RICHMOND —
If anyone in Madison County is not registered to vote for the Nov. 6 election, it won’t be because members of the Jemima Boone Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution didn’t go far and wide to seek them out.
On Saturday, the DAR chapter had a table set up at the Little Sack Grocery on Colonel Road between Interstate 75 Exits 95 and 90.
Freida Shoemaker had voter registration cards at a table decorated with flowers and miniature American flags. She also had copies of documents of interest to citizens, including booklets with the text of the U.S. Constitution.
She also had flyers titled, “Know Your Rights Under the Constitution.” It contained the constitution’s first 10 amendments, more commonly known as The Bill of Rights.
Other materials included, “The American’s Creed,” “The Story of the Pledge of Allegiance” and the text of Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech.
Saturday’s session was the fourth the DAR chapter has conducted since July 28. Previously they’ve signed up voters at the Kirksville and Waco volunteer fire stations and Walmart in Richmond.
Next Saturday, from 8 until 10:30 a.m., they will be at the Union City volunteer fire station.
Organizers of the annual Kirksville Day celebration have invited them back to the crossroads community Sept. 22.
The drive has registered 23 new voters so far, with nearly half signed up during the Walmart session. Four signed up Saturday.
Among those registered have been a 21-year-old man who had never registered and a newly married couple who registered to change their address.
The deadline to register is Oct. 9.
The Jemima Boone DAR meets on the second Saturday of each month at Clairmont on Grey Oaks Drive in Richmond.
For more details about the chapter or its voter-registration drive, call Shoemaker at 626-3138.
Bill Robinson can be reached at brobinson@richmondregister.com or at 624-6622.
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Mohanad Allatifeh, manager of the Little Sack Grocery, fills out a voter registration card Satuday at the store as Freida Shoemaker of the Jemima Boone Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution watches. The DAR has been conducting a voter registration drive at various locations around the county since July 28. Bill Robinson
DAR working to register new voters
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