Word: door-to-door
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...such that it has penetrated the iron gates that surround the Jackson never-never land out in Encino. It takes no effort of imagination to calculate what talk like that must do to a proud father and a mother who is a devout churchwoman. In addition to his door-to-door field service, which, according to his mother, "he does twice a week maybe for an hour or two," Michael attends meetings at a Kingdom Hall four tunes a week. On Sundays, he fasts...
Public sector work is also available with various public interest groups, such as the Massachusetts Public interest Research Group (Mass PRIG) and Massachusetts Fair Share. Summer positions involve door-to-door canvassing, fundraising, and political outreach. The hours, two to ten p.m., may be more favorable to some students than the normal nine-to-five track. Salary is based on the funds raised by the individual canvasser...
...lament is borne out by the proliferation of rules and regulations in some states that make it downright difficult to get to the voting booth. Despite the provisions of the Voting Rights Act, which was designed to eliminate discriminatory registration rules, many states continue to prohibit postcard and door-to-door registration--a move which disproportionately affects poor and minority voters. Some states still require voters to register and both municipal and county seats; in Mississippi, citizens may have to travel 70 miles to register, and in North Carolina's Graham County, a citizen can only register...
...unfair to blame it on polls. "People don't live in a vacuum where polls are their only access to reality," he contends. "The poll is only one of many items that gives people information to who is ahead. The media, word of mouth, neighbors, advertising, leaflets, door-to-door campaigning--all relay certain impressions to the voter," he adds...
...Shamie is more of a door-to-door candidate," Hartigan said. "Richardson is percveived as less of a grassroots organizer, but he loves to campaign...