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Blog the vote!

Nov 3, 2008

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Colleen Mondor, Lee Wind, and my brother Gregory K came up with a great idea for a cooperative blogging project at the recent Kid Lit ’08 conference in Portland: people writing about why they personally think that voting matters.Â Over fifty people wound up participating, and since most of them are writers or reviewers as…

Voter Suppression Wiki action alert: preparing for election day

Nov 3, 2008

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The Voter Suppression Wiki has issued our second action alert, this one focused on preparations for election day at the polls, along with a video that’s already been featured by YouTube. As Baratunde Thurston says in our media release, “All of the debates, research, organizing and enthusiasm can be undermined if people don’t head to…

Notes from underground (Hallowe’en pre-election version)

Oct 31, 2008

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Last year on Hallowe’en , right before my last day at Microsoft, I wrote Hallowe’en’s always been one of our favorite holidays, and of course our hood is one of the best places to celebrate it.Â We’re both in a fairly low-key mood tonight, so rather than trick-or-treating, we’ll have a nice relaxing dinner, perhaps…

Protecting the election by “leveraging” office printers

Oct 30, 2008

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cross-posted on Pam’s House Blend, OpenLeft, and MyDD and Oxdown Gazette, with various differences due to HTML incompatibilities but some cool polls to make up for it. Executive Summary: Print out election protection documents on Friday and Saturday, at work (unless you’d get fired) and at home (if you have a fast printer): My Vote,…

Media release: Voter Suppression Wiki workshop highlights last-minute opportunities for reducing voter suppression

Oct 30, 2008

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in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Cyberspace — A diverse group of bloggers, community organizers, media professionals, technologists, and voting rights activists have issued a report with several last-minute recommendations to reduce voter suppression in the upcoming US Election.Â Some of the most significant opportunities involve increasing awareness of resources like the non-partisan Election Protection hotlines at 1-866-OUR-VOTE/1-888-VE-Y-VOTA, engaging the tens…

Media call for workshop on “Last-minute strategies to reduce voter suppression” — Wednesday, 11 AM Eastern/8 AM Pacific

Oct 29, 2008

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Last-minute strategies to reduce voter suppression Audio available here The Voter Suppression Wiki’s Workshop on Last-minute strategies to reduce voter suppression identified several major opportunities to protect voting rights during the week of the election. While election officials, campaigns, and non-partisan organizations have all made major effort to inform voters, there is still a significant…

Update on the Workshop on Last-minute strategies for reducing voter suppression

Oct 27, 2008

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in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Update: w00t, w00t, Voter Suppression Wiki is mentioned in Noam Cohen’s Casting a Ballot, and a Wary Eye in the New York Times — and I’m quoted (â€œThe interesting challenge â€” the story in progress â€” is how do we coordinate our effortsâ€)!Â Â Mom will be proud 🙂 We’re roughly at the midpoint of the…

Radio, radio. You’re gonna hear me on your radio. Tonight!

Oct 26, 2008

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in political, Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

On Saturday, Jon hosted a major organizing conference call that became a strategy session for countering voter suppression nationwide. And, so, in a bit of marvelously self-reflexive irony, with Jon’s help, we’ll be using that same approach to make this hour of our show into a kind of national town meeting of the air, by…

Announcing a last-minute workshop on “Last-minute strategies for reducing voter suppression”

Oct 24, 2008

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in political, Professional, social sciences, Tales from the Net

Heading into the last ten days before the election, it’s clear that is there are still huge opportunities to reduce voter suppression.Â How to make best use of this time?Â There are so many groups doing great stuff here that there are lots of opportunities for synergy; at the same time, there’s also a lot…

Live from Madison this Sunday: social network activism and the Voter Suppression Wiki

Oct 23, 2008

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in political, Professional, social sciences, Tales from the Net

I’ll be appearing on John Quinlan and Harry Waisbren’s show Forward Forum this Sunday from 8-9 CDT, on the air in Madison and streamed live at WTDY.Â I met Harry working on Get FISA Right, and so we’ll be discussing social network activism in general, looking at some of the experiences I discuss in Reflections…

