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<blockquote data-quote="chev" data-source="post: 425419" data-attributes="member: 6761"><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=9299280</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: blue">A sign of what's to come of an Obama administration?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">The line was long and the crowd was angry at times.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: blue">"I want my money today! It's my money. I want it right now!" yelled one former campaign worker.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">A former spokesman for the Obama campaign said 375 people were hired as part of the Vote Corps program and said people signed up to work three-hour shifts at a time. Three hours of canvassing got workers a $30 pre-paid Visa card.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">The workers showed up to get their cards Wednesday morning at 10:00 am.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">"There was a note on the door saying 1:00 pm and then at 1:20 pm everybody was like why is nobody here. They just got here and they're trying to get it organized," said Heather Richards, a former campaign worker.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">The large gathering of around 375 people prompted police to call in extra officers and set up temporary barricades. The barricades helped keep the crowd from spilling out onto Meridian Street. Police say the several hundred people in line were for the most part orderly.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">"No arrests. Some of the people were upset at first because the line wasn't moving as fast as they thought it should. But we really haven't had any problems," said Major Darryl Pierce, Metro Police.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">Eventually people did start getting paid, but some said they were missing hours and told to fill in paperwork making their claim and that eventually they would get a check in the mail. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: blue">"Still that's not right. I'm disappointed. I'm glad for the president, but I'm disappointed in this system," said Diane Jefferson, temporary campaign worker.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">"It should have been $480. It's $230," said Imani Sankofa.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">"They gave us $10 an hour. So we added it. I added up all the hours so it was supposed to be at least $120. All I get is $90," said Charles Martin.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">"I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have earned," said Randall Waldon.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">Some people weren't satisfied with filling out a claim form for money they felt was still due to them. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">"They say that they gonna call you or they going to mail it to you, but I don't know. We'll see what happens," said Antron Grose. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">"Talking about they'll mail it to us. I ain't worried about that, man. They're not going to mail nothin'," said Martin.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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