Sound Politics: GOTV opportunities

November 03, 2006

GOTV opportunities

I've posted in general on chances for you the reader to get involved in helping turn out Republican voters this year. For readers looking for specific opportunities, check out the County Info page at Mike McGavick's website. Locally, King, Pierce, and Snohomish have lots of places to go to help the next several days, most of which are general Republican efforts for phone banking and doorbelling, not just for McGavick.

For those that dislike the idea of doorbelling or working in an office environment (though these are some of the best ways to help), I will have some other ideas a little later.

Posted by Eric Earling at November 03, 2006 07:38 AM | Email This

Comments

1. You can always get phone lists from a local campaign and call from home.

Posted by: peter on November 3, 2006 09:10 AM

2. I have a question:

Orb is reporting that 1/3 of absentee ballots have already been cast. When do they COUNT absentees? Immediately or election day? If they do it immediately, are there regulations in place to prevent results being revealed?

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskold on November 3, 2006 10:38 AM

3. Ragnar - My understanding, at least based on past years, is that they begin tabulating absentees during Election Day (though auditors offices process and prepare them to be counted those received up to that point in advance of the tabulation). Not sure if things have changed at all.

Posted by: Eric Earling on November 3, 2006 11:46 AM

4. I ask because of where Goldstein claims a "longtime observer of Eastside elections recently explained: "Show me a Democrat leading in early absentees, and I'll show you a winner." "

... um, how would they know who leads in early absentee's?

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskold on November 3, 2006 11:51 AM

5. Goldy is referring to Survey USA polling that includes asking voters supporting Reichert and Burner whether or not they've actually voted yet. Burner led among people who said they already voted.

However, in my experience observing local elections in 2003, 2004, and 2005, Democrats have consistently done better with early absentee votes, partly I believe as a function of how the two parties function on GOTV at different times in the voting cycle.

Posted by: Eric Earling on November 3, 2006 12:04 PM