In the boxing ring, there are two opponents, one called the Democrat, and the other, the Republican. They've been in this fight for a long time, and right now, the Democrat's bloodied as he slowly sways around, trying to get his bearings. He's suffered a few cuts and bruises, and the Republican is standing tall, hearing the roar of the teabagger crowd. He's turning around, his back to the Democrat, baring his teeth in a victorious grin at the crowd, thinking victory is all but assured as he slowly turns back to the swaying Democrat.
THEN THE DEMOCRAT DELIVERS THE KNOCK-OUT PUNCH!
The crowd is stunned into silence. How did this happen? They wonder, as the referee counts down, finally raising the Democrat's arm in victory. A reporter sticks his mike into the Democrat's broken face, asking him the same question that's on everyone's minds, and the answer comes:
I VOTED EARLY!
And that's the kind of knock-out punch that we can deliver to the GOP, if we vote early right now, and bankroll needed votes in tough races.
Now, how do we vote early? Here are the steps that we can take RIGHT NOW to deliver a knock-out punch to the Republican party and their crazed teabagger base in these states below:
STATES THAT HAVE EARLY VOTING
- Illinois. Check out these early voting locations so you can cast a vote for Alexi Giannoulias in the Senate race and other Democrats down the ticket as well.
- Arizona. Here's the information you need to vote early to help save one of the best progressives in the House, Raul Grijalva!
- Nevada. There's a handy website where you can find these early polling locations to cast a vote for Senator Reid over the uber-crazy (out-to-lunch) Angle.
- Colorado. Senator Michael Bennett has the information that you can find to cast an early vote for him over his megabucks crazy opponent.
- Florida. Use this official elections site by the State of Florida to cast out Crist the devil and Scott the crazy in favor of Kendrick Meeks and Alex Sink!
- North Carolina. Want to elect a great, wonderful progressive to the Senate called Elaine Marshall? Then do so by clicking right here.
- Wisconsin. It's all hands on deck to save Senator Feingold's seat, and you can do so by voting early to bank in as many votes we can in his favor before the November 2nd election!
- California. You can vote by mail for Senator Boxer and all those great California Democrats!
You also can use this handy map provided by CNN to figure out if your state is doing early voting, and check your state's election website to see if you're registered and where you can vote early. Here's why early voting matters--it helps erase the enthusiasm gap, and allows Democrats to build more on their ground game operation for November 2nd.
With that said--let's deliver a knock-out punch to the GOP that they'll feel on November 3rd, the day after the election, by starting the footwork right now!