Absentee Ballot

It has only been a few weeks since we kicked off our createCHANGE'08 vote-by-mail (absentee) campaign, and incredibly, you are already making a phenomenal impact.

"Absentee ballot requests pour in from Democrats," crowed a headline in the Palm Beach Post today. Similarly, in Pasco County, "a bellwether county where Republicans outnumber Democrats, the Democratic Party has so far marshaled more voters to cast absentee ballots, 835 to 721," the St. Petersburg Times reported.

This is no accident. It's because Florida Democratic activists like you are making it happen. We've created a very simple but extremely effective activism program that can help.

Click here to join the effort to createCHANGE'08.

In Florida, with our Presidential Primary still three weeks away, approximately 120,000 Democrats have requested their mail ballots as of today. That's already more than half the total Dem voters in last week's Iowa caucuses (which was double the Republican turnout there - the incredible energy on our side is clear).

Absentee ballots will save valuable time and money in the final weeks of the campaign and help busy people to remember to cast their ballots. For years, we've lagged behind the GOP in turnout - in particular because they have convinced many of their voters to vote by mail.

If we can increase the number of vote-by-mail Democrats across the state of Florida, we will elect a Democratic President. It's so simple to sign up - take a bold (but easy) step.

Click here to join the effort to createCHANGE'08.

What once seemed so distant is now reality. The year we return a Democrat to the White House is here. The Democratic nominee needs us to build an unprecedented campaign structure in the country's most important battleground state. Are you doing everything you can to help?

Start by convincing eight Democratic friends, family members, or co-workers to request a vote-by-mail/absentee ballot by Jan. 24th (the deadline to request for the Jan. 29th primary). If you try, I bet you can do it in under an hour.

United by promise, let's work together to turn our dreams for this election year a reality.

Sincerely,