It’s that time of the cycle folks. We’re down to the last front of the election battle: get out the vote. With less than a week left the DFL, it’s candidates, and PACs like America Votes need all the help they can get in any quantity you can spare it. And with so many crucial races too close to call but so close to victory (like Hatch, Walz and Rowley),
I could (read: try to) write up some eloquent and rousing pronouncement illustrating the importance of our efforts in these final days but I’m sure all of you already comprehend the importance, so I’ll leave you a quote instead: “In the last analysis, politics is not predictions and politics is not observations.
With that, here are what I think the two most important GOTV efforts this cycle, but also feel free to explore the websites of other candidates and organizations.
Are you fed up with the direction of the country? Are you inspired by the fantastic candidates the Minnesota DFL Party has on the ballot this year? Do you want to help change the direction of this country?
Then click here and sign up to help us get out the vote!
We need to make phone calls, knock on doors and organize our neighborhoods. We also need a few good cooks to make sure our volunteers have some home-cooked nourishment to energize them during their volunteer shifts .We need your help to chart a new course for this state and country. Please click here to find out what you can do! SIGN UP NOW
America Votes (read our interview with America Votes Director Josh Syrjamaki and Communications Director Denise Cardinal):
More than any other recent election, 2006 could be the turning point in the progressive community. America Votes is a historic coalition of the largest progressive organizations in Minnesota, working together to register, educate, and mobilize progressive voters.
Sign up below to make phone calls and go door to door in the final four days before the elections . Together, we will get out the progressive vote in Minnesota. Don’t wake up November 8 wishing that you had done more. SIGN UP NOW
Six years and we finally have a chance to take the country back! PLEASE, come be part of the effort, we can’t do it without you.
As a fun little addition to the election day content were prepping, we recently sent out a fun little questionnaire to a few candidates. These are the questions we asked:

Tim Walz was
It’s been no secret that the Senate race has been one-sided for a while now but even so,
I have it from two reliable sources that
It looks as though Mary Kiffmeyer’s Secretary of State website has not properly complied with recent legislation. From today’s DFL Press Release (the full text of which can be found below the fold):
Ellison is the only male candidate running in the State of Minnesota to receive the endorsement of the national political arm of Planned Parenthood.
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