Expatriate vote a hot commodity this year

[Judi Lynn]

Expatriate vote a hot commodity this year

Both parties ramp up effort as race tightens
By S. Lynne Walker
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
September 13, 2004

CHAPALA, Mexico – George P. Bush looked like a man on a mission the minute he stepped through the door.

Dark, handsome and flashing a brilliant smile, the 28-year-old son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had come straight from his honeymoon to this lakeside community outside Guadalajara to ask U.S. expatriates to vote for President Bush, the man he calls Uncle George.

"The reason why a crazy gringo is here in Mexico searching for votes in this election year is because in the state of Florida, we all know that every vote does count," Bush said, drawing laughter from the standing-room-only crowd. "I'm asking you on a very direct level for your vote.
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"The Republicans themselves say the 537 votes that supposedly put George Bush over the top (in Florida to decide the 2000 election) were absentee ballots from overseas," Diana Kerry said in a telephone interview from the Dominican Republic, where she made a campaign stop recently on her way to Argentina and Costa Rica. "We want to make sure the majority of those votes this year go to the Kerry-Edwards ticket."
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20040913-9999-1n13expat.html


George P. Bush

[Judi Lynn]

1. According to Psychopomp's post in G.D, deadline for absentee votes

is September 15th. If you know any expat with a ballot still out, could you tell him/her to send it quickly? More info:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2342915

[Coconut Buddha Ape]

2. We've been getting out the vote in Japan!

And all other ex-pats out there, tell your friends to register! We overwhelmingly vote liberal, you know (Of the 50 or so Americans I know here in rural Japan, only two are voting for Bush)!


http://www.tellanamericantovote.com/

[Nay]

3. Yeh, well, my bro's absentee vote from Brazil ain't goin' to Shrub.

[KitSileya]

4. Yup,

there's about 23000 people in Norway with the right to vote in the US elections (either expats or people with double citizenships) and Democrats Abroad have been active in getting them to vote. They've been outside cinemas after F911 showings, and been on televized national debates.

Every vote counts!

Kit

[PROUDNWLIBERAL]

5. New Zealand Voting

We are living in New Zealand and will send two votes for Kerry!!! Glad to be out of Facist Amerika!!!

[Polemonium]

6. Ex-pat vote in OZ

We've registered 450+ ex-pats in Melbourne, and Australia wide we're well over 1500. Granted there are 50,000 to 100,000 expats in OZ and many of them are in conservative leaning networks (military, business). None-the-less approx. 90% of the people we're registering have something nasty to say about Bush before they leave our non-partisan table. Further, approx. 60% of the people we're registering have not voted in 10-50 years. If all of the estimated 7 million ex-pats voted this year, national polling data would be unprepared for the result. Well here's hoping. www.tellanamericantovote.com www.overseasvote2004.com www.overseasvote.com