11/22/04 – ONLINE – David Neiwert, Blog
The Dean draft
Please spend the time to visit the Web site created by Driving Votes featuring an online petition to encourage Dean to step up to the plate. More...

10/24/04 – WASHINGTON, DC – Washington Post
Democracy-to-Go
Anti-Bush volunteers are finding each other on the Internet, through such Web sites as drivingvotes.org, a sort of virtual carpool where people have posted dozens of planned trips to swing states, inviting like-minded travelers to join them and share expenses. More...

10/24/04 – WASHINGTON, DC – Wichita Eagle
Volunteers travel to sway voters
There are Sam and Gretchen Feldman, retirees in Massachusetts (Kerry country), who are flying to hotly contested Florida to work through Election Day for Kerry because, said Sam Feldman, "I don't want to wake up on November 3 and feel I haven't done everything I possibly could to make a change in the government." More...

10/22/04 – MCLEAN, VA – USA TODAY
Getting out the vote
Type in www.drivingvotes.org and you can link up with caravans of people driving to swing states to go door to door for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. More...

10/22/04 – INDIANA – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Ground troops sacrifice in battle for presidency
Volunteers say the money and vacation time sacrificed are worth the chance to help get their candidates elected. That’s why grass-roots organizations such as America Coming Together and Driving Votes are helping Democrats organize and travel to swing states. More...

10/20/04 – SAN FRANCISCO – SF Weekly
Yo Soy Centroamericano
The ad hoc group Driving Votes, has during recent months ballooned into a nationwide, 700-volunteer organization that will ferry vote-canvassers from liberal metropolises such as San Francisco to swing-state cities such as Las Vegas. More...

10/15/04 – SAN FRANCISCO – SF Examiner
Local Dems cross borders to help Kerry
The election polls open Saturday in Nevada , and for dozens of city Democrats that means one thing: time to head over the mountains to Reno. More...

9/17/04 – OHIO – The Cincinnati Enquirer
Don't make P. Diddy beg; vote, you kids
The New Voters Project, Music for America, the New Democratic Majority, Driving Votes, the Committee to Redefeat the President and one group whose name is unprintable are all striving to get young people involved in the election. More...

9/16/04 – CALIFORNIA – The Daily Californian Online
Campus Groups Align to Lure Youth to Polls
"Participation is due to how polarized our country is now," says sophomore Richard Lechtenberg, who organized Driving Votes, a group that mobilizes voters in swing states. More...

9/10/04 – NEW YORK – Village Voice
Defeat Bush: The Guide
If George Bush is to be defeated this year, he'll be defeated on the ground. He'll be defeated because we want it more than they want it… Driving Votes: This grassroots organization (drivingvotes.org) helps road dogs plan car trips to register voters. More...

9/09/04 – NATIONAL – USA Today
Tracy Chapman Embarks on Swing State Tour
Singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman is embarking on a five-date tour of four Western swing states in an effort to get out the vote. More...

9/09/04 – FRANCE – West Coast Rendez-Vous
"Western Swing: An Evening with Tracy Chapman" Tour
The tour, called "Western Swing: An Evening with Tracy Chapman," will feature Tracy Chapman and her band in a very intimate setting. More...

9/09/04 – NATIONAL – Atlantic Records
Tracy Chapman Embarks on Swing State Tour to Support DrivingVotes.org
Atlantic Records and DrivingVotes.org today announced that recording artist Tracy Chapman will embark on a 5-date concert tour to benefit DrivingVotes.org. More...

9/09/04 – SEATTLE – Live Daily
Tracy Chapman Heads to Swing Tour
Singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman is joining the ranks of artists directing their efforts to impact this November's presidential election, embarks on a five-city tour to benefit DrivingVotes.org. More...

9/09/04 – NATIONAL – Mother Jones
Driving Votes the Democrats Way
They weren't going to test their luck in the nickel slots. Rather, these strangers, brought together by a group called Driving Votes, were road-tripping in hopes of bringing home the political mother lode this November: a Democrat in the White House. More...

