GET OUT THE VOTE · SATURDAY, OCT. 17
Breakfast #4. One Room. One Table.
Churches, fraternal orders, block clubs, and community groups are all doing turnout work across this county. Saturday morning we put it on one table. Who is working which wards? Who is registering whom. Where the gaps are, and still time to close them.
Former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge is expected to stop by and say a few words.
When: Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 AM to 12 Noon
Where: Warrensville Heights Civic & Senior Center, 4567 Green Road, Warrensville Heights, OH 44128
Cost: Free breakfast. All are welcome.
Nonpartisan: No candidate, no party, no endorsement. Turnout only.
RSVP so we can set the room. Nobody gets turned away.
Sponsored by Concerned Citizens, Cleveland City Council President Blaine A. Griffin, RealPower.TV, Councilman Richard A. Starr, State Representative Terrence Upchurch, the Cleveland Clergy Coalition and the Fraternal Orders.
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Early voting is open now through Sunday, Nov. 1. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Bring your photo ID and bring somebody with you.