WINSTON SALEM, N.C. - (10/13/04) --Truliant FCU is holding voterregistration drives in the communities it serves using its branchlocations, its website, and even a minor league baseball game.Truliant is also displaying "Get Out And Vote" posters in itsbranches. "As a democratically-governed cooperative, we encourageour members to exercise their right to vote for their board ofdirectors," commented CEO Marc Schaefer. "Our philosophy matchescitizens right to vote for government officials and we want toencourage our members to exercise that right," saidSchaefer.
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