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First Lady launches voter initiative

First Lady Michelle Obama announces the launch of “It Takes One”.

“It Takes One” is a new effort that asks you to inspire one more person to join you every time you take an action to move this country forward. If you’re making phone calls or knocking on doors, take a friend along. If you’re registering to vote, make sure that a family member is registered as well. If you’re attending an event, bring one neighbor along. And if you’re voting early on election day, bring one new voter with you. You could inspire five, or ten, or 100 new people before November.

As the First Lady shares:

“That one new voter you register in your precinct. That one neighbor you help get to the polls on November 6th. That could make all the difference. That one conversation you have. That one volunteer you recruit. That could be the difference between waking up on November 7th and feeling the promise of four more years or asking yourself, ‘could I have done more?'”

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NC: The numbers tell an interesting tale – Amendment One

There are folks on the anti-gay conservative side touting “61 percent of North Carolinians” voted for Amendment One.

But that’s an inaccurate statement. Check this out:

Voter turnout was only 34% of registered voters (6,296,759 total voters participated). Sixty-six percent of registered voters did not participate.

The number of “yes” votes for the amendment only comes to 20.7% of all registered voters. This did account for 61% of those voting, but not 61% of all North Carolinians.

Repeat – only 20% of all registered voters in North Carolina were able to act as a “majority” yesterday in North Carolina.

The next time you think about voting, consider that fact.

See the full set of numbers here.