My friend Joe and I went out tonight to do more voter registration. Not as good as the parade last Friday: we only got 4 between us. Though we did give out several forms.
First we went to the Food Lion at Lakewood, which was completely dead. Just no one going in or out. Then we drove over to the Harris Teeter behind former South Square. That was a lot busier but also more affluent, and it seemed like everybody was already registered. We did get a few, a couple of which came from the staff, who were very positive about us being there. I had a nice long conversation with an employee just getting off work. He told me Obama had spoken at his church and how much he hopes Obama will win. I tried to get him to volunteer but he said he didn't have time.
When we went to drop off the forms, the organizer guy was giving some kind of speech in the Blue Coffee Cafe and being videotaped. I don't know what that was about, and Joe was parked illegally so I couldn't stay and watch. I turned in our clip boards and kept the blank forms. I'll to get them filled out some time on my own. Maybe in Hillsborough after work one day. I think there's a lot of opportunity in smaller towns where there aren't as many volunteers as in Durham. I have a goal for myself to do some kind of volunteering at least once a week between now and the election. I hope I'll be able to stick with it.
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