I am learning a lot about the process of campaigning. Last week I went to a rally with former governor Romer, current governor Ritter, Senator Ken Salazar (whom I LOVE) and some other politicos, local and state. It was fun to be involved for a Democrat in a 2-1 Republican county.
I worked numbers for the Fremont County Obama campaign on saturday night (just before hitting Brother's for a few), and then on Sunday I took rare and valuable time away from my pregnant wife to attend a leadership meeting in Pueblo. The meeting wasn't too relevant to my role in the local campaign, but who knows-- I may be a "Poll Monitor" or something on voting day. There are so many roles to fill, and they all are loaded with 13-hr days. As a small county, I think we may be lacking the numbers to fill all the positions. And since I'm taking courses mostly online, I can make myself pretty available. So I'm getting to experience politics like never before. Tonight I'm going to a data entry meeting. I think it may be training for what I was doing on Saturday night, but hopefully it'll be something new.
In Colorado, this is the last week to request mail-in ballots. If you haven't done it yet, please do. It makes the process easier, and who knows what may come up on that day-- car crash, long lines, broken machines, employer gives you a hard time or doesn't let you go (which is super-illegal-- and you really must get that vote in.
Vote early, vote often!
Just kidding. That's a bad joke.
