Midday update from Durham/UNH NHDP HQ:We've got so many vols here that parking is getting to be an issue. The office is in a small plaza with a grocery store, Rite Aid, two banks and a few other small businesses. Since we are adjacent to the university, the businesses usually get an "after work rush,' starting around 3:30pm. Too many vols isn't much to complain about at all, so a bunch of us who work at UNH moved our cars onto campus lots to keep the community happy.
My job so far has been to give out canvasser packets as vols come in, and pass the people down the line to get instructions and materials to hit the road. The message is just this: VOTE. They are only hitting known supporters and keeping it short & sweet. A few neighbors close to campus have been complaining about too much attention, so now I'm sending vols further afield.
In a slow moment earlier, I did data entry as well. The fancy system of entering voter IDs by cell phone seemed to be overwhelmed by 11am, so we had to enter the ID of folks who've
already voted directly by hand. Not difficult at all, and I nice diversion.
As I said, the place is crowded, and while there is enthusiasm and good energy, it's calm.
Confident. Even the two women in charge aren't frazzled or exhausted-looking. The food here is great. I bought some of my less-attractive Obama cupcakes (photo to come), and there is a huge table of donated goodies, lots of healthy choices, and around noon a yummy shipment of pasta alfredo arrived, in individual containers. Rumor has it that it was supplied by the campaign. Thanks, donors!At 2pm our gears will shift here, and new canvass packets will be printed off & readied for going out. Those who have voted already will be purged, just to keep on the GOTV theme.
