When was the last time a taxi hailed you?

Today was the voter registration deadline for the November election here in Washington state. A bunch of us were out on Seattle's Capitol Hill making one final push to register Washington residents. Though I helped a number of voters from a variety of backgrounds fill out their forms, my favorite by far was the cab driver.

We were standing in front of the QFC at Broadway and Pike, when a cab pulled up to the curb. The driver rolled down his window and started to wave his arms. "Meet me around the corner," he yelled. I grabbed my clipboard and ran to the loading zone where the guy was parked. Climbing into the front seat of the cab, I explained the registration process to him. Two minutes later, the 30-year-old cab driver from Kent, WA was on his way, registered to vote for the first time in his life.

It's stories like this one, and the many others I heard from my fellow volunteers, that lead me to believe that Barack Obama is truly inspiring Americans who never before thought to participate in the democratic process to do so in this election. And it's these voters who give me confidence that Obama/Biden will be able to bring the change we need to Washington this November.