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beautifulduckweedTed Kulongoski re-elected.
Measure 43 defeated.
Measure 44 passed.
Santorum wiped clean. (Yeah, yeah, I had to take that shot. You know I had to.)
Ben Cannon, who has volunteered extensively with the Bus Project, won his seat in the Oregon state Senate. (He's my age. That boggles my mind, that somebody so young could win a state Senate seat.)
+25 seats in the US House of Representatives.
+3 +4 seats in the US Senate. (C'mon, bitch-asses, we need only three two more. ONLY TWO MORE. FUCK.)
Spent the first part of the evening at the Bus Project, making last-minute Get Out the Vote phone calls. We bandied about catch-phrases like "Just vote already, motherfucker", though we were considerably more polite to the people once we got them on the phone.
Watching Scott, a recent Reed graduate and Bus Project staff member, guilt people into voting nearly brought a tear to my eye. He was especially masterful with other Reed students. "You're a Reedie, right? Look, it's votes like yours that we need. You are critical to this election. There are ballot measures that directly affect young people like us, like measure 43, which covers parental notification for abortion procedures. The ballot drop box is available until 8 p.m., which is less than an hour from now. Do you have a car? No? Well, go find a friend with a car. No, seriously, no excuses. Do it." It was bullying at its finest, and I saw him pull this off three or four times. Dude's got skills.
Back to obsessively checking on the races in Virginia, Missouri and Montana.
Measure 43 defeated.
Measure 44 passed.
Santorum wiped clean. (Yeah, yeah, I had to take that shot. You know I had to.)
Ben Cannon, who has volunteered extensively with the Bus Project, won his seat in the Oregon state Senate. (He's my age. That boggles my mind, that somebody so young could win a state Senate seat.)
+25 seats in the US House of Representatives.
Spent the first part of the evening at the Bus Project, making last-minute Get Out the Vote phone calls. We bandied about catch-phrases like "Just vote already, motherfucker", though we were considerably more polite to the people once we got them on the phone.
Watching Scott, a recent Reed graduate and Bus Project staff member, guilt people into voting nearly brought a tear to my eye. He was especially masterful with other Reed students. "You're a Reedie, right? Look, it's votes like yours that we need. You are critical to this election. There are ballot measures that directly affect young people like us, like measure 43, which covers parental notification for abortion procedures. The ballot drop box is available until 8 p.m., which is less than an hour from now. Do you have a car? No? Well, go find a friend with a car. No, seriously, no excuses. Do it." It was bullying at its finest, and I saw him pull this off three or four times. Dude's got skills.
Back to obsessively checking on the races in Virginia, Missouri and Montana.
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Date: 2006-11-08 08:38 am (UTC)Re: ::: happy dance ::::
Date: 2006-11-08 08:49 am (UTC)Allow me to amend...
Date: 2006-11-08 01:53 pm (UTC)...ew.
Re: Allow me to amend...
Date: 2006-11-08 06:03 pm (UTC)*motherfuckers*