Howard Dean at Get out the Vote rally (GFK), Sat Nov 1st

[News & Event Bot]

Less than seven months after hosting visits from presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, another high-profile figure in the Democratic Party will make a stop in Grand Forks.

Howard Dean, who ran for president in 2004 and is chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will be the keynote speaker at a Democratic get-out-the-vote rally Nov. 1 in Grand Forks — three days before the nationwide election.

“It’s wonderful,” Mayor Mike Brown said. “It shows we’re on the political map. People are taking notice of Grand Forks.”

Jamie Selzler, executive director of the state Democratic-NPL Party, said he anticipates the

Nov. 1 rally, which will promote Obama for president as well as efforts to re-elect Rep. Earl Pomeroy, Democratic state legislators and other statewide races such as governor, will attract a crowd of between 500 and 1,000.

Selzler said a site and time for the Nov. 1 rally is expected to be finalized today. He said there have been talks about hosting the event in an Alerus Center ballroom, the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center or the Chester Fritz Auditorium. Selzler said it is possible Dean also might hold another get-out-the-vote rally at another site in North Dakota, possibly Fargo.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=90488&section=homepage

[Sal Atticum]

At the ALERUS.

Below, good article, recommended:

GOP calls foul on Howard Dean visit
Stephen J. Lee Grand Forks Herald
Published Thursday, October 30, 2008
North Dakota Republicans are complaining that a Democratic campaign event Saturday in the Alerus Center violates the spirit of state laws against campaigning on Election Day because early voting will be going on at the same time in the Alerus.

State Democrats will hold a get-out-the-vote rally at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in one of the Alerus Center’s meeting rooms. The event will feature Howard Dean, chairman of the National Democratic Party known to whip up partisan enthusiasm with a single yell.

Also in the Alerus on Saturday: early voting for Grand Forks County residents.