Click to play videoNew Delhi: An Obama delegate living in Delhi is making sure that not a single vote from his camp goes a waste.
Obama supporters are busy wooing Americans at home and those living abroad and one such campaign is underway in India as well.
Carolyn Sauvage Mar, a hard-core Obama fan is one of the delegates who is going to the Democrat National Convention in Denver on August 28, an honour, which she says, only 22 delegates from Democrats overseas are given.
Carolyn says her most important job comes in November - making sure all Americans living abroad register for the presidential poll.
“We are making a big push. We know there are tens and thousands of citizens living in India and it is a good guess that most of them haven't registered yet,” says Chairperson, Democrats-Abroad, Carolyn.
Obama’s army of volunteers want to convince young Americans and Indian Americans living in India to support Obama.
They say that absentee ballots are a big worry. In the 2000 US Presidential elections, the absentee votes of the Democrats camp were not properly organized, one of the factors in Bush's victory over Al-Gore.
Sporting the Obama T-shirts and colourful headgears, Obama supporters want to make sure that not a single vote of the Obama camp goes waste in the November elections.
However, volunteers at the Obama camp in Delhi say that their efforts are paying off.
“The best thing about Obama is that he has energized people to think about politics,” says a volunteer.
Meanwhile, to make sure that enthusiasm for Obama converts to solid votes, the Democrats-Abroad will be making a huge push on August 2 in all the major cities in India, holding camps at various places and helping the Americans to register their absentee votes online.
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