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You can vote early at your County Clerk's office. Call your County Clerk in advance for voting hours. Barack Obama's website also has information, broken down by state, about voting, and voting early. Information about Indiana can be found here:
http://www.barackobama.com/voters/stateinfo.php?state=in
From our friend, Linda Perdue:
From the David Orentlicher campaign:
This is a request for volunteers to canvass and make phone calls on David's behalf.
We are in the final two weeks of the primary and your support is critical to our success. Between now and May 6th, we will be canvassing and calling targeted areas to remind them to vote for David.
Walking Schedule
- Weekdays -Arrive at our office (address is below) at 5:00 p.m. for your assignment and material. Walking packets are designed to take about two hours.
- Saturday - Here in the final two weeks we walk in 4 hour shifts beginning at 10 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m. Come to our office to get your assignment and material.
- Sunday- Here in the final two weeks we walk in 4 hour shifts beginning at 1 p.m. Come to our office to get your assignment and material.
Calling Schedule - All calls are made from our office
- Weekdays - Here in the final two weeks we call in 4 hour shifts beginning at 5 p.m.
- Saturday - Here in the final two weeks we call in 4 hour shifts beginning at 2 p.m.
- Sunday- Here in the final two weeks we call in 4 hour shifts beginning at 1 p.m. and at 5 p.m.
We really need 4 hour shifts in this final two weeks. If you can only do a portion of this shift, please let us know and we'll try to accommodate you. However, our volunteering material is designed for four hours.
Location
Orentlicher for Congress Headquarters
1950 Kessler Blvd. West
Indianapolis, IN 46228
(Located at the NE corner of Kessler and Michigan Rd, next to Starbucks)
How do you volunteer?
- Please call 726-1090 to schedule a time. It is important that you schedule a time so that we will have material prepared when you arrive.
From Gary Welsh at Advance Indiana (http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/):
Terry Michael hopes to replay the success younger candidates have had in recent elections in unseating older, long-serving members of the Indiana State Senate. Unlike Brent Waltz, Jeff Drozda and Greg Walker, Michael is not relying on the religious right and their hot button social issues to galvanize support. When the two term, Fall Creek Township Trustee filed to run against Sen. Beverly Gard in Senate District 28, Senate Republicans assumed he was recruited to run against Gard by Eric Miller. Michael is anything but a candidate who Eric Miller and the religious right would back. He is the only openly gay, elected Republican official in the state of Indiana and he opposes Milller's efforts to enact a constitutional amendment barring the legal recognition of same-sex marriages or any other similar rights for unmarried couples, straight or gay.
Gard, 64, has served in the Senate for the past 20 years and chairs the Energy and Environmental Affairs Committee. Gard worked for Eli Lilly as a biochemist for a few years back in the 1960s before taking early retirement to raise a family. In one of her first joint appearances with Michael, Gard was quick to take issue with Michael's same-sex family, making clear that a family could only be headed by one man and one woman in explaining her support for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Michael, who worked as a minister for 20 years and is in a long-term same-sex relationship, opposes a constitutional amendment defining marriage, preferring government take a neutral position on the issue. He also supports human rights laws which protect gays and lesbians from discrimination, which Gard steadfastly opposes.
While Michael's campaign is not well-funded like Gard's, his candidacy cannot be easily dismissed. He is no stranger to the residents of Gard's Senate district. He is in his second term as Fall Creek Township Trustee in Hamilton County. His township is the population center of District 28, with nearly one-third of the voters residing there. He says he has been getting a lot of encouragement in his bid and has a lot of grassroots support. In his campaign, Michael has been critical of Gard's lack of leadership as chairperson of the Senate committee which writes our environmental laws in providing for more regulation of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Indiana has some of the weakest laws in the country Michael complains, endangering our environment. He also faults Gard for pushing expanded ethanol production in the state over other less costly alternative fuels. "Gard's answer to everything is that Indiana is an industrial state," Michael says. That means we should build more CAFOs and more ethanol plants in her mind without regard to the long-term impact on our state Michael says.
Property taxes have been a big issue this year in the legislature, but Michael, who also works as an assessment official in his township, takes a different view on property tax reform than many Republican legislators took this past session, including Gard, who supported Gov. Daniels' property tax reform plan as provided in HB 1001. He is concerned about the impact of shifting taxes to businesses and farmland through the graduated 1-2-3 caps. He is concerned about the loss of federal tax deductions for individual homeowners if they are paying higher sales taxes as a trade off for lower property taxes. He is particularly concerned about making the tax caps a permanent part of our state constitution. He notes that even Sen. Gard has backed off her support for making the tax caps permanent during the campaign, now saying it needs further study.
Michael believes Gard has been inattentive to the voters in the district. "I am committed to bringing energy and two-communication back to Senate District 28," he says. "The voters deserve open government and the opportunity to express their concerns and be listened to, not just heard." He's an unconventional Republican candidate with an unconventional Republican message. The Senate Republican caucus could certainly benefit from having a voice of moderation like his within its ranks.
