Submitted by sondra on Sat, 2008-07-26 20:19.

GRITtv with Laura Flanders did a piece this week called "Election Roundtable: Getting out the Vote in '08". Henry Serrano, Senior Organizer and Coordinator of the Voter Engagement Project at Community Voices Heard, Brian Lee of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), Steven Carbo, Senior Program Director of the Democracy Project Demos, and Susan Lerner Executive Director of Common Cause were all part of the roundtable. Serrano spoke about the high voter registration numbers and low voter turnout in low-income communities that CVH targets and how CVH's Voter Engagement Project focuses on inspiring people to get to the polls through a repetitive contact approach that connects voting to critical issues being faced in the community. Click on the link below to be directed to the GRITtv website and see the piece.

http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2008/07/23/election-roundtable-gett...