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PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: 22 SEPTEMBER, 2003
CONTACT: GEORGE SHUMAY, CAMPAIGN MANAGER, 238-9664 or TODD NATION, CANDIDATE, 232-2595

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Voter Registration and Info Session Targets Students, New Arrivals to Terre Haute

A voter registration event this Thursday will encourage students and Terre Haute newcomers to get involved in the upcoming City Election. "The Student/Local Voter Registration Meet-Up" will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on September 25 at the Coffee Grounds' new location in the lobby of ISU's Cunningham Memorial Library, 600 N.7th Street.

Volunteers will be on hand to register voters, explain the district and precinct boundaries, and help identify polling places for the November 4 General Election. With the Monday, October 6 voter registration deadline less than two weeks away, campaign committees are working hard to get voters signed up.

"The Student/Local Voter Registration Meet-Up" was conceived by George Shumay, owner of the Coffee Grounds and Campaign Manager for Todd Nation, candidate for Terre Haute City Council, 4th District. Of the idea, Shumay said "I have daily contact with ISU students, faculty and staff who express little hope for meaningful community change in this city and feel powerless. Our campaign wants to reach out to this huge block of voters who, if informed and motivated, could have a profound effect on local government."

Todd Nation, owner of downtown's BookNation, is a first-time candidate for public office. He won the May 4 Primary Election and now faces a new opponent in November. Nation stated: "The Fourth District is made up of Farrington's Grove, Downtown, ISU, the Wabash riverfront, and the neighborhood south of Union Hospital. I've spent most of my adult life living and working in these neighborhoods, and I'm confident that I can represent my neighbors well on the City Council. This part of Terre Haute has so much potential, but most of it remains untapped".

"I'm ready to help change our city government from within," continued Nation. "We need to overcome the apathy that plagues our community and get our act together. Progress begins in the voting booth."