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Sarasota County SOE Launches Get Out the Vote Campaign

Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent is teaming up with Sarasota County employers, schools, houses of worship, and organizations such as the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and Hispanic-Latino Coalition to give county residents an opportunity to register to vote or update their voter records prior to the August 31 and November 2, 2004 elections. The partnerships have been created in conjunction with the statewide “Get out the Vote” campaign, launched in May by Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood and the state’s 67 supervisors of elections.

The campaign will stress voter registration and education, poll worker recruitment and voting security. To date, the following voter registration drives (with touch screen demonstrations) have been scheduled in Sarasota County. Note that this schedule will be updated regularly.

Register at Work Week I (June 21-25)
June 21 – FCCI Insurance Group
June 22 – WWSB Channel 7 (ABC)
June 24 – The Pines of Sarasota
June 25 – Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Register at your House of Worship Weekend (July 10-11),
Sarasota
Cornerstone Baptist Church
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
Sarasota Baptist Church

Register at School Week (Sept 13-17)
Sept 09 – Pine View Senior Forum
Sept 13 – MCC Bradenton Campus
Sept 15 – Sarasota High School
Sept 15 – MCC Venice Campus

Register at Work Week II (Sept 20-24)
Sept 21 – Bon Secours Venice Hospital
Sept 21 – PGT Industries
Sept 22 – Doctors Hospital of Sarasota
Sept 24 – Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Selby Library - A Month of Sundays
The SOE will conduct voter registration and touch screen voting machine demonstrations at Selby Library, 1331 First St, Sarasota, every Sunday in August beginning Aug 1, from 1 to 5 p.m.

The SOE will also conduct voter registration at a series of welcome back to school events organized by the Sarasota County School Board for instructional staff on Wednesday, Aug 4.

Ms Dent invites all employers, houses of worship and schools in the county to join her in making sure that Sarasota voters have every opportunity to take part in the electoral process. If your company, school or house of worship would like to participate or would like more information, please contact the SOE voter education and community outreach coordinator at 861-8610.

The SOE will also conduct voter registration and iVotronic demonstrations at a number of public events including Meet the Candidates night at the South Venice Civic Assn on July 19, a candidate's forum at Englewood Sports Complex on July 22, and the ABC Hurricane Expo at Robarts Arena on July 30 and will participate in the Rock the Vote night at Tropicana Field in Tampa on September 28.

Sarasota County residents may also register or update their voter records and see touch screen demonstrations at all SOE offices Monday-Friday, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. SOE offices are located in the Terrace Bldg in Sarasota, 301 South Washington Blvd, first floor; in the R.L. Anderson Administration Bldg inVenice, 4000 Tamiami Trail South, and in North Port, 13640 Tamiami Trail.