9/09/04 – SEATTLE – MarketWire
Tracy Chapman Embarks on “Western Swing” Tour to Support DrivingVotes.org
Atlantic Records and DrivingVotes.org today announced that recording artist Tracy Chapman will embark on a 5-date concert tour to benefit DrivingVotes.org. The tour will kick off September 24th in Portland, OR. More...

9/6/04 – PHOENIX – America Coming Together
California comes to Arizona
"This is our second trip to join ACT-Arizona. Our volunteers from a safe 'blue state' are excited to help make a difference in an important 'swing state' this election," said Gaby Silver, Driving Votes' Southern California Regional Captain. More...

9/3/04 – NATIONAL – Air America
Chuck D Interviews Driving Votes on "Unfiltered" (mp3 audio)
Chuck D with co-hosts Lizz Winstead and Rachel Maddow interviewed Matt Lerner and Leighton Woodhouse while The Driving Votes Caravan was in New York. Listen to the mp3

9/3/04 – SAN FRANCISCO – BusinessWire
Driving Votes takes Democracy to the Road
Building on the huge success of its recent cross-country expedition, Driving Votes departs New York City tomorrow to complete the final portion of its RV caravan tour to register voters. More...

9/02/04 – NEW JERSEY – The Lawrence Ledger
Driving voters out of their homes
This week, a cross-country caravan of Driving Votes members and supporters spent the night in Lawrence at the childhood home of Leah Deni, the group's northeast regional coordinator. A 1997 graduate of Lawrence High School, Ms. Deni now lives in Boston, Mass. More...

9/02/04 – PITTSBURGH – City Paper
Devotees
…the volunteers streaming in from more secured territories. They include Yes Duffy, former star of MTV's Road Rules in town from Berkeley last week with Driving Votes, a sort of Ken Kesey school bus gone mainstream for the Democratic Party. More...

9/2/04 – LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas Mercury
ACTing out
One Saturday canvassing session, with the help of the California group Driving Votes, netted 162 voter registrations, according to ACT's website. More...

9/1/04 – NEW YORK - Newstream
Driving Votes Takes Democracy to the Road
Building on the huge success of its recent cross-country expedition, Driving Votes departs New York City tomorrow to complete the final portion of its RV caravan tour to register voters. More...

8/30/04 – OHIO – WOSU Public Radio
Driving Votes Caravan in Columbus, Ohio
The deadline to register to vote in the November presidential election is October 4th, but campaigns to register new voters are already in high gear. More...

8/26/04 – NEVADA – rawstory.com
Swing State Summer: Grass Roots in Reno
The next nationwide ACT day is September 18. Most states require voters to be registered 3-6 weeks ahead of the November 2 election. Driving Votes and the League of Pissed Off Voters will help you connect. More...

8/24/04 – MISSOURI – Columbia Missourian
Road Trip Driven by Desire to Register Swing Voters
“A lot of people have fought and died in order for us to be able to exercise our right to vote, and far too many people take that for granted,” said Matt Lerner, a 29-year-old manager with Microsoft and founder of Driving Votes. More...

8/23/04 – LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas Sun
Californians come in search of voters
"If I can give my time and my effort to come out here, I feel like I can make a real palpable difference," Gaby Silver and the other Californians in town Saturday were with drivingvotes.org More...

8/23/04 – SEATTLE – BusinessWire
Driving Votes Caravan Takes Democracy to the Road
As the countdown to the election draws nearer, Driving Votes takes to the road on a cross-country RV caravan tour to register voters. Activists will embark from Seattle and arrive in New York in time for the Republican National Convention August 30. More...

8/22/04 – KANSAS CITY – Kansas City Star
Vote Caravan Stops in Kansas City
The Driving Votes caravan and volunteers stopped in Kansas City today on a nationwide sweep to register voters in the swing states. More...

8/22/04 – MISSOURI – WDAF –TV Kansas City
Kansans Work for Votes in Missouri
Seattle-based DrivingVotes.org is traveling to several swing states pushing to get democrats registered to vote and then get out the vote on November 2nd. They were in Missouri today registering voters all over Kansas City. More...

