Tickets for Biden’s visit now available

By David Skolnick | May 15, 2012 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

Free tickets to Vice President Joe Biden’s Wednesday rally at M7 Technologies are available at President Barack Obama’s downtown campaign headquarters at 25 W. Federal St.

The office is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

“There will be a limited number of tickets available for interested residents, who can pick them up at the Youngstown campaign field office between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.,” said Jessica Kershaw, an Obama campaign spokeswoman.

The rally with the Democratic vice president starts at noon.

Those with tickets can get on shuttle buses to the event at the Covelli Centre between 10 and 11:15 a.m.

M7, an advanced manufacturing company, is on Ohio Works Drive in Youngstown.

During the stop, Biden will discuss Obama’s “efforts to create an economy built to last — one where hard work pays off, responsibility is rewarded, and everyone plays by the same set of rules,” according to a campaign announcement.

This will be Biden’s first presidential re-election campaign stop in the Mahoning Valley. Ohio is a key swing state in the general election.