First of all, thank you for stopping by. This is the fourth in the GOTV series where we will discuss outdoor voting registration drives featuring the unique and creative voting registration cart that Noise of Rain and Badscience designed. I also want to express my appreciation to Eclectablog, Denise Velez-Oliver and the League of Women Voters for their contributions to the series. And big h/t to Lillith Gardner who has joined the GOTV group as an administrator and patiently walked me through some of the intricacies of starting a group and has a great suggestion to improve visibility.
So, important points to remember per Badscience:
1. Make sure you know the laws in your area. Especially considering all the changes in the last few years. The League of Women Voters is a good source as well as your county Democratic party. The link to League's tips on successful voter registration drives is below.
2. Be ready with voter reg forms, polling place locations, and absentee ballot information. Absentee voting may be a big help in overcoming the voter suppression efforts, but regulations vary from state to state, so please make sure that you know yours.
3. And this is useful to know. The cart has a battery powered lamp for night time registration. We used it for a recall petition drive outside of a public event. The lamp came in very handy. Table surfaces are very helpful for people to sign voter registration forms and as a place for people to gather. A cart makes it easy to take from place to place.
4. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. Below is the link to NoiseofRain's excellent diary about the registration event they produced a few years ago. Does this look like fun or what? Bet we all wish we could have been there!
Action steps below the fold: