[CIMC-work] FW: voting initiative

[Chris Kaihatsu]

Garth, all,

Yeah, I agree with Garth's response and position. 

As a volunteer journalist collective it would be inappropriate for us,
the Chicago Independent Media Center, to delve into the
political-party-campaign scene, as doing so would introduce non-CIMC
partisanship into our work.


Chris K.



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Garth Liebhaber wrote:
>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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