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Attachment F <br />AlterNet: Now It's Clear Why Same People Are Scared af �arly Voting: Because Yt Empowers P... Page 1 of 2 <br />��tE'� � <br />-� �;� ��� �� �r�� �a������ <br />Now It's Clear Why Some People Are Scared of <br />Early Vo�ing: Because It Empawers People <br />By Pam Kapoor, AlterNet <br />Posted o►� November 2, 2008, Pri�n.ted on �'ebruary 3, 2009 <br />htfp:I/�vww.altern el:�rg/story/1057441 <br />''I've thought of �sor� excuses why not to vate, why not to do tf�i�," Bobby told us. <br />"And each time, it has cost me more than it would have cost rne ta get up off �ny a** <br />-- excuse my �'rench -- and try to �nake a change." <br />Se said Bobby 3c�l�nson i�n the back of one of our "Vote Today Ohio shuttles. Vifhen <br />he spotted our van at the Bishop Cosgrove Centre, a food pantry in �leveland, he <br />climbed ri�ht on in. He hadn't voted in years, b�t an October 4th; 200$, Bobby <br />became one of the 67,408 Oh�oans who cast a ballot during the first week of Ohio's <br />new Early Voting period, <br />We have seen and heard Bobby's story repeated from Cincinnati to Youngstawn; <br />fram Athens to To�eda. So many unIikely voters we drove ta Ohio Early Voting <br />Centers represent this truth: el�ctions are changrng. You might even say democracy <br />itself, in fact, is changing. �'or the better. <br />Ohio no loFlger has an Election Day. Innor�ative updating of the process has norv <br />yielded an �lectio� Month. And we've se�n the embracing ofthis change in the <br />face5 of the very voters most positively impacted by it. <br />This year, an estimated 1 out of 3 Americans wi�l cast their ballot either thra�ugh <br />absentee �r early voting. Colorado i� even expected to see half its turnout amongst <br />earIy �roters. Ohia Secretary of State Jennifer �runner opened Early Voting C�nters <br />ul every county on September 3Q and vvill keep them open through November 3. She <br />has gone� openly and vehemen�Iy on the record as supportiilg �arly Vot�ng as a. <br />means oi broadening access, �nd estimates thai "25 percent of Ohfo's registered <br />voters�, or the� nurriber of vot�rs voting, will ha�e voted before �lection Day." <br />Um; so what? <br />Political operatives will neec� avvhile �o figure �ut just hoW Earl� �oting will alter <br />the langstanding rules of campaigning. But everyane -- even artnchair observers -- <br />reco�nizes the impact �arly vaters couId have on �verall election results: Consider <br />that after aIl the caunts were recounied, Bush too�C Ohia �n 2004 by roughly 100,000 <br />votes (and squeaked in Florida by a mere 527 votes). Carnpai�ners on eith�r side of <br />the spectrum see the value afi l�cking in thos� sorts of numbers w�thin the early <br />vofing windot�v. Ev�ry votE s�iz�ies �vith relevance: the ;300 voters� we (Vote Today <br />Ohia) transported represent far more than a drop in the bucket. Of the 9Z64 people <br />w�o this year vated d�uring Golden WEek in �'ranklin Caurny (home to Columbus}, <br />we moved 1369 �� thern -- that's 14.8 percent of the early vate in Franklin County. <br />IE's safe to assume �hafi hundreds o�thous�nds af Qhioans have learned about early <br />voting directly from our r�vork. That's powerful. <br />http:l/www.alternet.orglmodulelprintversion/105744 2/3/2009 <br />
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