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ELECTION DAY IS EASIER SAID
THAN DONE. THAT'S WHY
VOLUNTEERS SET OUT EARLY THIS
MORNING.. TO MAKE SURE EVERY
REGISTERED VOTER HAD A CHANCE
TO CAST A BALLOT.
MEGAN O'ROURKE CONTINUES
OUR DECISION 2012 COVERAGE
WITH A LOOK AT THE PUSH TO GET
VOTERS TO THE POLLS.
YOU'VE HEARD EVERY VOTE
COUNTS...BUT AS I LEARNED
TODAY...EVERY MINUTE COUNTS
TOO. VOLUNTEERS AND STAFFERS
FROM BOTH PARTIES AND
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS WERE
OUT IN FULL FORCE, MAKING SURE
EVERYONE GOT TO THE POLLS.
NATS PHONES JOANN DENMAN
DIDN'T VOTE TODAY...SHE CAST
HER BALLOT EARLY, JUST SO THAT
SHE COULD SPEND ALL HER TIME
THIS ELECTION DAY,
VOLUNTEERING.7:19:20 "YOU
EITHER TALK ON THE PHONE OR I
AM GOING TO GO OUT TO THE
POLLING LOCATION IN A MINUTE
AND PASS OUT LITERATURE WHICH
WILL BE SLATE CARDS" 27
DENMAN IS ONE OF ABOUT 50
VOLUNTEERS WHO SHOWED UP TO
HELP AT THE ROMNEY VICTORY
CENTER IN CENTERVILLE TODAY.
ORGANIZERS SAY IT'S THESE
GRASSROOTS EFFORTS THAT ARE
DRIVING THE CAMPAIGN...SOMETIME
S LITERALLY.7:21:53 " WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY VOTE,
IF THEY NEED HELP GETTING TO
THE POLLS THEY LET US KNOW, SO
WE CAN DRIVE THEM THERE, WE
REALLY JUST NEED TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET OUR
VOTERS TO THE POLLS" 06
AND IN DAYTON, AT THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
HEADQUARTERS...IT'S A SIMILAR
STORY.NATS JOHN OLIVER HAS
BEEN PICKING PEOPLE UP AND
TAKING THEM TO THE PEOPLE
POLLS SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.
I THINK ITS IMPORTANT THAT
EVERYONE WHO CAN GO OUT AND
VOTE TODAY. OLIVER, HAS
BEEN VOLUNTEERING ON ELECTION
DAY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE
SAYS TODAY'S PICK-UPS WERE A
LITTLE SLOWER THAN NORMAL, BUT
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SAY THAT NO
INDICATION OF TURNOUT. PARTY
CHAIRMAN, MARK OWENS SAYS
THERE WERE RECORD EARLY VOTING
NUMBER....FREEING UP MORE
PEOPLE TO HIT THE STREETS AND
MAKE THIS FINAL PUSH TO THE
POLLS.I THINK THERE ARE STILL
SOME PEOPLE MAKING UP THEIR
MINDS AND JUST MAKING SURE AND
ENCOURAGING THEM TO VOTE. THIS
IS THE LARGEST GROUND GAME IN
THE HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL
POLITICS RIGHT HERE IN OHIO.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THE
FOLKS WE CAUGHT UP WITH TODAY,
THERE WERE ALSO ORGANIZATIONS,
LIKE THE N DOUBLE A C P
PROVIDING RIDES TO THE POLLS.
EVERYONE CHIPPING IN, DURING
THIS LAST MINUTE PUSH.
REPORTING LIVE, MEGAN
O'ROURKE, 2 NEWS.