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Oct. 20th, 2004 12:23 pmTwo public service announcements:
1. text courtesy of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wearemany:
Hey everyone who registered to vote for this election, if you haven't yet received a registered card or registered out in the community during the waning days allowed in your state, especially if you are a new or first-time voter, MAKE SURE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED. You can call your county registrar and ask them to look it up, and if not, to let you re-register (usually if you have proof you registered, you can do this even if the deadline has passed).
2. website link courtesy ofswampgirl
This is specific to Chicago people, but others elsewhere should make the effort to find local info as well. I know presidential and senatorial races get most of the attention, but just as important to our day to day lives is JUDGES. They make decisions about divorces, custody, juvenile sentencing, landlord-tenant disputes, etc. and its important to vote for our microcosm as well as the macrocosm of federal government. You know how you go into the booth and there's pages and pages of judges and you don't know what the hell you're supposed to check? Well, guess what -- bar associations put together cheat sheets of information to help vote out judges who are fcked up. Check out http://voteforjudges.org and print out a chart -- you can bring it with you into the poll to make it even easier. I usually go with the Chicago Council of Lawyers list, but there are several bar associations to choose from.
( now that I've gotten that out of the way.... )
1. text courtesy of
wearemany:Hey everyone who registered to vote for this election, if you haven't yet received a registered card or registered out in the community during the waning days allowed in your state, especially if you are a new or first-time voter, MAKE SURE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED. You can call your county registrar and ask them to look it up, and if not, to let you re-register (usually if you have proof you registered, you can do this even if the deadline has passed).
2. website link courtesy of
swampgirlThis is specific to Chicago people, but others elsewhere should make the effort to find local info as well. I know presidential and senatorial races get most of the attention, but just as important to our day to day lives is JUDGES. They make decisions about divorces, custody, juvenile sentencing, landlord-tenant disputes, etc. and its important to vote for our microcosm as well as the macrocosm of federal government. You know how you go into the booth and there's pages and pages of judges and you don't know what the hell you're supposed to check? Well, guess what -- bar associations put together cheat sheets of information to help vote out judges who are fcked up. Check out http://voteforjudges.org and print out a chart -- you can bring it with you into the poll to make it even easier. I usually go with the Chicago Council of Lawyers list, but there are several bar associations to choose from.
( now that I've gotten that out of the way.... )
