Originally posted by Kevin McKeever

It’s now less than twenty-four hours before the polls open across the United States. Here in Philadelphia support for Kerry is as strong as ever, the main challenge being to mobilise that support to counter-balance the undoubted swathes of conservative Bush-Cheney voters a matter of miles away.

What’s most striking are the tactics employed by certain Republican-supporting groups to disenfranchise vulnerable sectors of the Democrat vote. There are reports of Bush-Cheney supporters allegedly planning to drive around communities in cars not dissimilar to those used by the police, in order to intimidate electors from going to the polls. There have also been attempts to move polling stations and also misinformation promulgated confusing electors on what ID they need in order to vote. Luckily, the Pennsylvania Dept. of State maintains an authoritative resource at www.votespa.com.

Last night saw our final GOTV rally in Philadelphia, addressed principally by Congressman Barney Frank. The first openly gay congressman, Barney aims to become the first openly gay Senator, filling the gap soon to be opened by John Kerry’s ascension to the White House…

In the calm before the storm, most of us ‘Brits’ (as we’ve been affectionately tagged) are taking time to collect our thoughts and catch some sleep. This evening and tomorrow promises to be as frenetic a polling day as any of us have ever experienced, but at least at the end we can hopefully rest assured that we played a small part in delivering a New America.