Michelle Obama/Oromia

4 Nov 2008 · 3 min

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In this energetic election‑eve rally, field organizers Kanyi Maqubela and Natalia address a crowd of volunteers and potential voters in Northeast Las Vegas. They introduce themselves, thank early voters, and urge those who haven’t yet cast a ballot to vote the next day, emphasizing Nevada’s status as a battleground state. The organizers repeatedly remind the audience of poll hours (7 AM–7 PM), encourage people to wait in line if needed, and stress that voting alone isn’t enough—volunteers are needed to sustain the ground game. They call for shift sign‑ups, use the slogan “Yes We Can,” and employ high‑energy chants to motivate the crowd to finish the campaign strong, promising a celebratory victory party in Las Vegas if Barack Obama wins the presidential election.

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. How are we doing today? Are we fired up? Are we fired up? Are we fired up? Come on, let me fire it up! Up there!
Up there! Come on, fire it up! Let me fire it up! Thank you! Thank you! Alright! Alright! Thank you! Thank you!
My name is Kanyi. I'm a field organizer for Northeast Las Vegas.
I am Natalia, and I'm also a field organizer right here in Northeast Vegas. So by show of hands, who has already early voted? Woo! That's incredible. Thank you so much for casting your ballot early. For those who haven't voted yet, for those who haven't voted yet, who will be voting tomorrow? Woo! All right. For those voting tomorrow, Who's gonna vote for Barack Obama? Alright, so just so we're all on the same page, the polls open at 7 AM and they close at 7 PM. Alright, so go ahead, cast your ballot. There might be a little bit of a line, but please wait in that line and cast your ballot. We need your vote. Nevada is still a battleground state. But just so you know too, casting your ballot isn't gonna be enough, really, here in Nevada. We need your help!
Tonight's election eve ladies and gentlemen— we ask not to do it. There's no time to waste. Tomorrow we're going to be electing Barack Obama as president of America. Yes We Can! Yes We Can! Yes We Can!
Yes We Can! Stop killing people! No more fear! So I can't stress enough the importance of finishing this strong. We need to just give everything we have this last 24 hours here. So please sign up for a shift. We've come way too far to not finish this off like we started. So let's finish it off so that tomorrow night we can have the biggest party that Las Vegas has ever seen.
Yes, we can. Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! We have to make this dream real! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yeah! Yay! Way to win it, Jeff Foster! We'll take it very far. Yeah.