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Nov 3, 2008

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in political, social sciences, Tales from the Net

They’re already voting in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, so Election Day has officially begun.Â Showtime! We’ve just finished our last minute polishing for the Voter Suppresssion Wiki, with a redesigned home page, aÂ Voter Suppression Documented summary with snippets of a dozen different examples, final touches to the Media Room, the Prepare for election day…

Voter Suppression Wiki action alert: preparing for election day

Nov 3, 2008

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jon

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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…

Protecting the election by “leveraging” office printers

Oct 30, 2008

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jon

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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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jon

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…

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

Oct 27, 2008

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jon

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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jon

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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jon

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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jon

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…

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

Oct 21, 2008

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jon

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…

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