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I did some more phone banking yesterday, and had one actual conversation, which I am still amused by. I followed the script of "Hi, may I speak to $name" and got "she's not available, what are you calling about?"

So I said I was a volunteer with the Maine Democratic party, and offered to call back later--and she said that she was in fact the person I was looking for, and now that she knew I wasn't a telemarketer, she'd be happy to talk to me. She told me that she was planning to vote the straight Democratic ticket,and already had her absentee ballot. With that much enthusiasm, I asked if she'd like to volunteer, and she declined because she's in grad school, so I thanked her and noted all of that on the website form.