California PAC gears up for Obama

Obama in Nevada moved away from his criticisms of outside money flowing into the political process, and now a California group appears to be gearing up to supplement his ground game there, according to an email forwarded by a reader.

Vote Hope, a group with a PAC and 527, founded by Steve Phillips, emailed supporters today with a help-wanted, announcing that they're "fired up to win California for Obama!" The email suggests that the organizing will be done through another group of which Phillips, son-in-law of the Democratic mega-donors Herb and Marion Sandler, is president, PowerPAC.

From the email:

With Election Day fast approaching, we wanted to let you know about a great opportunity to support Obama and get paid! On February 5th, PowerPAC, an organization supporting Barack Obama, will be hiring organizers to help turn out the vote. Here is the job description: Organizers are responsible for:

• Calling Voters in specific locations and reminding them to vote.

• Providing Voters rides to th eir polling location.

• Checking polling locations to make sure supporters have voted.

The pay is $12 an hour. Vote Hope hasn't returned a couple of calls about how active they've been in the other activity they planned: Rounding up early votes for Obama.

Full email after the jump.



Date: Jan 22, 2008 1:04 AM

Subject: Paid jobs to support Obama on Election Day! Please forward...

To: [email protected] Hello Barack Obama Supporter! With Election Day fast approaching, we wanted to let you know about a great opportunity to support Obama and get paid! On February 5th, PowerPAC, an organization supporting Barack Obama, will be hiring organizers to help turn out the vote. Here is the job description: Organizers are responsible for:

• Calling Voters in specific locations and reminding them to vote.

• Providing Voters rides to th eir polling location.

• Checking polling locations to make sure supporters have voted. Specific Requirements:

• Car and valid driver's license w/ insurance strongly preferred.

• Ability to work form 8am-8pm on Election Day: Tuesday, February 5th.

• Must attend Mandatory one-hour training on Sunday, February 3rd. Location:

Organizers will be working out of Alameda, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego Counties. Compensation:

The Pay is $12.50/ hr and will include the 1-hour training on Sunday, February 3, a 12 hour workday on Tuesday, February 5 and $15 gas reimbursement. Do you want to Barack the Vote on February 5th? Contact the lead organizer in your region: Alameda County: Jenn Brown. Cell 202-xxx-xxxx. Email: [email protected]

San Francisco County: Jennifer Longley. Cell 415-xxx-xxxx. Email: [email protected]

Los Angeles County: Crystal Tran. Cell 949-xxx-xxxx. Email: [email protected] OR Anibal Guerrero. Cell 818-370-1325. Email: [email protected]

San Diego County: Ana Grande. Cell 323-xxx-xxxx. Email [email protected] Positi ons are going fast, so if you are interested, please contact the above organizers soon! We are fired up to win California for Obama! In solidarity, The Vote Hope Team

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From: Jenn Brown