Des Moines Register
11-11-07
Dateline Iowa
MES
Catt Center to host caucus workshop
The Iowa State University Catt Center for Women and Politics will host a caucus
workshop from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the ISU Memorial Union's Sun
Room.
Representatives from both political parties will provide an overview of the Iowa
caucus process. Both parties will then lead interactive training sessions for their
caucuses. The workshop will end with a resource fair with representatives from
most of the presidential campaigns.
The event comes as a result of the change in caucus dates, as many students
and others will be home over Christmas break instead of at their normal voting
precinct.
"When classes are in session, campus and campaign organizations are quite
active in get-out-the-vote caucus efforts, and caucuses held on campus in 2004
were among the largest in Ames," said Dianne Bystrom, director of the Catt
Center. "If the students will be in their home communities on January 3, we'll
need to rely more on their parents to get them out."