~ A message from DFNYC's David Kogelman

This year, Voter Protection on Election Day and the days leading up to it are more important than ever, both nationally and in New York State, where we are about to retake the State Senate. The Republican voter disenfranchisement effort is stronger and more deceptive than ever, from viral videos that state that you can be kept from voting for wearing an Obama button (just take it off if someone objects), to letters warning college students that their parents can lose the tax exemptions for them if the student registers to vote where they go to college.

We can be sure that on Election Day they will pull out all the stops to keep Democrats from voting. That's why its so important that every lawyer serve in the Voter Protection effort on Election Day. So, if you want to be on the front lines of winning this election in the polling place (you can serve as an inside poll watcher Only for a political party, not with a not-for-profit), please volunteer in New York State at www.nydlc.org, and for other states at www.mybarackobama.com/counselforchange.

We can return New York State to its position as the Empire State setting the example for the rest of the country, and can elect Barack Obama as President and usher in a new progressive era, showing the door to the neocons who have so damaged our nation, but it is up to every one of us to do our share.

This is not an election when any of us can sit on the sidelines or be complacent. Your future, and that of your children and country, depend on it.

Please, Volunteer Now!

David Kogelman