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As Laws Shift, Voters Cast Ballots Weeks Before the Polls Close - NYTimes.com

• At least one-third of all ballots across the country this year will be cast before Election Day, party officials said, reflecting a steady rise in early voting that is profoundly influencing how political campaigns are conducted in many parts of the country.
  
  

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• In this election cycle, the most expensive midterm in recent memory, your donation is crucial to making sure we can continue creating tools that let you follow the money in politics and expose shadowy political relationships.
  
  

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9-29-2010 -- Fair Formula Congressional Redistricting Act Introduced: Statement of J. Gerald Hebert, Executive Director

• Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) introduced The Fair Formula Congressional Redistricting Act to reform the manner in which Congressional Districts are drawn following the biennial census.
  
  

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Mike DeBonis on Local Politics - Experts raise warning flags over D.C. Internet voting plan

• A national good-government organization and a group of leading computer scientists are raising concerns about a new Internet voting initiative set to debut for District voters in the coming weeks.
  
  

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Former Justice official says 'race-neutral' voting enforcement discouraged The ex-voting chief tells the U.S. Civil Rights Commission that under President Obama, the department focused on prosecuting whites accused of racially motivated acts but did not pursue minorities. - Los Angeles Times

• A former Justice Department official on Friday accused his superiors of discouraging "race-neutral" voting enforcement and gutting a controversial 2008 voter intimidation case in which suspects were part of an African American militant group accused of violating the rights of white voters.
  
  

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Mike Gravel: Both US major parties are corrupt, so let's try direct democracy | Independent Political Report

• I've spent most of my recent life working for direct democracy so that the people can become lawmakers and set their own policies. And they won't be bothered about my "special interests," believe me.
  
  

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How many fundraisers? How about 400 in 14 days? | Political Activity Law/Political Law/Election Law

• Inside the Capitol, lawmakers are largely marking time by naming post offices and passing a resolution to keep the government running through the elections. But outside the Capitol, in the private rooms of Washington's top steakhouses, political clubs and Capitol Hill townhouse salons, there is an epic money grab under way, with more than 400 fundraisers for House candidates in the two weeks leading up to Friday's congressional adjournment.
  
  

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Ideas & Action Blog: Poverty and Political Participation: Overcoming the Registration Barrier

• millions of low-income persons can be brought into the political process by making voter registration more accessible.
  
  

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Third Party and Independent Daily: Insanity: Voting Democratic or Republican Over and Over Again, and Expecting Different Results

• neither political party can be trusted. There are alternatives to Democrats and Republicans, but they receive very little if any coverage by major media outlets.
  
  

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• the heart, the head, and who you vote for
  
  

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Capital Rivals: Koch Brothers vs. George Soros - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets

• Ever since Jane Mayer's recent New Yorker piece earlier this month, much of the media has risen to debate how much influence conservative and libertarian-leaning businessmen David and Charles Koch, the owners of Koch Industries, have in American politics.Some critics of the article argue that the media cries foul over the Koch brothers, yet largely ignores liberal George Soros, the Hungarian-American currency speculator and stock investor, who has spent millions of dollars on liberal and nonpartisan causes
  
  

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Track Congressional Races With OpenSecrets.org / New York Times Interactive Map - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets

• Who's raising money from whom in my local congressional race? Which races are truly competitive? What candidates are even running? A new interactive map, produced by OpenSecrets.org and the New York Times, will answer these questions and many more as the 2010 midterm election enters its final and most frenzied weeks.
  
  

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The Alliance For Democracy - News, eNewsletters, Alerts and Chapter News: Citizens United After Eight Months

• And what about liberal groups? Even in the best of times they have a hard time competing with corporate PAC money, but this year is even tougher. At the same time that Citizens United has opened the spigot even wider for Republicans, it's run dry for Democrats.
  
  

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This is it! Blitz Week at Rock the Vote «

• Voter registration deadlines start next Saturday and by Tuesday, October 5th, the window to register to vote will be closed in over half of the states in the country.
  
  

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e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » In an Internet Age, All Politics is Local — But All Fundraising is National

• Of course, outside money is nothing new in politics — industries, unions and interest groups have flooded critical races with cash for decades — but what IS novel is the ability of the online tools to gather contributions from small donors and bundle them up into a meaningful sum again and again.
  

