The campaign in Pennsylvania is ramping up quickly, and for the next two weeks much of the focus will be on recruiting volunteers, connecting with grassroots groups, and registering new voters to participate.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Obama's organization has begun pushing full-bore in Philadelphia, recruiting volunteers and - most important in Pennsylvania's closed primary system - registering as many Democratic voters as possible before the March 24 deadline. ... Sean Smith, 37, the Connecticut political communications specialist brought in by the Obama campaign to be its Pennsylvania press secretary said that in the last week Obama had opened five campaign offices in Pennsylvania - in Philadelphia, Doylestown, Bethlehem, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh - and that more would follow. Smith said he was among 20 paid campaign staffers in Pennsylvania but "we'll probably get 100 more this weekend, and this might just be the beginning." Over the weekend, Obama campaign staffers trained 2,000 Pennsylvania volunteers to help in telephone fund-raising and voter registration, which Smith said was where the campaign was now focusing its efforts. Because of Pennsylvania's closed primary, only voters who are registered Democrats by the March 24 deadline can vote to nominate Obama, 46, of Chicago, or Clinton, 60, of New York, as the Democratic presidential candidate. Smith said that 47,000 Pennsylvanians had switched parties to register as Democrats and that he believed the "vast majority" of them did so to vote for Obama. "We can win with the people who are Democrats right now, but we just want to get everybody who does want to vote the opportunity to do that," Smith added.
The Pennsylvania primary is still over a month away, but the deadline to register to vote in Pennsylvania is coming up quickly. In order to participate in the primary, voters must be registered as Democrats by March 24th.
If you live in Pennsylvania and you haven't registered to vote yet, if you've moved recently or are unsure about your status, or if you are a registered Republican or Independent and want to vote for Barack you can Register to Vote Now.
Visit PA.BarackObama.com for more Pennsylvania news, and to find out how you can get involved.
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