[Mn-abs] Fw: Barriers to Voting

[David Andrews]

>From: "Jennifer Dunnam" <jennifer.dunnam at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Fw: Barriers to Voting
>Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:50:51 -0500



>MN Federationists,
>
>We have been asked to distribute the note below and the attached 
>voter survey to help the Office of the Secretary of State focus 
>their efforts on voter
>outreach.
>The person sending the e-mail and the survey, Christian Knights, is 
>from the Courage Center but participates on a Committee of the 
>Secretary of State's
>office along
>with Judy Sanders and Steve Jacobson.
>
>In his note, Christian suggests that when a "yes" or "no" answer is 
>required, one should "bold" the answer chosen.  The survey is 
>contained in a Microsoft
>Word
>document, and it is not difficult to "bold" as requested, but 
>placing the letter "X" to the left of the desired response is also 
>valid.  Do whatever works
>for you.
>
>As part of the survey, you are asked for contact information.  The 
>survey says that providing this information is not required, though, 
>so do not feel obligated
>to
>supply it.
>
>If you have questions about the survey, contact either
>
>Judy Sanders:  612-375-1625
>or
>Steve Jacobson (evenings): 952-927-7694.
>
>Please do not reply to this note with your survey 
>responses.  Christian Knights has provided contact information in 
>the survey document and at the
>end of his
>note below.  Send survey responses directly to him.
>
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>Subject: Barriers to Voting
>Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:53:47 -0600
>From: "Christian Knights" <
>christian.knights at courage.org>
>
>Good Morning,
>
>Whilst there is a momentary break in the legislative session- albeit far
>too brief. I would like to ask for your help.
>
>Working in close partnership with the Minnesota Secretary of State's
>office and the disability advisory committee, we have been working
>towards maximizing the disability vote for the forthcoming elections in
>this vitally important year for Minnesota and the whole US.
>
>Voter turnout for people with disabilities is 20 percentage points less
>than among people without disabilities. We need to fix this so people
>with disabilities are even more empowered and can effect change.
>
>Please find attached a survey exploring the potential barriers to voting
>people with disabilities have. We are looking to have this survey filled
>in my as many people as possible and spread across the whole state of
>Minnesota to really examine the challenges to voting and if different
>geographic areas have different issues.
>
>This work is incredibly important and with the help of the Secretary of
>State's office we can start to correct the barriers and increase
>turnout, but we need your help to forward, print, and distribute this
>survey to as many people as possible .
>
>The deadline we are looking to hit is April 15 and the survey should
>take no more than a couple of minutes to complete. My contact details
>are included on the survey including mail, fax and email return options.
>
>Thank you all in advance for all your help.
>
>Remember- exercise your independence and vote, there is only 228 days to
>November 4th!
>
>Christian Knights
>Public Affairs Associate
>Courage Center
>Tel: 763-520-0725
>Cel: 612-419-2540
>Email:
>christian.knights at courage.org
><
>mailto:christian.knights at courage.org>
>
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