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WOMEN VOTE! to Mobilize Voters for Ohio 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 Ohio's 15th congressional district.

The Ohio WOMEN VOTE! program hopes to reach more than 30,000 households throughout the district leading up to the election. In particular, the program will target likely swing voters and seek to educate them about Steve Stivers' record of raising taxes in Ohio as a state senator. 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. "It's important for voters to know that Steve Stivers voted for the largest tax increase in Ohio's history," said Maren Hesla, EMILY's List WOMEN VOTE! director. "It is our hope that through our efforts, voters in the 15th 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.