The networks have called the first races of the night, projecting that Barack Obama will win Minnesota and its ten electoral votes. Thank you Minnesota!
Thank you as well to all of our grassroots supporters in Vermont, many of whom have been working towards this moment for nearly two years now - check out a photo slideshow of Barack's campaign for change in Minnesota below:
At 7:00 AM CST this morning, polls opened in Minnesota. Don't know where to vote? Click here to find your polling location. All polling places close at 8:00 p.m. If you are in line at your polling place between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m., you must be allowed to vote.
To vote in Minnesota, you must:
If you aren't registered to vote yet, that's not a problem. Minnesota allows you to register and vote at the polls on Election Day. Here's what you need:
A MN driver's license, MN state ID card, or tribal ID with your photo, name, current address, and signature.
Don't forget to remind all your friends and family to vote today!
Cast your vote today!
From social networking to text messaging, young people have changed the way political campaigns are run in the United States.
And, today, we have a chance to change the nation.
But only if we vote.
Check out this video of Kal Penn, the star of the Harold & Kumar movies, talking to students at the U about the power of the youth vote, and then find your polling place and vote!
Now the big question: if your attention is worth billions of dollars, how much power does your vote have?
Go to www.VoteForChange.com to find your polling place.
We've built the largest grassroots operation in Minnesota's history, but we still need your help in these next few hours.
Doorknocking and phonebanking shifts will be running throughout the day -- it's not too late to find a staging area near you. Just enter your zip code and we'll tell you exactly where we need your help.
All across the country people are coming together for change. People of all ages and backgrounds got back to the basics of grassroots organizing to do everything possible to help elect Barack Obama president.
Check out this video of folks up on the Iron Range discussing why they're voting for Barack Obama today.
Have you voted?
Find out your polling place now.
And if you have an hour or three today, volunteer to get out the vote.
Simply enter your zip code and we'll tell you where and when you're needed most.
ATTENTION:
The Minnesota Campaign for Change is asking that any voters who have questions about voting or who want to report problems or issues when voting, to call 651-292-1158
These calls will go directly to a Call Center, where people are standing by to answer logistical questions ("Where is my polling location?") as well as more complicated, legal or voting-related questions.
Kids for Obama Canvass in South Minneapolis
One day to change the world. Now is the time to do what we've been working for: vote for Barack Obama for president.
Yesterday, a group of Kids for Obama canvassed their neighborhood in South Minneapolis:
Holding handmade signs inscribed with things such as purple scribbles, “dinosaurs for Obama,” and “vote for these tiny futures” a group of seriously vociferous elementary-school-aged kids marched down 38th Street in South Minneapolis.
This election is so important, and we all have to do our part.
Go to VoteforChange.com right now and find your polling location.
If you have an hour, or three, or an entire day to help, please volunteer at your local Action Center or making phone calls -- after voting, of course.
Everything comes down to today -- we can't let up now. Sign up to volunteer.
Tonight, as today's tallies are being calculated and tomorrow's walk packets are being assembled, volunteers are out walking in strong Democratic neighborhoods leaving voting information on doorsteps and car windows.
It's called Midnight Madness, and it's an important part of our strategy to win tomorrow.
Check out some of the pictures from the Midnight Madness rally with Al Franken in St. Paul:
Across Minnesota today, hundreds of thousands of calls were made and even more doors were knocked, because tens of thousands of everyday Minnesotans volunteered and shared crucial voting infromation with Obama supporters in their community.
Tomorrow, we'll vote. But that's not going to be enough. We're going to need your help to get others to the polls.
No matter where you live, you can make phone calls, knock on doors, talk to your family & friends, and take the day off so you can volunteer. We need to be at full speed as we head through the finish line.
Let's make history tomorrow.
Volunteers at the "Get Out the Vote" Action Center in Hopkins made a short video to encourage local supporters to come on in and volunteer.
If you're watching any of the down-ticket races in Minnesota, an amazing thing is happening. Some areas, like Hopkins, that started off a deep red, have steadily gone in the last few months from red to pink to purple, and in the last few days, are even starting to look a little blue.
Check out their video, and help out for a few hours tonight or tomorrow to get Barack and the other DFL candidates elected tomorrow!
So... have you made plans for tonight yet?
There's still time help us Get Out The Vote and we still need volunteers going door to door in their neighborhoods to let Obama supporters know where to vote. Go to your local Action Center for a few hours after work today or make phone calls from home.
You can help transform the political landscape here in Minnesota.
Get out the vote.
Questions? Check out the Minnesota Voter Rights page at http://MN.BarackObama.com/KnowYourRightsMN.
