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struggle4progress

(120,425 posts)
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 08:42 PM Oct 2012

The days are getting shorter, and sunset comes earlier, so it's harder to knock

a lot of doors between the time folk get home from work and the time it gets dark. I'm pushing myself harder to make use of the reddish or greyish twilight

But this evening, it's working. People talk to me as the day dims. Their neighbors see us chatting, and so they chat too

I get invited into houses. People fill out registration forms, and I give them information about voting

Afterwards I glance through the pages of tick marks on my walk list. Address after address records failure: this apartment is unoccupied, that person was not home, this person has moved, that person refused to talk to me

But that's not the true story

Yes, that person moved, but I registered the new occupant: she's voting for Obama, and now she knows where and when to vote

Or here, where nobody answered my knocks, I still had success (and fun!) working the parking lot

And I've got a handful of fresh paperwork to show how productive it really was

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The days are getting shorter, and sunset comes earlier, so it's harder to knock (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2012 OP
Thank you for your service! NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #1
It's actually a lot of fun! struggle4progress Oct 2012 #2
thanks for sharing, I won't thank you for knocking because as you say upthread it is fun grantcart Oct 2012 #3
good work! treestar Oct 2012 #4
And thank you for your fortitude! freshwest Oct 2012 #5

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
3. thanks for sharing, I won't thank you for knocking because as you say upthread it is fun
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 07:51 AM
Oct 2012

and its own reward.

Keep up the good work and let us know how it goes.

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