Move Beyond Your Conservative Passion into

1. Smart Girl Politics
Voter Registration 101
Bridget Geegan Blanton

2. Defend and Expand Freedom

3. Can we keep this republic?
 Moving from the Tea Parties and into Grassroots Activism
 Stay informed and engaged
 National re-awakening to our founding principles
 The Momentum is real
 Roll up your sleeves and fight for Freedom
 If not now…then when? If not us…then who will engage politically?

4. Never Underestimate the Power of the Individual
 To inform, educate and change hearts and minds
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 To empower fellow Americans with truth
 To preserve our way of life by promoting freedom
 To expand membership by promoting Conservative groups

5. From Passion into Action

6. We Believe…
 Our truths are self-evident
 Liberty is given to us by God not Government
 Prosperity is derived from the Private Sector not the Public
Sector
 Peace through Strength

7. Uphold and Defend the Constitution

8. Boots on the Ground

9. Essential to Success: Voter Registration

10. Illegal Voter Registration – A Threat to Democracy

11. ACORN Thugs for hire

12. ACORN is a bad seed
 Felony Indictment of Voter Fraud
 Fraudulent Voter Registration Forms
 Criminal abuse of absentee/provisional ballots
 Determined to take over the system from within
 Ruthless, corrupt, illegal, intimidation tactics such as
“Direct Action”
 Central figure in mortgage meltdown
 Funded with billions of tax dollars for partisan politics
 Founded to promote entitlement and radical change

13. Vote early, Vote often, Vote Dead or Alive

14. Election Day Plan of Action
•Become a Poll Worker / Become a Poll Watcher
•Become a Precinct Captain
•Report illegal electioneering outside a Polling Place
•Report incidents of voter intimidation
•Report people handing out provisional ballots
•Call a vote fraud hot line with location
•Document fraud by video, photo and in writing in
accordance with your State‟s Election Laws
•Approach disenfranchised voters to request
statements

15. Casting a Ballot: A duty and a privilege

16. Getting Started in Voter Registration
 Visit the web-site of your Secretary of State
 View Eligibility Requirements of Registrants
 View Laws & Guidelines on Voter Registration Drives
 Visit County Clerk/Registrar of Voters web-site
 Locate additional county Guidelines or Laws
 Some Counties require that you take a course
 Obtain Registration Cards from the County Office
 Request a Line-by-Line Instruction sheet

17. The Voter Registration Table

18. Susan B. Anthony SGP Voter Registration Event

19. Tea Party Voter Registration Table

20. SGP Voter Registration Table

21. A Nashville Convention Inspired Table

22. Engaging the Public at the Frontline
 Portable
 Powerful
 Grassroots Activism Tool
 Educate the Public on a Specific Issue
 Expose the Media mis-information
 Lay out the facts
 Reveal the Truth behind the Issues
 Promote Club Membership/Collect Contact Info
 Gather Signatures on Important Petitions
 Register Voters

23. Voter Registration Venues
 Tea Parties
 Nationalization Ceremonies
 Door to Door Registration via organized Precinct Walks
 Grocery Stores / Shopping Malls
 Wal-Mart / Target / Home Depot / Candidate Forums
 Your Neighborhood (keep a few forms in your car)
 Churches
 Gun Shows/ Drop off forms at Gun Stores
 Farmer‟s Markets
 Outdoor Fairs / Events

24. Community-based Voter Registration
 Create a Consistent Presence in your Community
 Person-to-Person exchange is authentic/powerful
 You are providing a solution for Voters who…
 Need to re-register after moving
 Don‟t know where to find a Registration Card
 Conservatives new to Political Engagement are looking for you

25. Group-sponsored Voter Registration
 Voter Registration is Vital to elect Candidates who Champion our Cause
 Create a Voter Registration Team and delegate tasks
 Recruit Volunteers / Secure High Traffic Voter Registration Venues
 Keep the issue of Voter Registration „front & center‟ at meetings
 Keep members regularly informed on Voter Registration opportunities
 Become a Self-Starter/Self-Sufficient/Independent Unit

26. Attracting people over to your table

27. A well-supplied voter registration table

28. Take up the Cause of Liberty!

29. Contact Information
 Bridget Geegan Blanton / BBQueen60@aol.com
 Facebook: Bridget Blanton
 Twitter: chicago2cali
 http://www.desertrosebooks.com
 Recommended reading:
 How the Obama Administration Threatens to Undermine our
Elections by John Fund
 Subversion by Matthew Vadum
 http://smartgirlpolitics.ning.com/group/nationalvoterregistrationdri
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