Get-Out-the-Vote Effort Targets Nevadas Unmarried Women; Wvwv & Usaef Join Forces to Get-Out-the-Vote of Key, Targeted Voter Bloc

Summary

---

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In the final weeks before Election Day, Women's Voices. Women Vote (WVWV) and its field partner, USAction Education Fund, are waging an intense campaign to increase voter turnout among Clark County, Nevada's 'women on their own'-that is, women who have never married or are divorced, separated or widowed. The effort to mobilize this constituency is unprecedented.

"These women have busy lives and complicated schedules," said WVWV co-director Page Gardner. "We are doing everything we can to take the process to them. We aim to help them take advantage of Nevada's early voting laws so they can fit voting into their hectic schedules. In the 2000 elections, if women on their own had voted at the same rate as voters overall, there would have been over 13,000 more votes cast in Nevada. We want to reach out to those who did not participate and make sure their voices are heard."

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Get-Out-the-Vote Effort Targets Nevadas Unmarried Women; Wvwv & Usaef Join Forces to Get-Out-the-Vote of Key, Targeted Voter Bloc

WVWV and USAEF are using traditional mobilization methods to reach this powerful voting bloc, who historically vote infrequent...

See the full content of this document

---