[Davis Democrats] Everything You Need to Know from Yolo United (10/15 issue), 20 Days to Go! Don’t Wait to Make a Difference – Volunteer!

[Yolo United]

Everything You Need to Know from Yolo United (10/15 issue)
20 Days to Go! Don’t Wait to Make a Difference – Volunteer!

www.yolounited.com

Headquarters contact info:
Davis – 1801 Hanover Dr. (behind Save Mart),  530-231-5746
Woodland – 444 Main St., 530-661-0118

The events covered in this newsletter are:

•    Urgent Need for Precinct Walkers
•    New Event – Rally & Woodland Walking, This Sat., 10/18
•    New Event – Walk Olive Drive, This Sat., 10/18
•    Voter Reg Deadline is Monday – 10/20
•    Help Register Voters at UCD – 10/20
•    Send Students to Colorado to Swing this State
•    Early Voting at UCD MU – 10/27-10/31
•    No on 8 Phone Banking – Tues. and Sun.
•    No on 4 Phone Banking – Thursdays; Special Event 10/23
•    Phone banking to Battleground States on Mon., Wed., Sat. – NEW TIME
•    Nevada Weekends – Swing State Push
•    Absentee Voter Deadlines
•    Woodland Campaign Activities
•    Woodland HQ Has Obama Signs
•    Debate Parties in Davis and Woodland – 10/15 – TONIGHT!!
•    Davis Democratic Club Potluck & Speaker – 10/16
•    Davis Musicians for Peace Concert – 10/19
•    Davis Democratic Club Membership Drive

THE URGENT COLUMN

URGENT NEED FOR PRECINCT WALKERS
Yolo United is in great need of precinct walkers for West Sacramento, 
Woodland, and even Davis. For this and other great volunteer 
opportunities, please call the Davis headquarters and ask for Louise 
Hendrickson at 530-231-5746.

NEW EVENT JUST ADDED – WALK WOODLAND PRECINCTS THIS SATURDAY
On Saturday, October 18th, at 10 a.m. there will be a quick rally at the 
Woodland headquarters before walking precincts.

9:30         Bagels & Coffee supplied by Yolo United
10:00         Rally with special guest Lois Wolk and Mariko Yamada
10:30         Walk training and precinct assignments
11 – 2        Walk precincts
2 pm         Back to the headquarters for late lunch

NEW EVENT JUST ADDED – WALK OLIVE DRIVE AND APARTMENTS THIS WEEKEND TO 
REGISTER VOTER AND DISTRIBUTE DOORHANGERS
There are ten out of 105 precincts in Davis that have not been walked. 
These all have high percentages of apartments and many infrequent or 
unregistered voters, our highest priority targets. We want to walk these 
before voter registration ends at 5 p.m. on October 20th. If you have an 
hour and can walk and knock on doors any time during the day before the 
late afternoon on Monday, please come by the Davis headquarters to pick 
up a walking list and materials and get a quick training. It is a 
rewarding experience to help register voters and distribute the slate 
card that encourages voters to support No on 8, No on 4, Yes on W and 
vote on other propositions.

VOTER REG DEADLINE IS MONDAY, 10/20 - CAN YOU HELP TO REGISTER VOTERS?
The deadline to register to vote for the November 4th election is 
Monday, October 20th. We need your help for a major push throughout the 
Yolo County to register as many Democrats as possible between now and 
October 20th. You can register voters at events, in front of stores and 
door to door.

If you can help in this effort, any day between now and the 20th, please 
call the Davis Headquarters at (530) 231-5746 and talk to Brian Micek  
at bmicek at micekpublicaffairs.com or email Bob Schelen slobadbobs at aol.com.


