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), an effective GOTV effort might be the deciding factor.

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. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine.” -Paul Wellstone

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.

The DFL GOTV Effort:

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.