KFTC's Operation VOTER MADNESS, plus Voter Registration Deadline Monday

Monday, October 4th is the deadline to register to vote for the November 2nd, 2010 General Election.  Voter registration cards must be turned into your local County Clerk's office by that day, or postmarked and mailed to either the correct Clerk or the State Board of Elections.

Kentuckians For The Commonwealth is capping off it's year-long voter registration drive with a bang, with simultaneous voter registration events all across the state.  In Lexington, for example, volunteers will be registering voters 24 hours a day for three days straight.

This is a non-partisan voter registration drive.  We are not interested in promoting any particular candidate or party.  We are interested in empowering Kentuckians to vote, especially those in populations that aren't well represented in the political world.  When everyone has an opportunity to register, it makes our democracy stronger.

We hope that our efforts over these four days will both directly register over a thousand voters, and will raise awareness of the approaching voter registration deadline.

Note that 17 year-olds can register to vote as long as they will turn 18 on or before November 2nd. 

To learn how to register to vote and to print off a mail-in version of the Kentucky Voter Registration card, visit Here.  To learn where you're currently registered to vote in Kentucky, call your local county clerk or visit Here.

We're also still looking for more volunteers, so if you're interested, please call our contact person in your area to become a part of all of this! 

Roster of Operation VOTER MADNESS Activities

Lexington

* Thursday, September 30th
6pm-8pm: Singing for Democracy Gospel Fest at Shiloh Baptist Church
8pm-10pm: UK Campus- William T. Young Library
10pm-2am: Campus bars (We’ll meet at Two Keys, and then head to the  Tin Roof, the Paddock,  and other places on the South Limestone strip)

* Friday, October 1st

2am-6am: Tolly Ho’s
6am-10am: Transit Center
10am-2pm: UK Campus
2pm-6pm: Hope Center
6-10pm: Kentucky Theatre
10pm-2am: Cosmic Charlie’s

* Saturday, October 2nd
2am-6am: Tolly Ho’s
6am-10am: Transit Center
10am-2pm: Farmer’s Market
2pm-6pm: Door-to-Door in the Ohio Walnut Precinct
6pm-10pm: Kentucky Theatre 
10pm-2am: Downtown Bars (Will meet outside of the Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice office and travel all over downtown)

*Sunday, October 3rd
2am-6am: Tolly Ho’s
6am-10am: Transit Center
10am-2pm: North Lexington Churches
2pm-6pm: Door-to-door

Lexington Contacts
- Brittany Hunsaker, [email protected], 859-333-0372
- Ondine Quinn, [email protected], 859-368-4438

Louisville

*Thursday, September 30th
ALL DAY registration on buses
Early day--Assisted Living Center(s)
3-6pm Shawnee Library

*Friday, October 1st
ALL DAY registration on buses
Grocery store outreach (this is available at other times, too!)

*Saturday, October 2nd
12pm Immigration Rally-(registrations and Power to the People promotion)
Throughout the day St. James Art Fair.

*Sunday, October 3rd
Power To The People Jazz & Spoken Word Fest For Voter Madness
Noon to 7 p.m.
Baxter Square Park, 12th and Jefferson Streets

Louisville Contacts
- Tiffany Gonzales, [email protected], 832-496-8433
- Whit Forrester, [email protected], 502-592-7160

Harlan County

-October 1-2: Tabling at Swappin' Meetin' Festival in Cumberland, KY
-Class presentations at the two Harlan Co. KCTCS campuses

Harlan County Contacts
- Elizabeth Sanders, [email protected], 606-633-5796
- Colleen Unroe, [email protected], 606-233-2767

Northern Kentucky

- NKY Loves Mountains from 4pm to 2am.Friday- Saturday (Concert to raise awareness about the issues KFTC works on, as well as about the upcoming election. Will have voter registration signs and cards at events, as well as petitions surrounding our issues)
- Pepper Pod from 2am to 6am Saturday (24 hour Greasy Spoon on Monmouth in Newport, KY)
- Anchor Bar and Grill from 6am to 10am Saturday (24 hour Greasy Spoon on Pike in Covington, Kentucky)
- Covington public library from 10 am to 1 pm Saturday (we will be registering voters in the lobby of the Covington branch of the Kenton County Public Library from 10 am to 1 pm)
- Wee Fairy Festival from 12 pm to 7pm Saturday (we will be registering voters and circulating petitions at the Wee Fairy Festival, a festival celebrating mythical creatures located in Covington...)
- Mainstrausse (it's like NKY's Bardstown Road) from 7 pm to 2 am Saturday-Sunday (registering voters from bar to bar and street to street in downtown Covington)
- NKY Pride from 1pm - 2:30am Sunday-Monday. A festival in downtown Covington

promoting pride in the LGBT community and talking about LGBT issues in NKY)

Northern Kentucky Contact
- Joe Gallenstein, [email protected], 859-380-6103

Madison County

Tabling on Friday and Saturday at locations in Berea and Richmond.

Madison County Contacts
- Carissa Lenfert, [email protected], 859-893-1147
- Greg Capillo, [email protected], 859-327-7348

Scott County

*Friday, October 1st
- Festival of The Horse - Day 1 - from 1pm to 3pm - canvassing the crowds with clipboards and signs on Main Street.

*Saturday, October 2nd
- NAACP/KFTC Voter Mobilization Day -  starting at 8:30am at the Meetinghouse, a house owned by Georgetown College on College Street just across from the Cralle Student Center.  We'll have donuts, coffee, juice, etc. and get ready to make voter mobilization phone calls from 9am to about 11am.  At 11am we'll head up to Main Street and call out for voter registration.  There are televised speeches from the DC rally starts around noon.  By 1pm we will be back at the Meetinghouse to watch some of them.  People are encouraged to come for some or all of the event.

Scott County Contacts
- Dave Newton, [email protected], 859-420-8919
- Rev. Joseph Jackson, [email protected], 414-236-1440

Bowling Green

* Wednesday, September 29th
7pm-midnight - WKU Campus DUC Southlawn
Shanty Town event

* Thursday, September, 30th
7pm-9pm Greener Groundz
10pm-12 midnight - Thirsty Thursday WKU Campus and Bowling Green area

* Friday October 1st
11am-2pm  Lunch shift WKU Campus DUC and Garrett

* Saturday October 2
11am-2pm Ellis Park Tri-State Aids Walk

4-7pm Stary Nights Music Festival

* Sunday, October 3rd
Sunday Service, Unitarian Universalist Church

* Monday, October 4th
6-9am Revolution WKU Radio Station

Bowling Green Contact
- Patty Tarquino, [email protected], 606-335-0806

Floyd County

Various events over the course of several days.

Floyd County Contact
- Waylon Nelson, [email protected], 606-253-0089
- Brittany Combs, [email protected], 606-422-0100

Letcher County

Various events over the course of several days.

Letcher County Contact
- Angela Armstrong, [email protected], 606-309-7743

- Willa Johnson, [email protected], (606) 632-0051