<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>I sent this out before, but there was a whole lot of other stuff (pages and pages), so some of you might have skipped it. You don't need to table or have a tabling kit to register people. You can get registration forms at the Post Office. Even our frequent tablers have been saying they aren't having much luck registering people. I think the following sample dialogue is very helpful. You can read it in two minutes. WE NEED MORE GREENS! And please read the part about the Contact sheet.</DIV>
<DIV>Caroline :-)<BR></DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top><A href="mailto:gplac-forum-owner@" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:gplac-forum-owner@lists.cagreens.org>>"><BR></A>> > i find if i say, "Let me ask you about your political <BR>> values... Are you<BR>> >for PEACE ?"... The answer is "Yes"<BR>> > "Are you for BETTER WAGES?" The answer is almost<BR>always "Yes"<BR>> > "Are you for EQUAL RIGHTS ?" The answer is <BR>"Yes"<BR>> > "Are you for Protecting the ENVIRONMENT ?" The answer<BR>is "Yes", 95% of<BR>> >the time...<BR>> ><BR>> > "So you are a Green", i say...<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >Some Common (initial) Resistance + Response Examples :<BR>> ><BR>> >A) -<BR>> >Voter says, But everyone wants Peace.<BR>> ><BR>> >Tabler
says, Where there's the WILL for Peace, there WILL be<BR>Peace... and<BR>> >give examples such as Joschke Fischer, Green Foreign Minister for<BR>Germany,<BR>> >influencing Germany not to join the Iraq War...<BR>> > Make note of the fact that Democrat AND<BR>Republican<BR>> >politicians vote themselves hefty pay raises, while the minimum<BR>> >wage remains a<BR>> >POVERTY wage... (Now is a great time to emphasize Green economic <BR>> policies)...<BR>> > You might then mention, Republicans AND <BR>> Democrats are in<BR>> >the back pockets of the big wealthy corporations, while the average<BR>voter's<BR>> >policy preferences and needs,
are bypassed and ignored...<BR>> >So registering Green is another way to try and make the <BR>> politicians work for<BR>> >us...<BR>> > i might say, "What if a Million<BR>Californians <BR>> registered<BR>> >Green...? Don't you think there'd be a political shake-up,<BR>or at <BR>> least some<BR>> >movement, for the good ?"<BR>> > Who knows where Critical Mass is for Real Change<BR>!?<BR>> ><BR>> >B) -<BR>> >Voter says, But i want to be able to vote in the Democratic <BR>Primaries.<BR>> ><BR>> >Tabler says, There is no Primary for over a year, between now and <BR>> then, over<BR>> >365 days, you
can send a strong message for PEACE NOW (or whatever <BR>Green<BR>> >issue you want to emphasize, like EQUAL RIGHTS, especially if the <BR>> voter is a<BR>> >woman, or from a minority community)...<BR>> > So NOW we can vote, for __________ (insert Green<BR>> >Issue/Value), along with hundreds of thousands of other voters, all<BR>> >across this<BR>> >country, millions all around the world -- mention 18 Greens in the<BR>Swedish<BR>> >Parliament, 8 in New Zealand, State Legislators in Arkansas, Maine,<BR>> >and previously<BR>> >in California, plus Green Majorities in Sebastopol, and Arcata, and<BR>> >Mayors in<BR>> >Richmond, Fairfax, Moraga, Marina, etc etc, and almost in San<BR>Francisco, and<BR>> >so on and so forth...<BR>>
><BR>> >The Tabler can say, "So you (to the voter) can use your<BR>registration as a<BR>> >voice NOW, and you can use it strategically again, *ANYTIME* you<BR>want"...<BR>> > "That is, you can change your registration<BR>to<BR>> > Green NOW,<BR>> >then look at the candidates before the next Primary, Feb 2010, and<BR>decide<BR>> >then how you want to vote in that election"...<BR>> > Meanwhile you're sending a message for<BR>something you<BR>> >want your GOVT to do NOW about ___________________. (Insert Green<BR>Value,<BR>> >policy, issue, etc)<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > Over the course
of about 30 hours, from 1/4/9 to 1/9/9, in<BR>Sacramento<BR>> >despite the cold, at McKinley Park and a little at the nearby<BR>> >Safeway, also at<BR>> >the Long's across from BelAir Market on W. El Camino, across the<BR>American<BR>> >river on the north, Natomas side of town, and also at the Coop off<BR>> >Alhambra and<BR>> >S st and 29th, (Basically the pitch works at roughly the same rate,<BR>> >50% - 70%<BR>> >Green, +/-, all over the state)...<BR>> > At those locations in Sac, i registered 27 voters...:<BR>> ><BR>> >Total 27 Registrations<BR>> ><BR>> >19 Green (70.4%)<BR>> > 5 Democrats (18.1%)<BR>> > 2 Libertarians ( 7.4%)<BR>> > 1 Republican (3.7%)<BR>> ><BR>> >(NOTE - i always try to go over the whole registration form with
the<BR>voter,<BR>> >helping them skip the parts they need not fill out - it only takes a<BR>couple<BR>> >minutes i point out, explaining where they must put something, such<BR>> >as CDL, if<BR>> >they have one... And then i can go over the choices section on the<BR>> >Registration Form WITH the voter -- i try to do this AFTER<BR>they've<BR>> >marked how they<BR>> >are currently registered so i can get a clue to where they're<BR>> >coming from...<BR>> > Look at a registration form now if you have one --<BR>> > because the<BR>> >"previous registration" section is below the "party<BR>choices" section on the<BR>> >form, i say, when we get to the choices section, i say let's skip <BR>> the choices<BR>> >now and come back to it at the end, and then i can explain
what<BR>American<BR>> >Independent, and what Libertarian stands for, or what the Peace and<BR>Freedom<BR>> >Party's history is, and go on from there, emphasizing and often<BR>> >giving examples,<BR>> >how IMO the Greens have the best choice of Values...<BR>> > - AND i remind the voter that HERE they are NOT voting<BR>for a<BR>> >person, not this time, but instead they are VOTING for a set of<BR>*VALUES*,<BR>> >values that they agree with, values that they want to see<BR>> >implemented. And i have<BR>> >little difficulty demonstrating, giving examples, how the Democrats<BR>and the<BR>> >Republicans consistently betray those values.<BR>> > For instance, when the voter marks what they WERE,
in<BR>the<BR>> >"Previous Registration" section, you can ask, "Are you<BR>SATISFIED<BR>> >with the job the<BR>> >Democrats and the Repulicans are doing ? A vast majority of the time<BR>the<BR>> >voter will say "No !" And then you essentially have an<BR>> >open invitation to go<BR>> >over the other options, focusing where possible, on the Greens.)<BR>> ><BR>> >(Note #2 - a certain percentage of the Greens you register will be<BR>> >interested in further contact with local GP members and so be sure<BR>> >to have a "CONTACT<BR>> >SHEET" with space for Name, City, and Email, and/or phone, if<BR>desired.<BR><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>