WE NEED YOUR HELP ON CAMPUS! HELP REGISTER STUDENTS – DEADLINE MONDAY
UCD students have been overwhelmed with their voter registration efforts 
on campus. The UCD effort has brought in 2,500 new registrations, but it 
needs more volunteers to register the goal of 5,000 voters. You can help 
change that! Show up at the Students for Obama table at the MU at UC 
Davis between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. this week and grab a clipboard. If you 
need training, we will do training on the spot. For more information, 
please contact Ellie Fox at eljfox at gmail.com.


CAMPAIGN NEWS & ACTIVITIES:


SEND A UC DAVIS STUDENT TO COLORADO FOR ELECTION WEEK!
Yolo United has covered the travel expenses of sending over 80 college 
students to Reno for weekend canvassing trips, and we will continue to 
do so through Election Day. However, the Obama campaign needs our help 
getting UC Davis students to Colorado for a get-out-the-vote push 
starting on the 31st. We plan to send 10 UCD students to Denver for 
election week, and they need your help getting there. If you would be 
willing to purchase a plane ticket or donate frequent flier miles to 
help our students get to Colorado, please email Brian Micek at 
bmicek at micekpublicaffairs.com.


EARLY VOTING AT UCD MU – 10/27- 10/31
Early voting will take place at the UCD MU from October 27th through 
October 31st from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Anyone registered to vote in Yolo 
County may vote there during that time. To check to make sure you are 
registered in Yolo County go to yoloelections.org or outside of Yolo 
County go to canivote.org.


NO ON 8 PHONE BANKING
No on Prop 8 phone banking continues at the Yolo United Davis
Headquarters. Phone banking will be every Tuesday evening from 6 p.m. to 
9 p.m. and Sunday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please bring your 
cell phones. To volunteer, please email Dawn Student at: 
dmmstudent at onramp113.org.

Lawn signs, bumper stickers and window signs are available at the Davis
Farmers’ Market on Saturdays and also on the front porch at 647 Sunset
Ct. (Davis) and at both Yolo United headquarters.


NO ON 4 PHONE BANKING
No on 4 phone banking will take place at the Yolo United Davis HQ 
Thursday nights (starting this week) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

On Thursday, October 23rd, during phone banking, special guest Deborah 
Ortiz, former State Senator and current Planned Parenthood executive, 
will give an update on Prop 4. The phone bank hours will be 5:30 p.m. to 
8 p.m. on this night. For more information, contact Desiree Rojas at 
916-390-0874 or Natalie Wormeli at 530-756-1900.


PHONE BANKING TO BATTLEGROUND STATES AT YU DAVIS HQ – NEW TIME
Phone banking to battleground states continues at the Yolo United Davis 
Headquarters behind Save Mart (1801 Hanover St, Ste. C). Phone banking 
on Mondays and Wednesdays will now start at 4 p.m. because our new 
target, Colorado, is on Mountain time.

Phone banking nights will be held every Monday and Wednesday from 4 p.m. 
to 8 p.m. and every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you can, bring 
your cell phone and/or your laptop. We will be using Skype technology to 
make most of the calls. Scripts and training will be provided. For more 
information, contact Tom Cronin at 530-756-6405 or Martha Beetley at 
530-756-4222.


NEVADA WEEKENDS – THE BIG PUSH IN THIS SWING STATE
All out-of-state travel now needs to go through the Obama website at:

ca.barackobama.com/DrivetoNevada
    
Travel volunteers must sign up by 3:00 p.m. on the Sunday before their 
trips. Travelers will receive phone calls by 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday prior 
to the trip. Travel volunteers will receive a confirmation email of 
their trip details on Thursday with location information.


ABSENTEE VOTER DEADLINES
Requests for vote-by-mail applications are now open.

The absentee or vote-by-mail ballot requests must be RECEIVED by the 
Yolo County Clerk by Tuesday, October 28th.

Although there is no stated deadline for mailing in the absentee or 
vote-by-mail ballot, we recommend that you mail no later than Saturday, 
November 1st, as ballots must be received by the County Clerk no later 
than 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted.

