How will the largest non-partisan voter registration drive in Houston happen?
The first step is to hire a person with experience needed to run an effort campaign of this size; in steps Sean Caddle, Project Director for Houston Votes. Sean has a proven track record of building grassroots momentum while working with organizations such as St. Jude Children’s Research Project, PEW, Voter Project in Colorado, and Coming Together in New Jersey, and is committed to maximizing democratic participation among diverse communities. Sean’s strategy for meeting the voter registration goal is a combination of aggressive canvassing of areas with low voter registration and an army of deputized volunteer voter registrars manning storefront locations and public events. After the October 4, 2010 registration deadline for the November 2, 2010 elections, the Houston Votes team will focus on getting the newly registered voters out to vote. In 2008, Houston Votes had an outstanding 65% of their newly registered voters go to the polls. There are currently 600,000 unregistered eligible v
