One Hour = Biker Power

Imagine what takes up about an hour of your time. Something you actually do. Say ... check out a bike show, have a couple of beers, or watch a TV show.

Priorities

Why do you spend time doing these things? Because they're important enough for you to want to do them. Or it's just simply because you feel like it.

Whatever the reason, that one hour somehow makes it to the top of your list of things to do. Even if it's only for the moment.

Despite the many things that demand your time, one hour is a small investment. Especially if it's only one hour a month. But let's talk about one hour per year.

Campaign Work WORKS

Repealing the universal helmet law takes effort. No surprise there. But did you know that you can get it repealed with only about an hour of work? I know this sounds ridiculous, but give me just one more minute of your time and I'll prove it.

State legislators are the only politicians that give us helmet laws. And they are also the only ones that can repeal them. Whichever way they vote, the majority wins. That's the key -- building a majority of support for repeal.

Political candidates need campaign volunteers to win elections. And the campaign season is the only time anyone can help them win. It's also the only time they seem to listen to voters. Bikers can easily find out where they stand on issues by simply asking them.

Whichever candidate runs the best campaign usually wins the election. And the life-blood of any campaign is volunteers:
- Walking door-to-door to drop off pamphlets.
- Working phone banks to get out the vote.
- Planting campaign signs along the streets.

They can't win without campaign volunteers!

Many of these legislators win office by a narrow margin of victory, and quite often by less than a few hundred votes. The closer the race, the more campaign volunteers make a difference.

Make it Count

One hour on Saturday morning won't kill you. In fact, it won't even hurt (unless you have a hangover). And it's not like it's every Saturday. Just once a year.

Now imagine a dozen bikers in one voting district. About the same manpower you'd see at your average ABATE meeting. Only instead of talking about issues, they're helping a biker-friendly candidate get elected. And that means getting one vote closer to repeal.

There's a little more to it, of course. Somebody's got to find out which candidate is worth your time. But your SMRO probably knows who the good candidates are. Ask them. Better yet, join them.

And RIDE2REPEAL.COM can let you know who they are ... as long as you click on the red "Subscribe" button (above) and give us your email and zip.

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