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New 'Super Pacs' bringing millions into campaigns

• The super PACs were made possible by two court rulings, including one early this year by the Supreme Court, that lifted many spending and contribution limits. The groups can also mount the kind of direct attacks on candidates that were not allowed in the past.
  
  

Donate Your Facebook Status and Twitter feed Automatically to a political candidate's campaign.
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Pledge to vote out incumbents, and vote for challengers in November.
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House Republicans officially unveiled what they hope will be a majority-making agenda, saying they hope to begin voting on its proposals immediately.
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The legislature put this measure on the ballot in 2009.  The voters must vote on the idea, because the State Constitution contains the requirements on how many signatures initiatives need, and the Constitution can't be changed unless the voters agree.
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Had the privilege of traveling as part of the AIDemocracy delegation to the Millennium Campus Conference in New York City, which coincided with the important Millennium Development Goals Summit happening at the UN. The most engaging moment for me came outside of the conference itself...
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The District of Columbia Council passed the National Popular Vote bill.
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The Google AdWords Campaign Starter Kit is Helping Campaigns Get Online Faster This Election Season.
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Immigration-rights activists focus on this November's elections with country-wide mobilization plans.
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Two meaningful events that will focus on the issue will take place in Washington, D.C.: the CBC's Judiciary Braintrust, and the National Black Law Students Association's Social Action Rally.
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Now's the time to call your congressperson and ask him or her to support the Fair Elections Now Act. We've built a tool to make it easy.
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AMP Summit is Friday, September 24 (our panel is 2:30 Saturday.)  But if you can't make it, you can take in the events from the comfort of your own couch courtesy of NextGenWeb, which will be live-streaming the conference.
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A companion US Senate bill (S. 752), sponsored by Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), also is making headway.
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Public Citizen lauds historic House committee approval of Fair Elections Bill, urges floor vote «

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Next opportunity for campaign disclosure legislation is after the Nov. 2, 2010 general elections.
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Democracy 21 -- DISCLOSE Act Falls One Vote Short of Reaching Senate Floor for Consideration; Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer

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A constitutional amendment is needed to repair the corporation campaign finance damage of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision of 'Citizens United'.
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With several pieces of high-stakes government reform legislation before Congress during this brief session, Public Citizen activists are pulling out all the stops with emails and calls urging their public servants to pass critical good government and worker safety laws.
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Interest groups and political parties reported $13.9 million in expenditures to the Federal Election Commission last week. Of that amount, 85 percent was spent on behalf of Republicans and 15 percent on behalf of Democrats.
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In Tuscaloosa, 60 students, faculty, and administrators from diverse backgrounds and diverse parts of campus life engaged in an intensive leadership training. Representatives of Student Government, sororities and fraternities, Black Student Union, Latino Student Union, Association for Independent Thinkers, evangelicals, non-believers, Christians, Hindus, Jews, and Muslims engaged in meaningful activities and dialogue.
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Feb 24, 2011 - Feb 28, 2011.  For more information, visit: http://www.ovationnet.com/workshops.htm
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AI Online Workshop with David Cooperrider - The Appreciative Inquiry Commons

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Will occur on Sep 30- Oct 01, in Chevy Chase, MD.
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Celebrate 10 Years of Lifting Up Appreciative Inquiry at our AI "Storython"!

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Exploring the blurring line between participatory culture (especially as manisfested through fandom) and participatory politics (with a strong focus on youth engagement).
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Avatar Activism and Beyond | MIT Center for Future Civic Media

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ALERT: 10% off on NCDD regional events if you register TODAY.
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A collaborative catalogue for online tools for participation.
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Chat on Twitter using hashtag #p2Chat every Tues, from 6-7pm ET (22:00 GMT), to share info on public engagement.
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In the First Election After "Citizens United", Voters Need to Beware and Organized to Combat Massive Power of Concentrated Corporations
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Sep 24-26, Louisville, KY.  Convention website.
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Coffee Party Convention| Restoring American Democracy

