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to promote civic engagement in the Philadelphia region.Bruce Springsteen’s voter registration concert draws tens of thousands in Philadelphia
Monday, October 6th, 2008 at 10:39 am - by Brad Linder. Filed under: Politics.
The League of Women Voters ought to take lessons from Bruce Springsteen. This is how to run a voter registration drive. Bruce Springsteen, a supporter of Barack Obama, performed a seven song acoustic concert on a packed JFK Parkway. Yesterday’s event was aimed to boost Obama’s chances of winning in Pennsylvania by getting as many Philadelphians registered to vote. Philadelphia is overwhelmingly democrat. As of February, There were 800,000 registered Democrats and 145,000 republicans.
It’s Our City’s Amiekay Richcrick went to the event and has this report.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7351765752415598034This video was produced by Amiekay Richcrick, an intern for It’s Our City and a Senior at Temple University where she is on staff with Temple Update.
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