WOMEN VOTE! to Mobilize Voters for Colorado Congressional Race

WASHINGTON -- The 2008 WOMEN VOTE! program, a nationwide voter mobilization and education project of EMILY's List, will be reaching out to voters through the mail and phones in Colorado’s fourth congressional district.

The Colorado WOMEN VOTE! program hopes to reach more than 45,000 households throughout the district leading up to the election. In particular, the program will target unaffiliated voters in Larimer and Weld counties and seeks to educate them about Betsy Markey’s background as a successful small business owner and her plan to fight for Colorado families. The first in a series of six mailings and phone calls will reach voters this week.

EMILY's List WOMEN VOTE! has worked for more than a decade to inform and engage women voters in the electoral process on the premise that when women vote, women win. "Colorado is really ready for a change, and the more voters learn about Betsy Markey and her record of fighting for the middle class, the more excited they are going to be about voting for her,” said Maren Hesla, EMILY’s List WOMEN VOTE! Director. “It is our hope that through our efforts, voters in the fourth district will be better informed on the issues that we know are important to them and that they will act on that information on election day."

Launched in 1995, the historic EMILY's List WOMEN VOTE! project combines polling and research, advanced information technology, sophisticated message testing, and precinct-by-precinct field work to mobilize millions of women voters across the country. EMILY's List designed WOMEN VOTE! to build a progressive political base that will elect more Democrats, especially women, by helping to increase turnout among women voters year after year.

With more than 100,000 members across the country, EMILY's List is one of the largest political action committees in the nation. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY's List has raised over $240 million to elect 71 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 13 to the U.S. Senate, and eight governors. Over the course of 23 years, EMILY's List has helped elect hundreds of pro-choice Democratic women to federal office, state legislatures, state constitutional offices, and other key local offices.