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Review of the meeting.
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NCDD will have a meeting on Nov 5th, 2010 in Austin, TX.  See www.ncdd.org/austin2010 for more info.
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The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) is changing to include a new national organization for the USA (until now, there were only a dozen or so local chapters)
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Yesterday [Sep 16], the Case Foundation had the pleasure of co-hosting the Civic Innovators Forum, a day-long event with the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), the Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) and Splashlife, exploring the role of citizen-centered participation in cultivating civic engagement in communities and developing solutions to society's pressing problems.
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Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) 2010 Global Corporate Citizenship Conference: "Frontier Markets. Global Partnerships. Local Solutions." Pre-conference: September 27. Conference: September 28-29.
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Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announced dueling rallies in Washington for October 30, in order to counter the extremist political activism in the USA.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (following the example of justices O'Connor, Souter, Breyer, and Scalia) is speaking at the National Conference on Citizenship [Sep 17]. It's helpful for the Supreme Court--and the judicial branch in general--to endorse civic engagement and civic education. Here are her thoughts.
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Peter Levine: At the National Conference on Citizenship- today's [Thursday's] highlights.
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The DRA will restore the right to vote in federal elections to over 4 million Americans who are living in their community but have been barred from having their voice heard in elections.
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More event info: http://www.ampsummit.com
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Be sure to follow @NCoC on Thursday and Friday and include the hashtag #NCoC in your tweets to have them included in our live stream! You can also watch the conference (Friday morning, 9am-1pm ET), online at ncoc.net/live.
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Friday at 2:00 PM EDT on FOIAChat.  You can find it on twitter at #FOIAChat or on this blog's twitter page, @theFOIAblog
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Tomorrow [Thu, Sep 16] in DC, I'll be on a panel with Sonal Shah from the White House Domestic Policy Council, Chris Gates from Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, and Steve Gunderson, President and CEO of the Council on Foundations. The topic is "An Evolving Relationship: How Philanthropy and the Executive Branch Work Together to Promote Civic Engagement." I'm supposed to address that topic for about 10 minutes.
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"Republican members of the FEC have interpreted the disclosure law into oblivion and have deadlocked the agency against taking any further actions," Holman said. "Now almost no one plays by the rules." Public Citizen's study recommends: Congress must revisit and pass the DISCLOSE Act, which was approved by the House of Representatives in July but has stalled before the Senate due to a Republican filibuster.
The DISCLOSE Act would pass if just a single Republican senator were willing to break from the party leadership and permit a vote.
President Barack Obama must replace the FEC commissioners whose terms have expired with responsible individuals who will carry out the agency's mission.
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Some states fail to remove dead and ineligible voters from their rolls.
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Many states have largely failed to adhere to the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). However, the experience of Demos and others indicates that when states properly implement the NVRA, the number of low-income individuals registering at public assistance agencies increases dramatically.
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There are only eight weeks until the November 2nd general election! If you have not already requested your absentee ballot, do so immediately. It's simple and it's fast. Go to FVAP.gov and use our online registration and absentee ballot assistant to have your forms completed, printed out, and ready to send back home in less than 10 minutes.
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Verified Voting Foundation : Military and Overseas Voters, Submit your Ballot Request for the General Election

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Video instruction for asking your candidates questions at 10Questions.com.
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OpenIDEO is a community that brings together human-centered design methods with a web-based platform to tackle social issues. It's a platform that deliberately addresses the question: Is a crowd better at solving problems than just a small team or an individual?
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On Sep 17th. More info on the National Conference on Citizenship at NCoC.net/live
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This Constitution Day, Watch NCoC: Live! «

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Third party and Independent candidates, who make it onto the November ballot, fail to get recognized by pollsters.
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The Forum will lay the foundation for the 65th Annual National Conference on Citizenship, being held the next day, September 17, at the Library of Congress. Our theme, "BIG Citizenship: Citizens as Catalysts and Innovators" will showcase ways individuals everywhere are self-organizing to meet community needs while demanding transparency and accountability from elected officials and greater social responsibility from corporations.
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The events will focus on connecting practitioners, community leaders and public managers to help build knowledge and capacity in dialogue, deliberation and public engagement regionally.
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A voting education and registration drive for high schoolers.
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Want to Engage Millennials? Let Them Make It Their Own | Social Citizens Blog

• Want to Engage Millennials? Let Them Make It Their Own
  
• by Kristin Ivie
  
• Empowering Millennials to support a cause or product their way has been a proven way to engage our generation
  
• innovative ways to involve individuals in the creation and marketing of products can draw in new users and loyal supporters for products and organizations with staying power.
  
