How to win a local election : a complete step-by-step guide

Author

Lawrence Grey

Call Number

• 324.7 G843 (CEN)

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Edition

3rd ed., 1st M. Evans ed.

Publication Information

Lanham, Md. : M. Evans : Distributed by National Book Network, 2007.

Physical Description

xvii, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

• The office you want to run for
• Election statistics
• Local election laws : getting on the ballot
• Financial reporting
• District geography and demography
• Talking to an old hand
• Campaign theme and strategy
• Party, nonpartisan, and independent candidates
• Computers : using them in the campaign
• You have to have a plan
• Scheduling and a calendar
• The campaign manager
• getting a volunteer coordinator
• The candidate
• Money and fundraising
• Winning it one precinct at a time
• Literature : the campaign brochure
• Getting a good mailing list
• Doing a mailing
• Radio and television
• Newspapers
• Yard signs and billboards
• Going door to door
• Miscellaneous things that ought to be mentioned.