Apparently it's fall already because local youth political organization the Bus Project is gearing up for their annual Halloween mega-canvass of voters. I tagged along with the canvass, known as Trick or Vote, back in 2008 and summed up the experience as such:
All too quickly, I found myself in the back of a van bound for Beaverton, surrounded by four Reedies discussing their votes. Like many of the Trick or Voters, Hannah a Reed senior in a Harlequin mask, had never done any political action before. "I know politics is one of those things I really should care about," she said, "But it's more like following sports. I don't find the idea of doing activism interesting at all." While Trick or Vote started here in Portland, it's spread to 25 other cities this year. Portland's is still the biggest, bringing over 500 volunteers while Seattle had 300 and knocked on 7,000 doors.
The canvass is advertised every year with YouTube videos and the new Portland-produced ones just hit the Internets (including the Huffington Post). Here it is:
