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Obama for America

"Own Your Vote: Bootstrap Organizing in Wisconsin" +
  2:11 web video from June 21, 2012.

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Eric Sundquist, Neighborhood Team Leader - Madtown O's: February of 2008 I was out shoveling snow in front of my house; it was a slushy horrible snow, and this guy comes walking up the street with a clipboard and his coat is kind of open, he's exerting himself, he's happy, and he's canvassing for Barack Obama.  I signed up and have been involved ever since.

TEXT: Own Your Vote: Bootstrap Organizing

John Heflin, Spring Fellow-Milwaukee, WI: I always knew that politics was a thing of mine, but I didn't know what I could do to be involved... 

Own Your Vote really reminds us that it is our vote, that each one of us represents a unique interest and we have an opportunity to influence the outcome of this election by taking ownership of a right that is ours... 

When it's on campus, it's always finding out how we can get students informed, how we can keep talking to them about the issues and then letting them know that now that you know, we need your help to tell more people.  It's an empowerment [inaud.].

Eric Sundquist: This was created with the full intent of being an ongoing effort, one that would be not only in service of the presidential election but in service of all the progressive goals that all the teams have.  That's pretty cool.

John Heflin: I feel like the president's leadership is something that we need right now and that's why I'm here, because I want somebody who has a vision for this country, and if we want to make a difference, if we want to keep things on track, if we want to reform what needs to be reformed, if we want to protect what needs to be protected it needs to be us that's getting out there knocking on doors and telling people this is what matters.

Eric Sundquist: You can actually be a working, thinking, breathing part of the organization...

John Heflin: It needs to start with your neighbors, it needs to start with people that are around you because if it's not starting there how are we going to be able to discuss these issues, how are we going to get things to get going.

Take five minutes to just give it a try and see the difference that you can make.

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