Blogging the Election Day Part 1: I phone banked.

I have not voted yet. I plan on going home and doing that around 5pm. I will probably be waiting in line. Until then, let me tell you about what I did this morning.

I woke up after five hours of restless sleep. Found my camera's battery charger, showered, and made it out to San Jose where there were already several volunteers like myself, phone banking.

This is what the office looks like:

And they look very organized, despite being on somewhat conservative turf (Santa Clara)


And this is what a small room of ethnically diverse Obama supporters phone banking at 7:30 am looks like.


The phone banking to Ohio was mostly slow. Few people answered their phones and I generally left the same chipper message that slightly deviated from the banal script that the volunteers had provided us. For those who did answer, I did get a majority of Obama supporters over McCain. That made me feel good.

The room was already full by the time I headed out for work, there were additional volunteers waiting out the door. This is at 7:30 am so its a time where most people are either not awake or lined up at the polls and on their way to work. I am sure they are going to be well staffed for the rest day.

Of course, I leave you with the following.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself, so just stay hopeful and cautiously optimistic. I think we can do this.