Art of Politics

Want to be famous? There's a competition going on right now that's co-hosted by my friends back west at the Oregon Bus Project, called the Art of Politics. Now, they did this back in 2004, and came up with a great poster for that electoral season:

So read some more about it here, and submit your own shot at a poster. Because, hey, we're smart, funny, and creative, right?

Election Day Registration rocks my world.

So I've been talking about my summer as a PolitiCorps fellow to basically anyone who asks, but a large achievement of ours was registering 1,500 people to vote.  We got to meet with the State Secretary of Minnesota which has election day registration (EDR) and hearing his stories made me swoon.  The idea that people could register to vote and cast their vote on the same day is an activists dreamland.  

We can make that happen in Massachusetts.  EDR is in committee right now, and it needs to be pulled out and passed.  To quote Blue Mass Group: "It's easy, however, to do something about it. You can write to your Rep via Act for Change, or you can click here and find your Rep's or Senator's info."

Let's make this happen here.  Sign the petition with a friend.  Turn to each other and say "Democracy thanks you."  Because, believe me, it does.