[CIMC-work] FW: voting initiative

[Garth Liebhaber]

Hi all,
I'm not sure who Shawn is (one of the button peopel?), but 
I would like to say that most of my energy will go into 
documenting the anti-war movement.  As such, doing 
work that increases votes for either demopublican pro-
war corporate candidates is not a priority.

Concerning Illinois and local elections, I think at best we 
might center panel an index of articles from the newswire 
that contributors might have posted.  These should be 
well- articulated articles that reflect (if possible) the 
mission statement of CIMC.

garth

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From: rsand at mc.net
Sent: Mon May 10 16:09:26 2004
To: imc-chicago-working at lists.indymedia.org
Subject: [CIMC-work] FW: voting initiative


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 From: scampb5 at wpo.it.luc.edu
To: rsand at mc.net
Sent: May  6, 2004  2:08 PM 
Subject: voting initiative


Hi all,

I'm writing to talk to you guys about an idea I'd like to 
work on for
this fall.  It may seem early, but I'd really like to do a great 
job
with this, so we need to start thinking and working now.  
I'd like to do
a series of shows, PSAs, and other efforts to encourage 
our audience to
vote.  In Illinois, voter registration ends 27 days before the 
election,
which will be October 6th.  That means we should work on 
one push to
encourage people to register, and a second to encourage 
people to vote.

Here are some ideas I have.  I'd like to hear yours as well.

*Organizing voter registration tables at some high profile 
shows and
events
*PSAs with crucial information about how to get registered
*PSAs which really get at the basic fact that voting DOES 
matter to
young people (focus on issues like student loans, 
healthcare,
militarism, privacy rights, GLBT rights, etc)
*week's/couple weeks' worth of community shows prior to 
the election
focusing on voting issues
*broad citywide promotion in clubs, bars, record stores, 
etc., where
bringing in your voting stub on election day gets you a 
discount/free
admission, a free beer, a couple dollars off a purchase, 
etc.

The challenge, of course, is to really make this 
information relevant
to our listeners.

Let's talk.  'Reply all' on your responses.

thanks,
--Shawn


 

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