Union drive enlists foot soldiers

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.ocregister.com/news/county-labor-orange-1995409-voter-project

Employees go door to door to get the county's working class on the voter rolls.
By NORBERTO SANTANA JR.
The Orange County Register

WESTMINSTER – It's getting late, and Osman Amador is gearing up to hit the streets.

But instead of hanging out at a nightclub or with his friends, this 20-year-old is out to mine voters.

"A lot of people just complain," says Amador while reviewing his stack of voter registration forms. "I want to make a difference."


A FUTURE VOTER: Elijah Small, of the Orange County Voter Information Project, center, registers Chris Loeza, 18, left, to vote while going door-to-door in a Santa Ana neighborhood on Tuesday night.

CHRISTINA HOUSE, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER


It's one of the toughest and most thankless entry-level jobs in politics. Mostly younger workers start their days meeting in nondescript office buildings and then fan out to neighborhoods, knocking on doors until well into the night. Most of these voter registration drives are sporadic, often led by small nonprofits or connected to political campaigns. The pay is light and the work often temporary.

But Amador expects to change Orange County's political landscape.

He may not be wrong.

FULL story at link.