This past Saturday two teams of three each walked portions of Iron Street and Mahoning Street to register voters. Three of the six volunteers were high school students.
I had this all planned. We would hit houses of Democrats to ask if anyone else in the household needed to register. We would also knock on doors of people NOT on the registered voter list, assuming those people needed to register. We skipped houses listed as Republican.
We also had flyers to leave at houses where no one was home--or didn’t answer the door. They said in bold letters: “Citizens of Lehighton: A message from the Democratic Information Center.”
That was followed by: “Lehighton has a very good record of voter registration and voter turnout. The Borough has a reputation for community service and citizen participation. We hope to expand on that and involve even more of our fellow Lehightonians. If you are already registered to vote, bless you. If you aren’t and would like to join your neighbors in voting, call us at 610-377-5178. We would be happy to drop off a registration form (and we register all parties).”
From everything I’ve read, people are encouraged to do what their neighbors are doing. This is a psychological ploy, and tomorrow, when we check our messages at the HQ, we’ll see if it worked.
By the way, two of the three wards in Lehighton voted for Obama in 2012.
A followup note: A few days I noted that only one spring peeper was calling to his mates, and how sad that was. It turns out I jumped the gun. There is now a whole chorus of spring peepers singing away in our old farm pond. It is a wonderful sound.
I like your tactfull method on the importance of registering voters. Hopefully the results will bare fruit. Even one vote could make a difference. Keep up the good work.
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