Election update

Residents

We have been staffing the prepolling booth at Fitzroy Town Hall, every weekday from 9am to 5pm. A steadily increasing number of voters have taken the opportunity to vote and, so far, we feel we have been going well.

Can you help at this pre-polling booth? If you help here, and/or on election day itself, Saturday November 29th, email us or ring 96399111.

Our election posters are out now, so contact us if you want one for your window.

Every night we have teams out doorknocking - with special emphasis on Wednesday nights and Saturday afternoons.

On Wednesdays we meet up at 6.30pm at the Napier Hotel, Napier/Moor Sts, Fitzroy to go doorknocking and on Saturdays we meet at the Fitzroy Library, Moor St, Fitzroy for a branch meeting at 11am to 12.30pm (open to all - this week it is a discussion on the US Presidential election), followed by doorknocking. After the election the Melbourne branch of SP will move its branch meetings back to Trades Hall on Wednesdays at 7pm.

Let us know if you want to join in this frontline work. Again, the response has been good.

The FitzRoyalty blog has been supportive of our campaign. See:

http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2008/11/01/socialist-party-city-of-yarra-election-campaign-launch/

Last Wednesday night, Channel 31 had a half hour show on our election launch held at the Old Colonial Inn on October 11th. See: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DAi4f5xlXGY

If you haven't yet seen our YouTube comedy and serious clips, check out: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=hPbvuxxWrd8

Thanks to all those who have helped our campaign so far, including Prof Miles Lewis who donated $200 cash on Saturday.

We are still $5000 short in our election funds, so contact us if you can make a contribution.

Regards

Stephen Jolly