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April 28th, 2008
Help Phone Bank for the Guam Primary!
Posted by Asian Americans for ObamaFrom Grande Lum and Nan Santiago:
We are phone banking for next primary - Guam!
We’re working with the Obama Guam Coordinator Ria Baldevia and calling people in Guam right now. Ria has created a great script for the calls, so it is very easy to make the calls. If you have AT&T or Sprint wireless, nationwide plans include Guam. AT&T and other landline nationwide plans include Guam as well. Guam is 18 hours ahead of the pacific time zone, so best times to call will be between 3 pm -3 am pacific daylight time (9am-9pm Guam time).
If you are interested in helping out, please let Grande know at grande@accordence.com or 650-340-9150. We basically need volunteer callers between now and Friday May 2 (which is May 3 in Guam). Please do forward this to others who may be interested as well.
This is a very exciting time for Guam; the country is watching May 3rd. Guam has a chance on May 3rd to choose Senator Barack Obama as our Democratic presidential nominee, and he needs as many votes as possible in Guam.
The two largest ethnic groups in Guam are Chamorro (Pacific Islander native population) and Filipino who comprise 83% of the 172,000 estimated population (with white, Korean, Japanese and Chinese compromising most of the rest). Polling currently says Guam is a toss-up. As you may know Guam comes before Indiana and North Carolina. If we can win Guam that will help create momentum for Obama. There are 8 delegates up for grabs worth 1/2 each or 4 delegate points. There are 5 Guam superdelegates. While officially called a caucus it really is more of a primary vote and polls will be open 10 am-8 pm on Saturday May 3. Many people in Guam are unaware that their vote will count as Guam residents (US citizens) are not eligible to vote in general presidential election in November.
Go Barack in Guam!
Grande Lum and Nan Santiago
April 28th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Very excited about the Guam effort. I was born in India and I see Barack as THE candidate for America and the world.
Thanks for everything you guys are doing in Guam.
GOBAMA!
May 2nd, 2008 at 1:59 pm
This is a great post about people’s experiences calling Guam.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGCn5C
It sounds like there were a bunch of folks reaching out to Guam until 5am PST this morning!!!
I’m so impressed. Can’t wait to see photos of the Doorhangers with Hope in Chamorro (Desha) and Tagalog (Pag-asa)!