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Overwhelming Effort to Get Out the Vote in Georgia Posted by By STEVE OSUNSAMI on Friday, October 3, 2008 at 2:00:25 PM EDT It's a Friday night in Valdosta, Georgia, and what looks like the whole town is in the football stadium stands, cheering for the home team. Shouts of "Come on defense" and "Go Wildcats" ring out across the field. The effort to get out the vote has moved into high gear in Georgia, the latest state on ABC News' "50 States in 50 Days" tour. But it's not just football that's happening there. In this election year, the local stadium is one of the many places across town where they're registering voters. "I went to a high school football game, to watch the high school band primarily, and as I walked up there was a table there registering people to vote," said Deb Cox, the director of the Board of Elections.... [read full story]
