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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
High schoolers volunteer for vot
Without the right to
vote, many volunteers
still feel the need to
help the democratic
process by donating
their time
. Kyle Steele
11
Megan Koler Clackamas Print
Milwaukie High student Erik Watterson works from his laptop last
Friday to persuade “World of Warcraft” users to vote as Obama
field organizer Patrick Choquette watches on.
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Support your candidate
OBAMA
CLINTON
605 Main Street
Oregon City, OR, 97045
503-742-2008
ww.barackobama.com
32 NW 5th Avenue
Portland, OR, 97209
503-227-0269
winoregon@hillaryclinton.com
MCCAIN
Currently no Oregon offices
You can volunteer through his Web site at
www.johnmccain.com/Secure/Signup.aspx
Feature Editor
It seems like just an ordi
nary office in downtown
Oregon City.
However, the calm on the
outside of the building locat
ed at 605 Main St. doesn’t
reflect the chaos inside its
doors. “Obama for president”
items flood the small entry
area as volunteers work from
a string of computers of all
different brands in the back
of the room.
The volunteers are call
ing to remind voters about
the
impending
Oregon
Democratic primary election
that will be held May 20.
Last Friday evening, the
office was especially bus
tling, with visitors entering
in a constant stream to offer
their assistance or pick up
a button or other candidate
items to show their support.
On this particular night,
two of these makeshift head
quarters volunteers were
local high school students,
each of whom won’t be able
to vote in the presidential participate in politjJ
election come October, let tions.
Alongside
Wd
alone in the May primary.
Even without the ability to working the phones I
vote, they both exercise their was Shannon Dil
voices to persuade others to Cleveland High Scl
dent who also takes
use theirs.
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place as a foundation to get through Clackamas.
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people to reg
and I wei
ister to vote,”
said Milwaukie
involved
Kerry,”
High School
“I’m using
said. “I
senior
Erik
the Obama
watch the
Watterson.
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on the
Watterson,
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who describes
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founda
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himself as nei
tion to get
ly wantei
ther a Democrat
to be th
nor Republican,
people to
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convince others to vote via the political progi
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through the online computer vote.”
Political electioi
game “World of Warcraft.”
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character, he strived to make many don’t take i
a pro-voting presence on the of their right to vol
volunteers at the Mi
game’s 200-plus servers.
Watterson devised the idea office are too youi
as a means of tapping into its out a ballot but
American users who fall into less prove that age
a key age demographic of determine who ca:
individuals: those who don’t the election process
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