• VOTE! Tuesday November 6th
• Georgia Southern University Students Threatened, Challenged on Vote
• YDG Facebook Application Launch: Be A Part Of Something New!
• God Bless the Georgia Supreme Court: Genarlow Wilson Free 
• Georgia Drought Worsens, GOP Leadership Fails
• Regional Event Spotlight: Hemlock Festival in Dahlonega
• YDs Phone Bank for HD 127
• Chapter Spotlight: Columbus State University

Vote! Tuesday November 6th!

Don't forget that City elections are happening all over the state this Tuesday, November 6th. If you need help finding out what elections are happening, check your local paper or the county registrars office below be using this link:
http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/elections/voter_information/2000_voter_info.asp

To locate your polling place, use the Secretary of State's Poll Locator: http://sos.georgia.gov/cgi-bin/locator.asp

Georgia Southern University Students Threatened

It's out of the old Voter-Intimidation playbook. Georgia Southern University Students have been intimidated from voting at the polls in their city elections. But our YDs are not giving up. After years of neglect from many on the Statesboro City Council, GA Southern students were showing up in mass to vote in this year's elections.

Read the full write-up of the un-democratic antics by the city council on Rock The Vote's blog here - http://blog.rockthevote.com/

YDG Facebook Application Launch: Be A Part Of Something New!

Calling all Creative Folk - As we announced in the last Update, YDG has launched an application on Facebook.com to augment our outreach efforts to young people. This App is being designed as a game to bring in new participans and both engage and inform the youth vote in Georgia.

We're establishing "ranks" that function as levels in the game, but we need your help in naming the 5 levels for the game. Have an idea? Send it to Angela by emailing communications@georgiayds.org.

Link for Facebook App: http://apps.facebook.com/georgiayds/

God Bless the Georgia Supreme Court: Wilson Freed

Civil Rights advocates everywhere heaved a sigh of relief when the Georgia Supreme Court handed down a 4-3 decision to free Genarlow Wilson. The court ordered the release of Wilson who was imprisoned for having consensual oral sex with a fellow teenager and was sentenced to a mandatory 10-year imprisonment.

The Court rules the sentence as violating the Georgia and U.S.Constitution prohibiting "cruel and unusual punishment". You can read the full story in the AJC here: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/10/26/genarlow_1026.html

Georgia Drought Worsens, GOP Leadership Fails

Jay Bookman from the AJC does a great recap & write-up of our current water crisis in Georgia here: http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/bookman/stories/2007/10/31/bookmaned_1101.html

Look for Young Democrats to be heavily involved in next year's legislative session in pressuring our elected officials to take a proactive stance to water conservation and protection.

Hemlock Festival in Dahlonega

Several Young Democrats were on hand at the 2008 Hemlock Festival in Dahlonega this past weekend. See our photos posted on the YDG Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=2204814408&view=all

YDs Phone Bank for Bonnie Byrd Gardner Special Election

Young Democrats have been gathering over the past two weeks to phone bank for Bonnie Byrd Gardner, running for State House District 127, who's in a special election this November 6, 2007. Bonnie will make a great representative for young voters, and deserves our support. If you have family or friends in Lamar, Pike or Upson counties, please ask them to vote for Bonnie this Tuesday!

Bonnie's Website: http://www.electbonniebyrdgardner.com/
Photos from our Phone Banks: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=173075&id=502333685&op=1&view=all&subj=2204814408&aid=-1&prev&oid=2204814408

Chapter Spotlight: Columbus State University

Congrats to Dionna & crew from Columbus State University for organizing a great chapter in Columbus, GA. They've got some exciting events planned for their 2007-2008 year including representing Young Democrats at this year's God Bless Fort Benning Day on November 17th - http://www.godblessfortbenning.com/5k.php. Keep up the great work!

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