Your clarifying to her the importance of '06 congressional elections (whether Congress only investigates or impeaches aside) is crucial.  You might want to contact ACORN to let them know that they need to inform their volunteers more fully--see   http://www.acorn.org/ for contact details).

If you know someone who is not registered, send them these llinks:  http://www.rockthevote.org/
http://www.fec.gov/... or become a voter registration volunteer yourself.

If you kno Americans living outside the US, urge them to go to www.VoteFromAbroad.org  See related diary at http://www.dailykos.com/...

And for a calendar of elections, go to http://www.politics1.com/...  They've got it all--primaries, general, deadlines to become a candidate.