Everything that we've worked for comes down to tomorrow. What are you doing?Take the day off for Barack.Ask your boss. Ask your professor. Take some advice from Matthew Broderick and take the day off...
Yolanda in St. Cloud sent this message to her friends on the St. Cloud my.barackobama group:
OK Friends! This is it! Here's what you can do to take us strong to the finish line for Barack. Today, Monday, November 3 you can talk to and remind everyone you know to VOTE. Make sure they know where their polling place is and have a ride to get there. You can also go to your local Dem office and offer to volunteer (phone banking or door knocking!). Here's how to find your polling place: http://www.voteforchange.com/ This is it! This is the moment we've been waiting for more than 18 months. Don't get weary on us now! Your hard work makes a difference. This is OUR DEMOCRACY and OUR WORK to do. PLEASE DO YOUR PART! Let's make history.
OK Friends!
This is it! Here's what you can do to take us strong to the finish line for Barack.
Today, Monday, November 3 you can talk to and remind everyone you know to VOTE. Make sure they know where their polling place is and have a ride to get there. You can also go to your local Dem office and offer to volunteer (phone banking or door knocking!).
Here's how to find your polling place: http://www.voteforchange.com/
This is it! This is the moment we've been waiting for more than 18 months. Don't get weary on us now!
Your hard work makes a difference. This is OUR DEMOCRACY and OUR WORK to do.
PLEASE DO YOUR PART! Let's make history.
Sign up for a volunteer shift to help us Get Out The Vote today and tomorrow.
Tomorrow, we have an opportunity to make history.
Tomorrow, we have a chance to take back our country and move it towards a better day.
Tomorrow, we can choose hope over fear, and, together, change thiscountry and the world.
None of that can happen if we don't secure Minnesota's 10 electoral votes for Barack.
From day one, we've said that Minnesota is a "must-win" state, and it's up to us to make sure its squarely in Barack's column tomorrow night when the polls close.
There are over one hundred "Get Out the Vote" Action Centers in every corner of the state--places where folks can go today and tomorrow to help us reach out to every single Obama supporter in the state to make sure they know where and how to vote.
Nothing's set in stone, and everything we've worked for up to now comes down to whether we can get all of our supporters to the polls tomorrow. Will you help make sure Barack wins Minneosta, and this general election?
This is an "all hands on deck" moment for America, and, to win, we need everyone to get involved.
Igor, who lives in Rochester, is the world's largest Obama supporter. Check out this video and sign up to help.
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We still have thousands of volunteer shifts to finish across Minnesota Find out how you can help the campaign and make history today.
The front pages of the Pioneer Press and the St. Cloud Times say it all--who wins and who loses tomorrow is up to you.
The weekend has ended, but our Get Out The Vote effort is not stopping. Today is the last day before the polls open.
We cannot let up now.
If you have to work today, make some phone calls during lunch and when you get home tonight. If you can take the day off, go to your "Get Out the Vote" Action Center and sign up for a GOTV shift.
We also need people working all day Tuesday to help drive voters to the polls, make phone calls to tell people where to vote, and to remind everyone to get to the polls and cast their ballot. Whoever gets the most people to show up at the polls tomorrow will be the next president. Let's make sure it's Barack.
From the AP:
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - One day before Election Day, political candidates in Minnesota are focusing on getting their supporters to turn out to vote. Campaign volunteers had a busy weekend of doorknocking and dropping off campaign brochures in hopes of reaching just a few more voters. At John McCain's Minnesota headquarters, volunteers have been calling supporters to remind them to vote on Tuesday. The campaign has been contacting voters across the state but is putting some extra effort into the Twin Cities area and Rochester. Officials for Barack Obama's Minnesota campaign say their get-out-the-vote efforts are twice the size of the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004. The campaign is contacting 600,000 core Democratic supporters as well as about 500,000 new or sporadic voters.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - One day before Election Day, political candidates in Minnesota are focusing on getting their supporters to turn out to vote.
Campaign volunteers had a busy weekend of doorknocking and dropping off campaign brochures in hopes of reaching just a few more voters.
At John McCain's Minnesota headquarters, volunteers have been calling supporters to remind them to vote on Tuesday. The campaign has been contacting voters across the state but is putting some extra effort into the Twin Cities area and Rochester.
Officials for Barack Obama's Minnesota campaign say their get-out-the-vote efforts are twice the size of the Kerry-Edwards campaign in 2004. The campaign is contacting 600,000 core Democratic supporters as well as about 500,000 new or sporadic voters.
For everyone who has already been a part of the unprecedented effort in this weekend, either on the ground or by making calls from home, get some rest. We still have a lot of work to do.
