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Sandra Fluke, Disney's Hercules, to Stump for Obama in Cedar Rapids Today

Controversial reproductive rights figure Sandra Fluke and actor Tate Donovan join former Iowa Lt. Governor Patty Judge in Cedar Rapids on a bus tour encouraging early voting.


There's one month left to go before election day, and you know what that means.

Duelling bus tours!

With Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan preparing for a bus tour accross Iowa, the Obama campaign has decided to launch an Eastern Iowa bus tour of its own.

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According to a release from the Obama campaign, the DNC/OFA “Gotta Vote” Bus Tour will stop in Cedar Rapids at 1:30 p.m. today and later in Iowa City at 6 p.m. 

On Tuesday the bus tour will stop in Davenport.

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The bus will be at the Cedar Rapids Obama For America office, on 4358 16th Ave. SW.

There you can go meet an interesting assortment of characters including: Sandra Fluke, who gained national notoriety for not being allowed to testify during a men's only congressional hearing on health care funding for birth control and subsequent lowbrow remarks by Rush Limbaugh; Tate Donovan, an actor known for his roles on television shows such as "Damages" and "Friends" and for his voicing Hercules in a Disney animated feature movie; and former Lt. Gov. Patty Judge, who served in the role during the Chet Culver administration.

The bus tour's goal, according to the release, is to encourage early voting and to make sure that prospective voters are registered to vote.

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