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I need you to drop whatever you’re doing right now (you’re reading my article so technically you’re all mine for the next 60 seconds). We’re going to swing some elections together. In 2008, we elected Obama. We need to Vote Again in 2010 to get his back! We’re going to do it right now. Click on TheBallot.org. 

Find your polling place. 

Find a local progressive voter guide for your town.

Share it with everyone you know. Right now.

This new tool TheBallot.org features more than 350 local progressive and non-partisan voter guides. Our goal is to get tens of thousands of 2008 Obama voters to come out, cast informed votes this Tuesday, and get your friends to do the same. 

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What motivates me is the idea of being the margin of victory in squeaky close elections. We’ve seen it before, plenty of times: 

2000 Florida Presidential Race: 537 votes.

2004 Washington State Governor’s race: 127 Votes.  

2008 Minnesota Senate Race: 312 votes.

As Republican evil genius Karl Rove reminds us, the 2006 mid-term election –the sweeping Democratic victory, which gave Dems control of both Chambers of Congress– was decided by only 10,000 votes in the Senate (in two states) and less than 80,000 votes in the House (spread across 14 districts). Several House races were decided by less than 1000 votes.

We only need a few more votes to win a lot of these races. There are 30 Million  voters who voted for Obama in 2008 who will vote again 2010 –but only if we remind them to. 

I bet you have at least 20 friends in your phone and Facebook right now who will vote on Tuesday, but only if you remind them. 

Please find a local voter guide, and start Facebooking and Tweeting it like crazy right now: TheBallot.org.