misinformation to look out for: http://truth.voteforchange.com/

What if something goes wrong?

• Not on the voter list? Make sure you're at the right polling place, then demand a provisional ballot.
• If you're voting on an electronic machine with a paper record, verify that the record is accurate.
• Need legal help? Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
• If you encounter a problem, try to videotape the situation and submit it to VideoTheVote.org

Want to do more?

• Text all of your friends: "Vote Obama today! Pass it on!"
• Make calls from home for Obama.

Now, everybody go vote!!!

Go Vote!

Go vote! Go. Now. Go on. Don't wait--make sure you get your vote in and counted. Lines will probably be long. People are stirred up and awake from their complacent slumber.

People have slept and slept and slept and then all of a sudden we were in Iraq with no end in sight and spending $12 billion a month to Halliburton and other corporate buddies of Bush to wage war against an impoverished country that had nothing to do with 911 or Osama Bin Laden. Thousands of American soldiers have died and 10 times that of innocent Iraqi civilians.

Wake up!!

And now, people are awake and are not feeling too good about where this country has been and where it has been directed. The economy, the environment, the constitution, our relationship with the world has all been shredded by Bush and will continue to be damaged by McCain/Palin.

Vote for Obama. Vote for change. Vote for a return to decency and a recognition of our shared problems and needs. This country is in trouble and we all need to work to do our part to fix it. But, you can't address problems that you refuse to recognize.

Shouldn't we be vigorously searching for alternative sources of energy? "Drill, baby drill?" No. Not true and not nearly enough by far.

Shouldn't we make sure people can get cared for when they're sick and ideally get preventative care before they get sick? Why are people not getting basic care in one of the richest countries in the world? It is unconscionable.

Vote for Obama. Vote to tell the world that we are smart enough to listen to reasonable language and arguments and can see through and beyond pandering and smears and misdirection and straw man arguments and ad hominem attacks. Yes we can.

Yes we will.

Look at This--Take Heart!

Look! How can McCain overcome that kind of lead?

Guess What Else My Husband Just Bought!

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That's right--champagne!! It's for us to toast Obama's electoral victory tomorrow. OK. It's for me. My husband hates champagne. Also, I don't much like it, I'll probably only have a glass or two and end up dumping the rest. But, despite our dislike of it, I think champagne's a fitting beverage to toast Obama's success and ours.

Do you realize that when Obama wins tomorrow, the whole world will heave a collective sigh of relief? We will all know that a thinker will again inhabit the White House and make reasoned, well informed decisions about where our country should be headed.

What goes with champagne? Quiche? Shrimp? Crab legs? Salmon en croute?

I'll figure out something...

Who's pumped? What are you going to do to celebrate tomorrow night?