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Be a Poll Watcher League of WoMen Voters-- Calendar 1974-75 I Know There Are Leaguers... (Luci Wilson Benson) Garbage Can Be Beautiful! (Harriet Kaye) BART Tour (Melvia Kawashima) See How They Run State Consensus on Corporate and Union Giving State Ethics Commission Adopts Campaign Practices Guidelines Survey of State Campaign Practices Legislation Public Funding... Yes!! Petition Drive Vote Power: How to Work for the Person You Want Elected On State Board 1974-75 Coming Soon - Watch for Fall Premier! "Parent Power" National Land Use: January 31, 1975 Consensus |
Vote Power: How to Work for the Person You Want ElectedVOTE POWER: HOW TO WORK FOR THE PERSON YOU WANT ELECTED. By W. T. Murphy, Jr. and Edward Schneier. Anchor Books, c1974. $1.95 paper. The way to make legislative changes is to get a candidate who shares your viewpoint elected to office. How to do it? Work in the existing party; get a candidate who will give a good public image, more importantly, who can get along with his staff, and finally, who has time to campaign. The campaign organization requires four good lists: registered voters, canvass lists of the previous campaign, special groups (professions from the yellow pages, students, faculties, club members, etc.) and candidate nominating petitions. To avoid tensions of conflicting roles the campaign staff requires only one press secretary, one treasurer, and one campaign manager. Lines of responsibility must be clearly defined at weekly staff meetings, social events and strategy sessions. The ideal campaign begins a year before the election, getting to know key people, associating ones name with good causes, and building an association of committed
volunteers.
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