Voter Empowerment
Get Out The Vote! Phone Banks!
The Northern Kentucky chapter of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth will be doing get out the vote phone banks from the back room at Alladin's Hookah Bar and Restaurant. It is an 18 and up establishment, and we will be able to close the doors to separate us from the smoke. We will be trying to call the 1000 contacts we have in Northern Kentucky.
Newport Candidate Forum
This past Thursday members of the Northern Kentucky chapter of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth teamed up with allies from the Newport Citizens Advisory Council and the Brighton Center to help pull off an impressive candidate forum featuring the candidates for Newport
“Let's get ready to rumble!!!” - Voter Madness
(Below is an account from last week's incredible 48-hour-straight voter registration marathon in Louisville)
Most people in Kentucky know what Madness is all about. You hear people talking about it in bars, on the streets, at the grocery store, even in church. Fans are out in hordes – crazy outfits, team tees, homemade signs, cheering, dancing, shouting – going crazy. Lots of high-power individuals coming together as a team. High stakes, high scores, every second counts. The air crackles with energy and excitement.
Members of KFTC and Kentucky Jobs with Justice definitely know what VOTER Madness is all about. Starting Friday, October 5th, our voter registration teams dominated the Louisville “courts” for 48 straight hours and the crowds went wild. From St. James Court to St. Stephen's Church, from Fourth Street Live to McD's at five, our team of 20 members, organizers and volunteers brought their A-game. The result? Democracy scored big. According to WLKY News, “The number of registered voters in Jefferson County has hit a record level of more than 500,000.”
Check out the replay reel:
www.KentuckyElection.org is Live!
KFTC's Election website at www.KentuckyElection.org is updated with new information about candidate stances, voting locations, key links, and other information to help you cast an informed vote in the election on Tuesday, November 6.
Please share this website widely with friends and family members, through email and social media, to spread the word.
P.S. Look for a print edition of our Voter Guide in your mail soon.
KFTC registers 4,814 voters!
With voter registration drives in our 13 chapters across the state, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth has worked hard leading up to the Oct 9th voter registration deadline. We’ve held voter registration events in chapters across the state – from our very newest chapter in Danville registering 68 voters over a 3-day period – to the Jefferson chapter that brought in close to 1,400.
We tabled at dozens of community festivals and events in eastern and northern Kentucky, ran many door-to-door canvases in low-income communities, held a few heavy-hitting campus registration drives at EKU, WKU, UofL and UK, and in general did a great job of getting out and reaching people in communities that need to be heard louder in our democracy. Leading up to the deadline, we even held 36- and 48-hour-straight voter registration marathons in Lexington and Louisville, respectively!
In all, hundreds of volunteers managed to register 4,814 voters total – and also spread a lot of key information to get other ready and motivated to vote.
But our work doesn’t stop with voter registration...
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