For a map of district 28, click here:
| ======================== Here are a few select items going on soon in the Indy area in the next couple of weeks: Organizing Meeting (Meeting) Tuesday, April 15 at 7:00 PM JUDGE'S BBQ (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) 2104 W. MICHIGAN ST INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202 404 353 9192 Winning Center Township for Senator Obama is essential to winning Indiana! And we need your help. At this meeting Obama organizers will give details... ---------- Pike Township for Obama Meeting...TUESDAY! (Organizing) Tuesday, April 15 at 7:00 PM Pike Township office - 6228 La Pas Trail- located off of W. 62nd St between Guion Road and Georgetown Road For those of you that couldn't make last Thursday's meeting....we're having another! Come join us to find out how to get involved with the campaign in Pike Township! We need your help! The meeting will be held at our new Pike Township office - 6228 La Pas Trail- located off of W. 62nd St between Guion Road and Georgetown Road. ------------ Fall Creek and Wayne Townships Organizational Meeting (Meeting) Tuesday, April 15 at 7:00 PM Spencer Hattemer Fall Creek and Wayne Township Field Organizer Obama for America 513 702-8481 Meet fellow Fall Creek and Wayne Township Obama supporters, get organized, get fired up and ready to go! Hope to see you all there - Spencer... ------------- Delaware Township Team Meeting (Meeting) Thursday, April 17 at 6:30 PM HAMILTON COUNTY OBAMA HQ (FISHERS, IN) 11645 FISHERS STATION WAY SUITE 11645 FISHERS, IN 46038 Come see your local Obama Headquarters in Fishers and meet other members of your Township Team! We will explain how you, your friends, and neighbors can help support the campaign and introduce you to the Organizer in charge of Delaware Township. ------------- Obama Discussion (Meeting) Saturdays, Ongoing weekly, at 12:30 PM ABBEY COFFEHOUSE 825 NORTH PENNSYLVIA INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204 317-997-1473 This will be a standing meeting on Saturdays to relax, chat and catch up with some of the newest opportunities to get involved. ----------- Planning (Meeting) Ongoing weekly, Wednesdays at 6:00pm CHASE BANK BUILDING (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) 1213 N. ARLINGTON AVENUE INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219 Leroy Raghunath 317-997-1473 This meeting will be used to discuss new and old ideas to help the Obama campaign. Our focus will be planning upcoming events for the following weekend(s). We are currently organizing door to door canvasing from Lafayette Square Mall. Anyone interested is welcome to join in. ---------------- Jammin' for Obama (Debate Watching Party) Tuesday, April 22 at 6:00 PM THE CHATTERBOX (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) 435 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202 Join us (Center Township for Obama) at the Chatterbox as we listen to live music, see how you can locally support the effort, make a donation or stop in and say "Hi" after work. The "Cocktail Sax Jazz Band" from Carmel,Indiana will be the performing artists! ------------- HOPE @ The Melody Inn (Fundraising) Thursday, April 24 at 10:00 PM MELODY INN (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) 3826 N. ILLINOIS ST INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46208 This is a musical event for the campaign Five alternative music DJ's come together for a great cause. A dance party of great proportions sponsored by Indiana's Obama office. DJ COPPER TOP DJ SARAH VAIN DJ RONY DJ CAROLINE DJ ZLAYA No cover, however all donations from the event go to the campaign! DJ's are all regionally known for playing alternative music - ranging from classic 80's new wave, punk rock, dark techno, and positive hip hop. A fun night of call types of people, coming together for one reason: HOPE Be sure to sign the card for Obama, thanking him for what he has given us....HOPE -------------- Slivka Photo Show (Fundraising) Saturday, April 26 at 6:00 PM CENTER STAGE (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) 970 FORTWAYNE AVE DOWNTOWN INDY, ACROSS FROM THE RED CROSS BUILDING INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46202 317-701-8633 I am having a photography show of my work from my travels to Europe, and California. There will be a couple of bands playing on stage and it should be a pretty good time. I am giving 20% of my proceeds to the obama campaign. Hope to see you there -------------- Indiana Results Watch Party @ Jillians Downtown (Meeting) Tuesday, May 6 at 6:00 PM JILLIANS (INDIANAPOLIS, IN) 141 S MERIDIAN ST #1 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46225 317-997-1473 Join us again, downtown for a results watch party. Lets celebrate all the hard work, with our fellow volunteers and supporters as the results come in. |
| 445 North Pennsylvania Suite 205, 2nd Floor Indianapolis, IN 46204 Phone: 317.917.1430 Upcoming LGBT ACTIVITIES: "Out for Hillary Debate Watch Party" Wednesday, April 16 from 7:30 -9:30 at Downtown Olly's. E-mail Nick Murphy (mrwebbie@yahoo.com) for more information. "The Power of 10 Percent!" Phone Bank Nights: Every Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., please join other LGBT Hoosiers at Hillary's Downtown Indianapolis Headquarters to make calls to voters. The event is followed by a social/networking opportunity. Call Kristian DeMayo (806-224-5761) for more information. "Hillary's LGBT Steering Committee" We are finalizing membership for Hillary's LGBT Steering Committee. This will be an opportunity for politically-engaged LGBT Hoosiers to offer advice to the campaign. There will also be social events to participate in with celebrity guests. Contact Andrew Cullen (317-439-7565 or andrewscullen@yahoo.com) for more information. |
From our friends at HRC:
Monday, 4/7 is the deadline to register to vote/change your voting
address in order to vote in the 5/6 primary election in Indiana.
The voter registration/ change of address form, accepted by all 92
counties, is online: http://www.in. gov/sos/election s/pdfs/50504. pdf .
To register to vote in Indiana, you must be a citizen of the United
States, be at least 18 years old on or before 11/4/08, have lived in
your precinct for at least 30 days prior to 5/6 (except for certain
military voters), and not currently be imprisoned after being
convicted of a crime.
If you have moved since the last time you voted, you may also use the
application to do the mandatory transfer of your registration to your
current address.
Do it soon! The deadline is Monday, 4/7!
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