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After knocking on thousands of doors during this year’s U.S. presidential campaign, David Shelton’s work is done — now, he’s looking forward to knocking back a drink or two at a local bar on election night with fellow Americans. 

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Though he’s a Democrat, Shelton said his get-out-the-vote effort wasn’t really aimed at getting Kamala Harris elected.

That’s because it was happening in Windsor, Ont., and the surrounding region — where an estimated 25,000 of his compatriots live but too few actually practise their right to vote, Shelton said.

“We are engaging in these explicitly nonpartisan activities,” the Democrats Abroad member said in an interview. “We want everyone to have access to vote and we believe that it’s better for everyone.”

Shelton is one of many Americans who have rolled up their sleeves to take part …