If you have not mailed your absentee or vote-by-mail ballot in by 
Saturday, November 1st, remember, you can take it IN PERSON to ANY 
polling place in Yolo County and turn it in before the polls close on 
Election Day, November 4th.


WOODLAND CAMPAIGN WORK & ACTIVITIES
Precinct walking in Woodland is happening at these times:

•    Sunday afternoons, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.  
•    Saturday mornings, 9 a.m. - Noon
•    Monday and Thursday evenings, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Meet at the Yolo United Woodland HQ at 444 Main Street.

Phone banking to local voters will take place on Wednesday and Thursday 
evenings, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (phone banking will not take place on 
October 15th during the debate-watch gathering in the HQ).

WOODLAND HQ HAS OBAMA SIGNS
The Yolo United Woodland headquarters still has some Obama lawn signs. 
Donations of $6 in cash or checks payable to the “Woodland Democratic 
Club” are accepted.

EVENTS THIS WEEK:


DAVIS DEBATE PARTY AT THE GRAD – WED., 10/15 – TONIGHT!
The Yolo United Davis office will hold a debate-watching party for the 
last presidential debate at The Graduate (805 Russell Blvd., University 
Mall, Davis) Wednesday night, October 15th. There will be a $5 minimum 
charged by The Graduate.  Pay $5 at the door and in exchange, receive a 
$5 voucher for food. The debate starts at 6 p.m., so come a little 
earlier and order your grub.


WOODLAND VP DEBATE PARTY AT YU WOODLAND HQ – WED., 10/15- TONIGHT!
Please join fellow Obama/Biden supporters at the Woodland Yolo United 
Headquarters on Wednesday, October 15th, to watch the last presidential 
debate. The debate will begin at 6 p.m., so plan to arrive any time 
after 5:30 p.m.  
 
Bring your own chair and your own food.  Beverages (soda, beer and wine) 
will be available for a donation of $1 per drink.


DAVIS DEMOCRATIC CLUB POTLUCK & SPEAKER PROGRAM – TH, 10/16
The Davis Democratic Club will hold a potluck dinner and General 
Members’ speaker program on Thursday, October 16, 2008 from 6 p.m. to 
8:30 p.m. in the Blanchard Room at the Davis Public Library on 14th Street.

Dinner will be at 6 p.m. and the talk will begin at 7 p.m. with:

Professor Mark Siegler
Chair Department of Economics, Cal State Sacramento

Dr. Siegler will speak on the financial crises: why is it happening and 
what can or should we do?

There is a $5 suggested donation. This meeting will have a Halloween theme!
Please bring a food item to share with 4 to 6 people. The following is 
the suggested alphabetical breakdown for bringing a food item:

A-G Main Course
H-O Salad
P-Z Dessert

Contact Bob Bockwinkel for details at 219-1896 or email him at
bbockwinkel at golyon.com or email Mike Syvanen at syvanen at ucdavis.edu.  


DAVIS MUSICIANS FOR PEACE TO HOLD FREE CONCERT IN DAVIS’ CENTRAL PARK –  
SUN., 10/19
Davis Musicians for Peace will hold a free concert “Peace and Music in 
the Park” on Sunday, October 19th, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Davis’s 
Central Park. There will be Democratic rally during the concert. 
Featured bands include: No Illusions, Kurt Roggli, Davis Drummers for 
Peace. For more information contact Dennis Doner of Davis Musicians for 
Peace at 530-753-5964 or at ddoner4peace at yahoo.com.


DAVIS DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
The Davis Democratic Club is holding their annual membership drive now. 
With membership, you get a free, custom Obama t-shirt while supplies 
last. Please download the membership form at : 
http://www.yolounited.com/events.

The Davis Democratic Club will be selling Obama merchandise at the Davis 
Musicians for Peace Concert on Sunday, and you can turn in your 
membership form there, or you may bring it in to the Yolo United Davis 
office in the next two weeks. You can also mail your membership to the 
address on the flyer.


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