Polls close tomorrow....
Today marked the second day of our four-day "Get Out the Vote" drive -- the final, all-out effort to get as many voters to the polls as possible. Volunteers are still dialing away in Action Centers across the state, and canvassers are still out walking in their neighborhoods to make sure every Obama supporter knows where to vote.
After 22 months, it comes down to this -- ordinary people versus attack ads and robocalls, change versus the status quo, hope versus fear.
Can you help us Get Out the Vote?
There are only 2 days left to Get Out The Vote – be part of our movement now.
Winning on Tuesday is going to take all kinds of people, not just coming to rallies but going to the polls. Poeple are so fed up with the way things are, but there is something you can do.
Across Minnesota, folks like Joe are volunteering to help "get out the vote" and ensure that Barack is elected on Tuesday.
As a father, Joe understands the choice Americans have in this election, a choice that's going to decide the kind of America his son, Emerson, grows up in.
The choice in this election is clear, and on everything from health care, to education, to the war in Iraq, John McCain is offering another eight years of the same failed policies of the last eight.
Who wins and who loses on Tuesday will decide the future for kids like Emerson across the country. Joe's doing his part to make sure the right candidates win... are you?
There are plenty of ways to get involved with the campaign and make a difference on November 4. Stay-at-home parents can use the Neighbor to Neighbor tool to make calls from home.
Jump in with both feet.
We still have thousands of volunteer shifts to fill across Minnesota, from knocking doors to making phone calls, organizing lit drops and processing data. No matter where you live, if you can commit to one or more shift between now and the close of polls on the Election Day, sign up now. Just enter your zip code and we'll show you when and where you're needed most.
Tomorrow we start again.
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar sent this email to Minnesotans late last night...
Friend-- Opportunities to bring real change don't come around too often. But we have one right now -- only for the next 3 days. During these next 72 hours, we have a small window to volunteer our time to help get out the vote for Barack and DFLers up and down the ticket. That window is closing as I write this, and the consequences of sitting back now and relaxing are unacceptable. Minnesota families can't afford to let John McCain use the Bush economic playbook for another four years. I was recently in the Minneapolis Campaign for Change office, helping to make sure Minnesotans get to the polls. And while I was there, I recorded a special message for you. Watch the video and sign up to fill a volunteer shift anytime from now until Election Day. Since the beginning of this campaign, Barack has put his faith in the American people. He was convinced that "ordinary people working together could do extraordinary things," and he was right. In order to win, we have to have the best get out the vote operation in Minnesota history. Our goal is to fill at least 30,000 volunteer shifts by Election Day, November 4th. That's a lot, but we have to get there -- we've got to win Minnesota for Barack. Change begins right here, from the ground up, with you. Please watch the video, and then sign up to help get out the vote: http://mn.barackobama.com/gotvforchangeMN We've accomplished too much not to see this thing through to the end. Thanks for everything you've done, Amy Klobuchar United States Senator
Friend--
Opportunities to bring real change don't come around too often.
But we have one right now -- only for the next 3 days.
During these next 72 hours, we have a small window to volunteer our time to help get out the vote for Barack and DFLers up and down the ticket.
That window is closing as I write this, and the consequences of sitting back now and relaxing are unacceptable. Minnesota families can't afford to let John McCain use the Bush economic playbook for another four years.
I was recently in the Minneapolis Campaign for Change office, helping to make sure Minnesotans get to the polls. And while I was there, I recorded a special message for you.
Watch the video and sign up to fill a volunteer shift anytime from now until Election Day.
Since the beginning of this campaign, Barack has put his faith in the American people. He was convinced that "ordinary people working together could do extraordinary things," and he was right.
In order to win, we have to have the best get out the vote operation in Minnesota history. Our goal is to fill at least 30,000 volunteer shifts by Election Day, November 4th.
That's a lot, but we have to get there -- we've got to win Minnesota for Barack.
Change begins right here, from the ground up, with you. Please watch the video, and then sign up to help get out the vote:
http://mn.barackobama.com/gotvforchangeMN
We've accomplished too much not to see this thing through to the end.
Thanks for everything you've done,
Amy Klobuchar United States Senator
Get Out The Vote starts today and campaign for change staff and volunteers are on the ground working hard. Our offices are ready for volunteers, the phonebanks are set up and the doors are ready to be knocked.
What are you doing today? Share your plans with us, but most importantly, if you don't have plans - make them. The next 72 hours are crucial and we need every person working and organizing
That's how this election is going to be won.
Brick by brick.
Block by block.
Let's show everyone what the power of a grassroots movement can do.
