The drive is one of several planned in the run-up to this year's election. Various organizations plan to launch voter registration campaigns that will exceed $400 million. These campaigns will prove vital to the presidential election and just as important to some key House and Senate races also.
According to In These Times:
"The AFL-CIO will be spending more than $53 million on outreach to union members. Individual unions within the labor federation, along with the seven unions in the Change to Win coalition will be spending another $300 million or so mobilizing their members, as well as on direct contributions to progressive candidates.
MoveOn.org announced it is planning to spend more than $30 million on the presidential race and in key House and Senate races.
The economic justice group ACORN, a nonprofit organization that cannot advocate for candidates, announced it will running a massive voter registration drive aimed at low-income minorities—to the tune of $35 million.
Other groups participating in the press conference included Rock the Vote, Planned Parenthood, and the National Council of La Raza, each indicating that they are involved in mobilizations of their own."
This is what Michael Moore and others have in mind when they offer public support to Obama the Movement and Obama the Candidate.
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