This Sunday, MICAH, the organization in Framingham, MA, I organize, will hold a voter registration drive in some of the Town’s precincts that don’t have the voting strength of the more affluent precincts.  It is a common American tale.  Those without less free time, less money and less formal education tend to vote less often than those with more of the above.  Part of our answer are events like the one we will hold this Sunday at St. Tarcisius Church.  Lots of food, free T-shirts, and hopefully more registered voters at the end of the day than at the beginning.  We were glad to have this article in the Boston Globe, thanks to a contact my wife made at work with an interpreter who free-lances as a Globe stringer in Framingham.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/09/25/voter_sign_up_takes_aim_at_new_citizens_low_income_groups/