Help, please, with test data for the Twitter Vote Report (updated with logo)

Oct 22, 2008

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in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Executive summary Please take a minute to help by providing test data for an election monitoring project! Details Momentum on the Twitter Vote Report continues to build — Nancy Scola and Allison Fine’s excellent update from Monday already looks out of date, and as the steadily-growing partners list implies, we’re making excellent progress towards the…

Voter Suppression Wiki: 40,000+ votes at risk in North Carolina, please help get the word out

Oct 21, 2008

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in political, Professional, social sciences, Tales from the Net

Executive summary 40,000 votes at risk in North Carolina; please help get the word out for future action and media alerts, please join theÂ vswiki-alerts Google Group feedback, please, from activists, bloggers and voters about our action alert Details After posts by me on Pam’s House Blend Sunday night and Baratunde Thurston on Jack and…

“e-Deceptive Campaign Practices”

Oct 19, 2008

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in political, Professional, social computing, social sciences

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)’s Technology and Democracy 2.0 report on “e-Deceptive campaign practices” is getting released on Monday, along with a parallel report from Common Cause and Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights covering the legal and policy issues.Â Contributors include computer security legends like Peter Neumann (of Bell Labs, SRI and comp.risks fame)…

Action alert: help get the word out about confusing North Carolina ballots

Oct 19, 2008

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in political, social sciences, Tales from the Net

In a classic example of confusing ballot design, a “straight party” vote in North Carolina does not include the presidential contest.Â If you want to vote for a president, you need to make an additional mark in the presidential contest even if you’ve chosen a straight party vote.Â (See detailed instructions in the first comment.)…

Election protection: Techville and Reality City

Oct 17, 2008

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Welcome to those who have gotten here via my appearance on Meet the Bloggers! The Voter Suppression Wiki is a non-partisan hub of information and action around efforts to suppress votes in the 2008 U.S. elections. For more information, please see our strategy and talking points, Baratunde Thurstonâ€™s launch post on Jack and Jill Politics,…

Friday on Meet the Bloggers: James Rucker, Brad Friedman, and me

Oct 16, 2008

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When it comes to election protection and voter suppression, there’s perhaps no one more knowledgeable than Color of Change’s James Rucker.Â That’s why Rucker will be our special guest on Meet the Bloggers this Friday at 1pm Et/10am PT, as we discuss these critical issues. Joining Rucker will be Jon Pincus (Liminal States) and Brad…

Voter Suppression Wiki: Introductions, Help Wanted, and Strategy

Oct 13, 2008

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Cross-posted on Oxdown Gazette and Pam’s House Blend The Voter Suppression Wiki is a non-partisan hub of information and action around efforts to suppress votes in the 2008 U.S. elections. For more information, please see our strategy and talking points, Baratunde Thurston’s launch post on Jack and Jill Politics, and my series of posts on…

SaysMe.tv: see, they really are game-changing

Oct 13, 2008

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Today Blue America, with our partners at SaysMe.TV, is launching a new application that can make everyone a political media consultant– or, better yet, a replacement for a political media consultant. — Howie Klein, Firedoglake, announcing availability of ads for Darcy Burner, Annette Tadeo, Larry Kissell, and other netroots fave Congressional candidates SaysMe.tv, the LA-based…

Oxdown Gazette: some initial reactions

Oct 12, 2008

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in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

cross-posted on Oxdown Gazette The conversation in the blogosphere is — I sincerely hope — about to change. — Jane Hamsher, And the Big Announcement Isâ€¦, Firedoglake, July 2008 I’ve spent a bunch of time at Firedoglake’s Oxdown Gazette this last week, regularly checking the home page and recommended stories, commenting here and there, as…

Voter suppression: how to do better at getting the word out?

Oct 11, 2008

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in political, social computing

One area that we think the Voter Suppression Wiki can potentially add a lot of value is getting the word out more rapidly: about important updates like polling location changes or extended polling times, and to alert the community about deceptive campaign practices.Â Today, it can often take over a week for information to make…

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