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8. Does anyone know if it would be possible (and worthwhile) for

Bernie's campaign to circumvent the DNC's info altogether by building a database of their own, state by state? Even if the DNC would again allow access, I don't really trust them anyway.

Yes, I know that this would be time consuming, but Bernie has no shortage of volunteers who want to help. And that help would include tech savvy millennials. The info can be obtained by Secretary of State voter registration bases in each state, and are usually available to candidates for little or no cost, I think. It would just be a matter of sorting out the info and creating Bernie's own files.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that the DNC's database is registered Dems only. If this is indeed the case, wouldn't it be helpful to also have unenrolled/independent (and/or) green party voters on the lists too? We know for a fact that Bernie is polling very well with independents, so wouldn't it be a good idea to focus GOTV efforts on them as well?

Additionally, the above-mentioned demographic(s) are likely to not be as phone call weary, as registered Dems. Especially in early primary states where they get calls all of the time for polling as well as GOTV efforts from all 3 campaigns.

What do you guys think? Is this too overly ambitious, given the short window of time that we have before Iowa, NH and South Carolina? Do you think it could be done?

Maybe this is a dumb and/or pie-in-the-sky idea, but I'm just kind of brainstorming (fwiw) here...