Free Food! (And voter registration.)
A quick look at some creative ways to get out the vote.
October 10th, 2008 | by Anna Kramer
Sharon in action. Photo by Liliana Rodriguez / Oxfam America
Last week I talked to Sharon Hanshaw, executive director of Oxfam America partner Coastal Women for Change (CWC), about her group’s grassroots efforts to register voters in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Here’s Sharon on the importance of going door-to-door, the best thing to say when you’re holding a megaphone, and what inspired a 70-year-old woman to register for the first time:
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Oh and also: voter registration deadlines are fast approaching in most US states. If you haven’t registered yet—or if you know someone who needs to—go to www.headcount.org. This nonpartisan group offers voter links, helpful FAQs, and of course, a fast and easy registration form.
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Anna Kramer
Writer Anna Kramer joined Oxfam America in 2005. Based in Boston, she covers a broad range of issues for Oxfam, with a focus on our campaigns and organizing work.
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It’s exciting to think about all the new voters who have registered, especially older people who have been passing up the chance for years and years. I expect there are going to be huge crowds at a lot of polling places on November 4 — so huge, in fact, that I went and voted early yesterday at my town hall here in Massachusetts. I hope some of these people in Mississippi can try to vote early too — just in case.