Anybody know what this is about?
A friend just called me asking if I knew anything about the signs going up along the highway stating " Stand up Florida".
Anybody know what this is about?
Anybody know what this is about?
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By Richard Allen Greene (Full Story here)
BBC News Online in Tallahassee, Florida
"Excuse me, ma'am. Are you registered to vote?"
Jeremy Bled is spending seven weeks registering Florida voters
Jeremy Bled asks that question a lot these days - for an average of three or four hours every day, in fact.
He is one of the co-founders of Stand Up Florida, a non-partisan organisation dedicated to voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.
The group targets predominantly African-American neighbourhoods outside the state capital Tallahassee - areas that saw a large number of ballots tossed out in the infamous 2000 election.
Mr Bled spent a recent Thursday afternoon in a low-income housing project in Gadsden county, just west of Tallahassee.
He said the county had the highest rate of ballot spoilage in Florida in 2000.
BBC News Online in Tallahassee, Florida
"Excuse me, ma'am. Are you registered to vote?"
Jeremy Bled is spending seven weeks registering Florida voters
Jeremy Bled asks that question a lot these days - for an average of three or four hours every day, in fact.
He is one of the co-founders of Stand Up Florida, a non-partisan organisation dedicated to voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.
The group targets predominantly African-American neighbourhoods outside the state capital Tallahassee - areas that saw a large number of ballots tossed out in the infamous 2000 election.
Mr Bled spent a recent Thursday afternoon in a low-income housing project in Gadsden county, just west of Tallahassee.
He said the county had the highest rate of ballot spoilage in Florida in 2000.
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Good for him, I guess you have to start somewhere ;-)
Thanks SJ
Thanks SJ
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The group targets predominantly African-American neighbourhoods outside the state capital Tallahassee - areas that saw a large number of ballots tossed out in the infamous 2000 election. /QUOTE]
Areas that would likely have voted heavily Democrat...
SoWal Expert
The group targets predominantly African-American neighbourhoods outside the state capital Tallahassee - areas that saw a large number of ballots tossed out in the infamous 2000 election. /QUOTE]You caught that, too. It is interesting he says it is non-partisan, then ... well, you can read more on the link.
Areas that would likely have voted heavily Democrat...
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