Operation Voter MADNESS Update

Voter Madness - a mental disorder characterized by abnormalities in political involvement. It manifests in odd requests for voter registration and an urging to participate, pursuant to the creation of true democracy.

We're about 32 hours into the main body of  Operation Voter Madness, a mad, 83-hour voter registration marathon ranging all over the state.  Just a quick selection of recent activities include:

- Harlan/Perry: KFTC Electoral Organizer Ashley Long and her sister-in-law were on the front page of the Harlan Daily Enterprise today, pictured in front of the Save-a-lot in Harlan registering voters and circulating our petition on tax reform.  We also had presentations today at Harland Independent Hightschool and Hazard Community College today.  This weekend, we'll also be conducting lots of petitioning and voter registration at the Swap-n-Meet in Cumberland (Harlan County) and at the Vicco Heritage Days (Perry County).

- Northern Kentucky - We registered voters at NKU this week for two days at the new student center and also at the 9th Districts schools Open House and at  the Carnegie Center in Northern Kentucky.

- Madison County - We'll be canvassing neighborhoods, meeting tomorrow (Saturday) at 10am at the Berea KFTC office and also registering voters and circulating petitions in front of the Berea Save-a-lot from 10am to 6pm.

- Rowan County - Lots of Voter registration work on Morehead's campus today, resulting in 30 new voter registrations.

- Lexington - We're 32 hours into our Operation Voter Madness here with a successful concert at Bluegrass Community Technical College yesterd day, and lots of successful events including getting 150 voter registration cards at UK this weekend, with about a dozen student volunteers canvassing campus and letting people know the deadline is close at-hand.  Tomorrow, we have two big events, including the Funky Farm festival in North Lexington at Douglas Park from 10am to 2pm.

- Louisville - The main body of Louisville's Operation Voter Madness started 11 hours ago at  7am and they're still trucking all over the city focusing on low-income neighborhoods.  Earlier this week, they spent a final two days registering students at UofL's campus.

We'll post more stories, pictures, and even some more video over the next 70 hours as Operation Voter MADNESS continues. 

Come on out and volunteer with us if you have a couple of hours.  It's fun work and we're getting an awful lot done.