MEDIA ADVISORY
For Immediate Release:
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Contact:          Nicole Torres, nicole@promiseaz.org, (602) 456-1153

Promise Arizona Kicks Off Final Voter Registration Weekend at Arizona State Capitol
Community Unites to Register Thousands of New Voters

Phoenix– On Friday, October 1^st, as the last day to register to vote rapidly approaches, students, community leaders, and volunteers will gather to hold a kick-off rally to ensure the Latino community registers to vote.  Promise Arizona is leading the history making effort, which will kick the weekend off with a rally to mobilize volunteers across the state, in order to encourage civic engagement for first time voters. Local students are representing their schools and participating in an unprecedented competition to register new voters.  Promise Arizona and volunteers have registered 9,520  new voters in total and will exceed that number above 10,000 by the October 4^th deadline.

Below is a full schedule of events:

Friday Oct 1^st

WHAT: Rally for Volunteers

WHEN: 4:00-5:00pm “Live The Promise” Rally for High School VR Competition

5:00-8:00pm    Evening Voter Registration Shift

9:00pm            Teams will convene and report new registered voters for the day, Prayer vigil will commence afterwards (9:30)

WHERE: Arizona State capitol, Voter registration actions will take place all over the state – Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma

VISUALS: Team chants with high school students, volunteers breaking through “Taking Arizona Back, One Vote at a Time” paper banner, altar with vigil community in prayer.

Saturday Oct 2^nd

WHAT: One Nation” AZ Solidarity Prayer- coinciding with rally in DC, Voter registration, Volunteers at Capitol tallying voters

WHEN: 8:00am              Voter Registration Tent opens

9:00am             “One Nation” AZ Solidarity Prayer with Pastor Ian Danley

Morning Voter Registration shift at local staging locations

1:00 pm           Afternoon Voter Registration shift

9:00pm            Teams will convene and report new registered voters for the day, Vigil will commence after (9:30)

WHERE: Arizona State capitol, Voter registration actions will take place all over the state

VISUALS: New voters registering, tally of days registered voters, vigil community praying and directing volunteers.

Sunday Oct 3^rd

WHAT: Voter registration by volunteers as 2 days remain

WHEN: 8:00am             Voter registration tent opens

12:00pm          Lunch and prayer for volunteers

7:00pm            Monthly community vigil lead by local clergy

9:00pm            Teams will convene and report new registered voters for the day.

WHERE: Arizona State capitol, Voter registration actions will take place all over the state – Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma

VISUALS: New voters registering, tally of days registered voters, vigil community praying and directing volunteers.

Monday Oct 4^{th –} THE FINAL DAY

WHAT: Voter registration teams will continue actions in three shifts.  Community and volunteers will watch ticker of voter registration tally. After final tally, procession will march to the Secretary of State’s office for delivery.

WHEN: 7:00am              Voter registration tent opens

Morning prayer and breakfast for volunteer teams

12:00pm          Lunch

8:00pm            Vigil, celebration, voter registrations delivered to Secretary of State

12:00 am         Voter registration deadline- Team volunteers and individuals will deliver last batches of voter registration forms.

WHERE: Arizona State capitol, Voter registration actions will take place all over the state – Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma

VISUALS: Procession carrying signs and delivering voter registration forms to the Secretary of State, diverse volunteers celebrating final voter registration count, faith leaders leading prayer by altar.

Anyone interested in registering to vote or volunteering can contact Promise AZ through a free hotline: 1-888-511-7136, or by visiting www.promiseaz.org.  Promise Arizona will also be at the Arizona State Capitol all weekend registering new voters.

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