Month: May 2008

primary voting

Joanne (who has been working at the polls) says:

You can vote in your polling place on Tuesday from 6am-6pm or you can vote in the Curry Bldg. downtown (7th and Morton) Saturday from 8am-6pm, Sunday 12-4pm, Monday 8am-12pm.  Bring an Indiana ID (driver’s license, state issued id from DMV or an IU id) or a Federal ID (military or passport.) And bring a book, lines are long now. Don’t complain about the long lines, early voting happens for 30 days prior to an election. You could have voted weeks ago and chatted
with me.

On a side note, if you’re interested in issues around the jail, some folks have published a voting guide showing the positions of various county candidates:

technology and activism

Here are two new instances of technology (both via boingboing) that seem to really aid social justice movements.

Cause Caller is a VOIP tool that lets you define a cause and contacts related to that cause (for instance, congressional representatives on a panel investigating a particular issue).  Users can then enter their phone number and the application will call them back and connect them with the different contacts.

ICED (I Can End Deportation) is a video game made by the human rights group Breakthrough that, according to Breakthrough’s website:

puts you in the shoes of an immigrant to illustrate how unfair immigration laws deny due process and violate human rights. These laws affect all immigrants: legal residents, those fleeing persecution, students and undocumented people.