Continental Club
It Is Important to Vote! Tuesday, Feb. 14
RECEIVED Wed., Feb. 8, 2006
Dear Editor,
The run-off for the special election is Tuesday, Feb. 14 – early voting continues through this Friday.
No one knows the dangers of run-offs better than I. A double-digit lead means nothing if your voters are not as determined to follow through as your opponent's. We have a chance to undo Tom DeLay's brutal redistricting of Travis County and put a highly qualified Democrat, Donna Howard, in the Legislature. But, that will only happen if we do everything that needs to be done!
If you live in District 48, and haven't yet voted, do it today! If you haven't voted early, move heaven and earth to get to the polls on Tuesday. (A woman came straight from the emergency room to Casis to vote for me at 6:45 on June 11 – I am forever touched and impressed by her determination.)
If you don't live in the district but have friends that do, make sure that they vote. Call them all, accept no excuses, accompany them to an early-voting location.
Volunteer a couple of hours to call voters or block walk. Just do it! Don't let's snatch defeat from the jaws of victory - every vote counts (surely we have learned that lesson well enough in recent years).
The run-off for the special election is Tuesday, Feb. 14 – early voting continues through this Friday.
No one knows the dangers of run-offs better than I. A double-digit lead means nothing if your voters are not as determined to follow through as your opponent's. We have a chance to undo Tom DeLay's brutal redistricting of Travis County and put a highly qualified Democrat, Donna Howard, in the Legislature. But, that will only happen if we do everything that needs to be done!
If you live in District 48, and haven't yet voted, do it today! If you haven't voted early, move heaven and earth to get to the polls on Tuesday. (A woman came straight from the emergency room to Casis to vote for me at 6:45 on June 11 – I am forever touched and impressed by her determination.)
If you don't live in the district but have friends that do, make sure that they vote. Call them all, accept no excuses, accompany them to an early-voting location.
Volunteer a couple of hours to call voters or block walk. Just do it! Don't let's snatch defeat from the jaws of victory - every vote counts (surely we have learned that lesson well enough in recent years).
Margot Clarke
