Burnt Orange Report

You'd think Bill Clinton's Coming

By Byron LaMasters

Or Elvis. Or Jesus for that matter. When Bill Clinton came to UT as part of the Liz Carpenter speakers series, the University Democrats got in line to get our tickets at 10 PM the night before to get tickets at 8 AM the next morning. (Originally, about 1000 tickets were distributed, but only people in line two to three hours before they started distributing them actually got tickets. University officials then decided to change the venue to the Erwin Center (our basketball arena) to accomodate several thousand more students.)

Anyway, the University Democrats want to be the first people in Texas to vote, so they'll be camping out on the west mall Sunday night so they can vote at 7 AM:

"VOTERAMA: WE’RE NOT SLEEPING UNTIL WE VOTE!!"
The University of Texas Democrats are not sleeping until we vote and neither should you!

Early vote starts Monday October 18. We are going to be the first to vote on campus, in Austin, and possibly in Texas. Sunday night starting at 9:30 p.m. on the West Mall we are going to start the line to the UGL in order to cast our votes at 7:00 am.

This will be one of our biggest projects ever! There will be local candidates, food, music, games, and fun. You don't want to miss this unique experience. It'll be something to tell your kids about.

We reistered over 7,000 voters on campus and now it's time make sure they vote, and that they vote Democratic. If you are worried about sleeping, don't— bring your sleeping bags and blankets or use ours. If your worried about studying, dont—go into the UGL and get it done. If your worried about safety, don't—there will be tons of us. So grab some friends and come out to show the country that even Texas wants a change!!

TIME: Sunday 17 October 9:30 p.m. until Monday 18 October 2004 7:30 a.m.
PLACE: West Mall on the campus of the Univ of TX

Sould be fun. I'll plan on hanging out for a little bit, and coming back to vote sometime in the morning, although I do want to be fuctional on Monday, so I think I'll settle for the comfort of my own bed on Sunday night.