Across the country people spent their Fourth of July registering voters at local events. In Ohio, one event caught the attention of the local ABC channel... 

Judy Kraus spent July 4th marching down Hamilton Avenue with other Barack Obama supporters in the annual Northside holiday parade.

Along the route the Northside woman and other volunteers stopped and approached members of the crowd with clipboards.

They were canvassing men and women of voting age, making sure they were registered to cast ballots in the November general election.

"We can reach a lot of people this way," Kraus said. "We know a lot of them are disenfranchised, but we know they want to vote so we're going to help them to vote."

Similar efforts occurred Friday in Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, Lima and other Ohio cities.

More than 2,000 volunteers participated.

Sign up to attend a local voter registration event to help those who want to vote. In some states, the 2004 election was won by a small margin of votes. Every vote counts, and this campaign wants to make sure everyone has the opportunity to make their voice heard.