This is a crucial point. The Obama campaign, the Democratic Party and others must get out there and spread the word to all those on the wrong side of the digital divide.
MCM >From Mary Mancini: Mark, The state also have an online database that New Yorkers can check: <https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/votersearch.aspx>https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/votersearch.aspx If they'd rather call, they can find the number of their county election commission-- <http://www.elections.state.ny.us/CountyBoards.html->http://www.elections.state.ny.us/CountyBoards.html--or call information, and ask for the number of their county's election commission. But as I'm writing this I realize that we can easily spread the word about all this among those with access to the Internet. But what about those people not on-line? Does anyone in New York have any ideas on how to get the word out to people without computers and/or Internet access? Mary ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mark Crispin Miller <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:49 AM Subject: [MCM] New Yorkers, call to see if you've been purged! To: <mailto:newsfromunderground@googlegroups.com>newsfromunderground@googlegroups.com >From Stephanie Low: Over 1.5 million NYS voters have been purged and won't know it till they get to their polling place. They'll be able to vote only by provisional ballot. In NYC, the number to call is 866 868 3692 to find out if you're still "Active" and have not been "flagged." To do your civic duty, get this message out however you can--email, print and post it. >From: "Bo Lipari" <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Bo's Blog - Over 1.5 Million NYS Voters Purged >Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:36:44 -0400 >Organization: NYVV > > >ìBut a question has remained, how many voter >records have been purged from New York Stateís >voter rolls? Now we have an answer. I submitted >a Freedom of Information Law request for all >records in New Yorkís NYSVOTER voter >registration database. Early in October, I >received a copy of NYSVOTER records from >September 23, 2008. I wrote a program to analyze >the 12,010,045 voter records and can now report >the number of voters who have had their status >set to ìPurgedî or ìInactiveî in the Empire >state, and the reasons given for the change. >The data reveals that New York State has moved >1,661,244, or almost 14% of the voter records, >from ìActiveî status to ìPurgedî or ìInactiveî, >meaning they will not be in the poll books on >Election Day...î > >Read the Full Story: ><http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/>http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/ > >Permanent Link: ><http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/2008/10/21/over-1500000-nys-voters-purged/> >http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/2008/10/21/over-1500000-nys-voters-purged/ > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