8/22/04 - CALIFORNIA - TheReporter.com
A strategy for votes
George Curry is one of many Democrats who are seeking out ways to influence the upcoming presidential election. While downloading fliers to pass out at "Fahrenheit 9/11," he said he stumbled onto drivingvotes.org. More...

8/18/04 - CALIFORNIA - Killing My Lobster.com
Interview with Leighton Woodhouse of Driving Votes
“When Driving Votes volunteers do on-site voter registration in the swing states, or when we canvass precincts to talk to registered voters, we stick to those neighborhoods that are traditionally politically underrepresented.” More...

8/10/04– SEATTLE – Idealog.us
Driving Votes Benefit
Driving Votes is a great voter registration group running around battleground states this summer. More...

8/4/04 – SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Bay Guardian
Road Trip for Change
DrivingVotes.org was created by a group of young Seattle residents as an online information clearinghouse for registering swing state voters… now, it has more than 100 volunteers, with 27 chapters in 21 states. More...

8/2/04 - SAN FRANCISCO - USA Today
Just Vote
After Seattle-based techie Matt Lerner decided to drive to Portland to register voters, he launched a Web site to help like-minded souls coordinate their efforts… drivingvotes.org. More...

8/1/04 - KANSAS – Lawrence Journal World Democrats
Hit the Road
A handful of Kansas Democrats are taking their efforts elsewhere, specifically, to Kansas City, Mo., to sway voters in a battleground state that could swing to Bush or Kerry. More...

8/1/04 – KANSAS – Lawrence Journal World
Road trips a product of Electoral College
"It's a product of the system…” said Jennifer Kane, associate director of Driving Votes, a national organization that encourages volunteers to campaign in swing states. More...

8/1/04 – ONLINE – Edge News
10 Ways You Can Change US History
In the 2000 election, the difference between the Bush and Gore votes was small in 16 states. Consider traveling to one of these "swing states" to help register voters before the election or get people to the polls on election day (see www.drivingvotes.org). More...

7/30/04 – ONLINE – commondreams.org
Greens for Kerry Urge United Progressive Front
Illustrating this emerging progressive movement…newly formed groups like Greens for Impact, Driving Votes, Repentant Nader Voter, United Progressives for Victory, and numerous others. More...

7/30/04 – TEXAS – Austin Chronicle
Naked City Column
The Texas chapter of DrivingVotes.org – an anti-Bush group devoted to registering voters in swing states – will hold an organizational meeting at 10am. More...

7/28/04 – MASSACHUSETTS – Milford Daily News
Group Toes Party Line Without Being at Convention
Driving Votes (DV) -- a nationwide organization -- endeavors to increase voter turnout in swing states by coordinating and funding road trips to those battleground areas, during which participants register voters. More...

7/27/04 – ONLINE – PRWeb
Arianna Huffington to Emcee the New Grassroots News Conference
Driving Votes will be one of 10 innovative organizations to take part in the news conference. More...

7/26/04 – CALIFORNIA – San Francisco Chronicle
Californians Road-Tripping to register Nevada voters
Polls are giving Democratic Sen. John Kerry a comfortable lead over President Bush in California, so a growing number of the Bay Area's left-of- center types feel there's no point staying home and preaching to the converted. More...

7/24/04 – NEVADA – KVBC Channel 3
July 24th Las Vegas Election Action Day with ACT and Driving Votes
Driving Votes volunteers from California team with ACT for a day of action, canvassing and registering voters. More...

7/20/04 – NEW YORK CITY – Village Voice
Road-Tripping Against Bush
Try Driving Votes (drivingvotes.org), a grassroots clearinghouse. Pick a state and download election materials, or check out the ride board for others going your way. More...

7/19/04 – NATIONAL – National Public Radio
Matt Lerner a founder of Driving Votes Interviews with NPR
According to the Committee for the Study of the American electorate, voter turnout has been declining for the past 40 years, fast-forward to the last 20 minutes of audio for Matt’s interview. More...

7/15/04 – ONLINE – www.cnewmark.com
Craig Likes Us
Craig, of craigslist.org fame writes about Driving Votes in his blog of July 15. More...

