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The Princeton Area League of Women Voters will participate in the New Jersey League’s statewide voter registration drive on Saturday, September 20, by registering voters and handing out applications for absentee ballots at several locations, including McCaffrey’s, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Nassau Street, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and at the Farmers’ Markets in West Windsor and Montgomery from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The League will also join the Princeton Public Library and Princeton Youth Project at the library’s “Rock the Vote” event on Friday, September 19, from 4 to 8 p.m., at Hinds Plaza. For more information contact Voter Service Co-chair Chrystal Schivell at (609) 924-5238.

The Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) will hold a general membership meeting on Sunday, September 21, at the Suzanne Patterson Center, behind Borough Hall. From 7 to 7:30 p.m. attendees can sign up to volunteer at PCDO headquarters, meet with Obama organizers, make a small donation, and pick up a button or bumper sticker. (For more information and a listing of specific volunteer opportunities, see www.mercer4obama.com) At 7:30 p.m. the Woodrow Willson School’s Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs Nolan McCarty will speak will speak about political parties and the democratic process in a talk called “Why Parties?” The PCDO reports that there is still time to RSVP for the Caroline Kennedy Reception-Fundraiser for Barack Obama on Friday, September 19, with a Host and Sponsor Reception ($2,300) from 6 to 6:30 p.m., and General Reception ($1,000 and $500) from 6 to 8 p.m., at the home of Lisa Fischetti and Ralph Lerner, 176 Parkside Drive, Princeton. RSVP at: https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/Sep19Princeton.

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