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County Executive Kathleen Falk hosted an event for “Women’s Wednesday” yesterday, a weekly gathering to get women to support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

This is the fourth “Women’s Wednesdays” hosted at the Monroe Street Obama office encouraging women to come volunteer their time and reach out to other women by calling other voters.

Falk’s said she supported Obama for many reasons, saying that the stark differences between Obama and Republican presidential nominee John McCain on women’s issues, such as a woman’s right to choose and the Equal Pay Act, make this election extremely important.

She also wants to ensure supporters actively get out and vote, especially students seeing that young people historically have lower turnout. According to Falk, most undecided voters at this point are women and it’s important to inform them.

“I’m just reaching normal every day human beings that don’t think about elections 24 hours a day, but they are starting to think about who to vote for and they are just looking for information,” Falk said.

The amount of excitement seen throughout the campaign has also been inspiring for Falk, saying she has never seen anything like the amount of enthusiasm in the volunteers this election cycle.

Other events that have taken place in the Madison area have included a rally with former Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, visits from Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, various campus tours with Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and a Vote for Change rally lead by popular Hollywood actors.

The Obama events in the last few weeks have been aimed at pointing out the differences between Obama and McCain as well as the importance of this election.

“Whether we are talking about Governor Doyle’s events, the female affiliation events or whatever, the message is: Do you want change or do you want more of the same?” said Phil Walzak, communications director for the Obama Campaign.

With all the events happening regularly, Walzak points out one event that really stirred up Obama support here in Madison.

“Obama came to Madison on a cold February day, he filled the Kohl Center and there was a couple thousand more people in overflow room; now that was a special moment,” said Walzak.

With only a few days left until election day, this is the last chance for Obama and McCain supporters alike to convince independents and ensure people go out and vote.

The McCain campaign has kept their focus on “Get Out the Vote” efforts, emphasizing the importance of credible endorsements and not taking political advice from someone because of their fame.

“I think the fact that people put stock in the advice of MTV or The O.C. actors is kind of a ridiculous notion,” said Mark Bednar, co-chair of Students for McCain. “You do that for (choosing) soda, you don’t do that for who you are going to vote for president.”