7/12/04 – CALIFORNIA – Sacramento Bee
Web-roots Activists Eye Swing Votes
Drivingvotes.org utilizes the Internet to combine two traditional campaign activities: voter registration drives and registration worker caravans. More...

7/5/04 – ONLINE – USAbroad.org
2004 Election Resources
U.S. citizens abroad who want to travel home to volunteer in the 2004 election campaign may find the following websites useful: www.swingstates.com, which maintains a volunteer info update email list; and www.DrivingVotes.org which offers extensive trip planning information and state-by-state info kits. More...

7/2/04 – CALIFORNIA – Berkeley Daily Planet
Editorial: Stand Up and Sing Along
DrivingVotes.org claims on their web site that registering voters in swing states is the single most effective way to defeat Bush. They give you everything needed to join voter registration drives in swing states, including connections for putting together road trip with your friends. More...

6/30/04 – CALIFORNIA – Metroactive
Nüz
We're glad people are trying to anticipate and pre-empt White House spin. One of the best strategies we've heard of so far is laid out at www.drivingvotes.org, which is organizing people to go to swing states and register voters. More...

6/22/04 – ONLINE – Independent Media Center
Latest From www.StopBushin2004.com E-mail List
…go to www.AmericaVotes.org to find actions happening near you. Ongoing actions can be found at www.ActHere.com, www.DrivingVotes.org, and www.RedefeatBush.com. More...

6/15/04 –ONLINE – ABCNews.com
Groups Search for a Way to Turn Tide of Declining Youth Vote
On the Democratic side there's Driving Votes, a Seattle-based grass-roots group that encourages people to take road trips to the states where the vote was closest in 2000 and where it is not yet clear who will be the likely winner in November. More...

6/1/04 – WASHINGTON – Seattle Weekly
Hit the Campaign Trail
You can devote your summer vacation to getting George Bush out of office— the ambitious goal of local activist group Driving Votes—by hitting the road to register Democratic voters in key swing states. More...

6/1/04 – UTAH – Salt Lake Metro
Utah Activists Hit Road to Educate Voters
Michelle Sherwood and Ben Tettlebaum hope to affect the outcome of this November’s crucial election via a politically driven road trip. More...

5/21/04 – IOWA – Des Moines Register
Stand up, young citizens, and VOTE!
Groups like DrivingVotes.org understand that staffing a phone bank is most people's idea of hell, not activism. The group is signing up volunteers to travel to swing states to register voters. More...

5/6/04 – OREGON – Eugene Weekly
Group Views Oregon as a State that Swings
A group of young doers in Seattle has launched a political organization, Driving Votes, in an attempt to get Bush out of office this November. More...

5/5/04 - ONLINE– Michaelmoore.com
Link to Driving Votes
Driving Votes is a group that has focused its attention on the swing states--the ones that are the fierce political battleground where electoral votes can go either way. More...

Mike’s Pledge to get out the Vote
Spend one weekend in October in a swing state. Driving Votes can help you plan! More...

5/3/04 – WASHINGTON – seattlepi.com
Hitting the highway to find new Democratic votes
Seattle musician Rich Davidson was angry about the Bush administration and the war in Iraq and was agonizing over the fact that just a few hundred votes in the 2000 election could have changed the course of the nation. More...

4/28/04 – ONLINE – IDEAlogue.us
Visit a Swing State, Get Bush Out!
Registering voters in swing states is the single most effective way to defeat Bush. If you live in a swing state, Driving Votes will provide you with everything you need to register voters. If you don't live in a swing state, we encourage your friends together for a road... More...

4/23/04 – NATIONAL - Wired
Dems Hold the High Ground Online
a series of independent Democratic voter-action groups have sprung up online. And they're determined to leverage the organizing power of the Internet for Sen. John Kerry. More...

no date – ONLINE – The Raw Story
Musicians Work to Improve Youth Voter Registration
Driving Votes is an organization created by Richard Davidson, bassist for the Seattle band Radio Nationals. The momentum behind Driving Votes is encouragement to take road trips to swing states over the summer and register voters. More...