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PublicDecisions: Free Thurs Sept 9 Webinar on Painting the Landscape: An Intl Expl of Public-Govt Decision Making

• Free Thurs Sept 9 Webinar on Painting the Landscape: An Intl Expl of Public-Govt Decision Making
  
• A Practical Insights Webinar Thursday, 9 September 18:30 Eastern (New York) / 22:30 GMT
  
• Questions? Contact Chief Learning Officer Dr. Beth Offenbacker.
  
• In 2005 the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) and The Charles F. Kettering Foundation began work on a joint research project exploring public-government decision making in seven country/regions of the world: Africa, Asia, Australasia, Canada, Latin America, UK/Western Europe and the United States. As a result, this monumental effort has provided a unique, cross-cultural perspective of the social, political and institutional dimensions of public participation, at the country and at the regional level.
  
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As of today, it is easier than ever for Federal agencies to mobilize American ingenuity to solve our Nation's most pressing problems.


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• White House Announcement on Challenge.gov
  
• From: Steven Clift
  
• Also note: http://www.casefoundation.org/case-studies/promoting-innovation http://www.casefoundation.org/citizen-centered-solutions
  
• Today marks the launch of http://www.challenge.gov, a site that empowers the U.S. Government and the public to bring the best ideas and top talent to bear on our nation's most pressing challenges.
  
• where entrepreneurs, innovators, and citizen solvers can compete for prestige and prizes by providing novel solutions to tough problems, large and small. Challenge.gov features (pdf) over 35 challenges posed by more than 15 government agencies.
  
• To share your novel solutions, compete for prizes and prestige, and advance our national priorities, visit www.challenge.gov. Official Press Release: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/challenge-gov-press-release-1.pdf Official Fact Sheet: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/challenge-gov-fact-sheet.pdf
  

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• Sunlight Foundation ID's $1.3T in "broken" federal spending data
  
• From: Steven Clift
  
• See: http://Clearspending.com
  
• Clearspending.com, a new website and "scorecard" that analyzes how well U.S. government agencies are reporting their spending data on USASpending.gov.
  
• Sunlight's analysis isn't just about one website -- it's about the way we keep tabs on our society's use of its resources. We shouldn't let these systems become afterthoughts.
  
• Read more from Sunlight's Executive Director Ellen Miller on our blog at: http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/09/08/clearspending-thats-what-we-need/ and from Sunlight Labs Director Tom Lee: http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2010/clearspending-and-why-its-important/ I encourage you to give us your feedback in the comments section of our blog(s).
  

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It's a win-win for business executives who say they want to give to a good cause but also seek to influence politicians' positions on [unrelated] legislation or policy.


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• Corporations spread influence through congressional charities
  
• by Anna Scalamogna
  
• Lawmakers are mixing charitable and political agendas creating yet another loophole that ultimately allows more corporate influence in Congress.
  
• "at least two dozen charities that lawmakers or their families helped create or run routinely accept donations from businesses seeking to influence them."
  
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A call for volunteers to help collect data on the internet.


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• From: josh.s
  
  
  
• Subject: [COG] Help with government and social media wiki To: Citizens For OpenGov
  
  
  
• My name is Josh Shpayher and I recently launched a wiki that tracks governmental use of social media - http://www.govsm.com .
  
  
  
• I am looking for some volunteers to help me collect data - specifically links to congressional campaign facebook pages, twitter pages etc.
  
  
  

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More: http://www.economist.com/node/16943885


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• Economist - A cyber-house divided - Online as much as in the real world, people bunch together in mutually suspicious groups
  
  
  
• From: Steven Clift
  
  
  
• A generation of digital activists had hoped that the web would connect groups separated in the real world. The internet was supposed to transcend colour, social identity and national borders. But research suggests that the internet is not so radical. People are online what they are offline: divided, and slow to build bridges.
  
