Friday, August 01, 2008

Democratic Convention Phone Bank


In Obama style, the democratic convention will be a large phone bank. Hillary Clinton will give a speech on the second night, marking the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Women senators are expected to join Hillary on stage. Meanwhile, Obama accepts the nomination, marking Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
The audience will also be urged to text their friends. They'll be given call sheets created by comparing registration lists with lists of potential voters.

Democrats plan to hand out 60,000 stadium tickets for Obama's speech to state party leaders, with instructions to distribute them in a way that helps drive up Obama's support. That might mean rewarding people volunteering to register voters, or perhaps independent or Republican voters open to Obama.

Battleground states and states within driving distance of Denver will get more tickets, with host Colorado getting the most.

Tuesday night is shaping up to be a big night as well. CNN and the Associated Press are reporting that Hillary Clinton (D-New York) will make her speech on the second night of the convention at the Pepsi Center.

August 26 is a historic date as it is the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the constitution which gave women the right to vote.