I showed up at noon today at Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem, and joined several hundred Obama supporters for the kick-off of the national voter registration drive. As we entered the sanctuary, everyone was given a clipboard with 30 blank voter registration cards. We heard inspiring remarks from the church pastor (a nephew of Paul Robeson) and several local Democratic pols. Followed by a short training session in how to help folks fill out the cards. From there people went directly out onto the streets, to their own neighborhoods, and spent the afternoon engaging the public.
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