  
  
• How do we successfully build bridges online? This is something I'd like to discuss on the international Digital Inclusion Network: http://e-democracy.org/di
  
  
  

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Join us: http://pages.e-democracy.org/San_Diego


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• E-Democracy gathering in San Diego, Thu Sep 16
  
  
  
• From: Steven Clift
  
  
  
• On Thursday, September 16, join E-Democracy Executive Director Steven Clift for a dynamic and informal discussion among those interested in online participation, transparency, and all things "2.0" with local neighborhoods, communities, and government. We will talk about the spread of CityCamp unconferences as well (we host the online group).
  
  
  

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This special issue emerges from work being done by the Participatory Culture and Civic Engagement Project (http://sites.google.com/site/participatorydemocracyproject/) at the University of Southern California (Henry Jenkins, Principal Investigator).


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Call for papers – Transformative Works and Fan Activism (ejournal) « Blog dell'Associazione Culturale Fichu

• Call for papers – Transformative Works and Fan Activism (ejournal)
  
  
• Edited by Henry Jenkins and Sangita Shresthova, University of Southern California
  
  
• How might research on fandom and participatory culture inform our understanding of citizenship and activism? Cultural theorists have long speculated about how our fantasy lives and cultural engagements might inspire broader forms of public participation.
  
  
• In his book Understanding Popular Culture, for example, John Fiske describes one potential route which might lead a young woman from fannish interest in Madonna towards the resources, skills, and identities she needs to contribute to social change. Fan studies have long located localized resistances within the cultural productions and practices associated with fandom, looking at how fan fiction, say, might lead to new understandings of gender, sexuality, and race. Yet there has been less work that examines how these imaginative practices, at times facilitated by digital media, might lead to an enhanced sense of agency or a new vision of social change, or how the skills developed through fandom might be mobilized for getting people out to vote, protesting public policies, or encouraging contributions and volunteerism around emergency situations.
  
  
• Contact You are encouraged to contact the guest editors with advance inquiries or proposals: Henry Jenkins, hjenkins AT usc.edu Sangita Shresthova, sangita.shresthova AT usc.edu
  
  
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Twitter highlights for Mon., Sep. 06, 2010:

fairvote USA submits report to UN Human Rights commission. Para. 28 highlights interest in universal voter registration: http://tinyurl.com/27qydf6

fairvote New York City charter commission: Favorable recommendation to consider IRV in future on pp.69-71 of final report: http://tinyurl.com/2dwgfze

IdeaGov Anyone who says (wrongly) that Gov 2.0 is neither here or coming are not looking in right places: apps.usa.gov #gov20 #mil#ogov #g2s

PublicDecisions #Crowdsourcing and handing comments topic of#P2Chat on public engmt TOMORROW 6pEDT/10pGMT #edem#gov20 #govloop Join us for the discussion!

Of the total homeowner pool, 17% of Hispanic individuals, 11% of African Americans, and 7% of white borrowers have faced foreclosure.


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• Voting after foreclosure
  
• the increased number of displaced people this year means increased issues of where to vote, updating registrations, showing documentation of residence and meeting new, unfamiliar deadlines.
  
• The Fair Elections Legal Network has responded by issuing a new report entitled Lose Your Home, Keep Your Vote: How to Protect Voters Caught Up in Foreclosure, that urges election officials to interpret state law and issue clear guidance in ways that would protect voters in residential limbo this November.
  
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State Voter Registration Deadlines for the November 2 Election Are Approaching .
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National Voter Registration Month 2010

• National Association of Secretaries of State Declares September 2010 National Voter Registration Month
  
• Dunlap and other secretaries of state are working with federal, state and local officials in making the nation's eligible voters aware of registration deadlines and requirements for the November 2 general election, as well as promoting state resources to help with the registration process. Eligible citizens who plan to vote this November are urged to submit their voter registration information without delay.
  
• For a calendar with state voter registration deadlines and other November 2010 election resources, click here.
  
• Media contact: Kay Stimson 202.624.3528 or nass@sso.org
  

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