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When I was a doe, I canvassed during summers, three summers, two mid-term cycles and one off-season. I was paid by the Connecticut Citizens Action Group, a PAC that wasn't at the time affiliated with a particulary party or candidate. It was good fun in a way. The mid-day ladies who wouldn't register to vote because their husbands weren't home to authorize were scary. But I did get enough invitations to dinner from others to make up for my wage-grade.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Thu Oct 30th, 2008 at 09:17:11 PM EST
People generally are not paid to canvass for a candidate unless they are paid staff who decide to pitch in an canvass one day, or work for one of these groups like Acorn, etc.  Except, I thought they had to be non-partisan and stick to issues or voter registration or something, these PACs.  If you are being paid to work on behalf of a candidate, you are a paid member of a campaign staff, or are jumping through some legal PAC loopholes.  Well, that's how it is today, anyway.

The vast majority of people canvassing are volunteers.  I personally know no one who is paid explicitly to canvass.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Oct 31st, 2008 at 10:51:18 AM EST
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"When I was a doe" was a little over 20 years ago.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Oct 31st, 2008 at 01:28:00 PM EST
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