Morning News: Vote 2010 Going Strong in Pennsylvania
For several months now, OFA volunteers have been making calls, going door to door, and registering voters to gear up for this November’s elections.
OFA Pennsylvania held more than 30 events across the state as part of the recent national Vote 2010 Day of Action. As we wrote last week, Congressional candidate Dr. Manan Trivedi joined OFA volunteers at a canvass in Phoenixville, and state Representative Bryan Lentz stopped by an event in Upper Darby to talk with volunteers as they registered voters in the area.
Organizing for America — Pennsylvania (OFA-PA) volunteers held voter registration drives across Pennsylvania on Saturday as part of the Democratic Party’s ‘VOTE 2010′ campaign for the elections this fall. OFA-PA supporters registered voters at more than 30 events on Saturday, which included phone banks, door-to-door canvasses and tables set up at high traffic festivals and farmers markets.
The voter registration drives were part of the ongoing grassroots organizing efforts by OFA to engage new voters and reconnect with 2008 first time voters, Independents, and the core of the Democratic Party. They were held in conjunction with OFA’s national voter registration "Day of Action," with more than 600 events nationally. In Pennsylvania, Dr. Manan Trivedi and State Representative Bryan Lentz joined OFA volunteers at the Phoenixville and Upper Darby events respectively.
"This November the American people face a clear choice. It is a choice between President Obama and Democrats in Congress who have worked tirelessly to create jobs and pull our economy back from the brink of disaster, or the Republicans who have decided to sit on the sidelines and play politics with peoples’ lives," said OFA-PA Communications Director Kerri Axelrod. "This weekend’s events highlight the grassroots work OFA volunteers are doing on a daily basis to make sure voters understand how important the elections are this fall."