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The College Democrats of New York have two new Regional Directors for the new semester. Max Weiss is now the Central New York Director, and Andrew Desmarais is the Director for the North Country region. Regional Directors act as representatives of their region's chapters, help maintain ties between chapters and other Democratic organizations in their areas, and help foster new chapters. Congratulations Andrew and Max!

There was a show that used to air on television (and can still probably be seen in many a dvd player) called The West Wing about a presidential staff faced with the challenge of trying to run the country.

As the numbers come out, it's becoming clear that young democrats and college democrats did a lot of work to help win this election.

If you haven't heard, it's Get Out the Vote week, and chapters all over the state are sending out students to knock on doors and campaign. I just want to remind everyone that if your chapter is sending out people to help on a local or congressional election, remember that you can get help from CDNY by filling out a reimbursement request here. We need to get "boots on the ground" everywhere we can, and CDNY is here to help your chapter out. Let us help you lower the barrier to participation this weekend, and on Election Day!

Wow.

Election Day is almost here. We've knocked on doors, made phone calls, registered thousands of new voters, and participated in the election process of the most important election this country has had since 1932. We're at the home stretch, but our job is not done yet. It's "Get Out the Vote" time, or "GOTV". For those of you that never heard these terms before, it refers to a category of political activity aimed at increasing the number of votes cast in an election.

I know it's last minute, but there's a great campaign event tomorrow that we would love for all of you to join! Tomorrow (Sunday), College Democrats in New York City will be joining St. John's University as they head out to support State Senate Candidate Jim Gennaro. Gennaro is engaged in a heated race with 36-year incumbent Frank Padavan in the 11th State Senate District. If you would like to join us, we will be meeting on the campus of St. John's University, at Gate 1, at 11 a.m. The address is 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica.