Iowa Absentee Ballot Battle

A good article from the NY Times about absentee balloting in Iowa. So far, 3 times as many Dems have requested absentee ballots than Republicans in Iowa. The Repubs say they are not worried because the doubt that the ability of the Democrats to turn out new voters for Kerry (their overconfidence will be their downfall!). My favorite part of the article is the quote by Iowa congressman Jim Leach:

The Iowa Democratic Party, Mr. Leach said, "has now become the single best
organized political party in the entire country."

Wow! I would like to take all of the credit, but the Iowawineguy is just one of many fighting the uphill battle here in Iowa! On Friday, I will have an update to let you know how many new registered voters we have signed up in my residence hall, and how many new absentee ballot requests I will be sending in for these students to make sure they do vote! Hopefully our get out the vote efforts will lead to a Kerry victory, a Chuck Grassley loss in the Senate, and the end of congressional terms for Jim Leach, Jim Nussle, and others that have signed on to the hate filled Republican Party Platform.