OneNation Voter Suppression #1b Sara Mullen/ACLU PA, Chris Fields/Lawyers' Committee Civil Rights
Channel: Claiming A Street Named King
Date: 2012-10-06

Fight Voter Suppression: Register to vote, vote early, fight Voter ID laws

Show #1 Part B

"OneNation -- Protecting the Vote" with Andrea Miller on Blog Talk Radio
www.blogtalkradio.com/andreamiller1

Show #1
www.blogtalkradio.com/andreamiller1/2012/09/26/voter-suppression--whats-happening-in-your-state

Hosts:

Andrea Miller
Chesterfield, VA
Deputy Field Director, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
andrea@pdamerica.org
804-608-1195

www.onenationpda.org
www.pdacommunity.org/resources/jomsocial/62-andrea-miller/profile
www.facebook.com/andrea.miller.96742277
www.twitter.com/acqsys

Rev. Terence A. Dicks
Augusta, GA
PDA Southern Organizer/PDA GA Coord.
TerenceDicks@gmail.com
706-306-5731

www.facebook.com/TerenceDicks
https://profiles.google.com/TerenceDicks
www.twitter.com/ClaimKingStreet
http://claimingastreetnamedking.wordpress.com
http://Claiming-A-Street-Named-King.blogspot.com
www.linkedin.com/in/terencedicks
www.youtube.com/ClaimStreetNamedKing

http://tinyurl.com/PDAGeorgia

PDA 2012 People's Convention Charlotte, NC:

Georgia Voter Suppression, Republican Buying of Southern Lawmakers
http://tinyurl.com/BuyingSouthernLawmakers

U.S. Supreme Court Support of Corporate Control of Politics/Corrupt GA Judges
http://tinyurl.com/CitizensUnitedCorruptGAJudges

Guests:

Sara Mullen, Assoc. Dir. of the ACLU of Pennsylvania
Chris Melody Fields, Election Protection Coord. for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law

Sara Mullen started in 1997 as a volunteer in the ACLU of PA Pittsburgh office.

She was named office mgr. (Jan. 1998)/became Asst. Dir. of the Pittsburgh Chapter in 2000.

She transferred to Philadelphia office (Nov. 2002) -- currently heads Community Organizing/oversees communications.

She received a BA in Middle Eastern History (1993)/University of Chicago. 

Mullen previously worked in academic publishing.  

Chris M. Fields is campaign manager for the Lawyers' Committee Election Protection program coordinating coalition efforts to inform voters about their rights and that every vote is counted (started Dec. 2011).

Prior, she worked in govt. affairs div. for a biological resource center on the global health/biosecurity agenda.

She was Common Cause Outreach Dir. (2 yrs.) advancing democracy reform/Fair Elections Now Act to create publicly financed campaigns for Congress. 

2012 voter registration deadlines
Oct. 6: MS, NV
Oct. 7: RI, AK
Oct. 8: AR, HI, TN, WA
Oct. 9: DC, OH, IL, IN, CO, UT, LA, NM, AZ, MI, KY, FL, PA.
www.rockthevote.com/election-center/registration-deadlines
https://register2.rockthevote.com/registrants/map

ACLU
www.aclu.org
www.facebook.com/aclu.nationwide
www.twitter.com/aclu

ACLU Liberty Watch
www.aclulibertywatch.org
www.facebook.com/ACLULibertyWatch
www.twitter.com/#!/ACLULW

100% pledge
www.forthe100percent.org
www.forthe100percent.org/share

2012 battleground states GA, FL, NC, VA
www.aclu.org/affiliates
www.naacp.org/pages/field-resources

www.acluga.org
www.naacpga.org

www.aclufl.org
www.flanaacp.org

www.acluofnorthcarolina.org
www.naacpnc.org

www.acluva.org
www.virginianaacp.org

ACLU of PA
www.aclupa.org
www.facebook.com/aclupa
www.twitter.com/aclupa
www.flickr.com/photos/aclupa
www.youtube.com/aclupa

Voting Assistance
1-866-OUR-VOTE
1-866-687-8683

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
www.lawyerscommittee.org
www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights

Map of Shame: Voter Suppression Legislation
www.lawyerscommittee.org/page?id=0042

Fight Voter Suppression
www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0117
www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0123

Voting Laws
www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0024

Voting Rights Act Search
www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/section_5

Voting Rights Litigation
www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0025

Redistricting Program
www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0071

Election Protection/Electoral Reform
www.866OurVote.org
Smartphone App
www.866ourvote.org/pages/election-protection-smartphone-app

Voter ID Stories
www.lawyerscommittee.org/page?id=0046

Publications/Testimony/Docs
www.lawyerscommittee.org/projects/voting_rights/page?id=0027

State Voices Virginia Civic Engagement Table
www.statevoices.org/states/virginia-civic-engagement-table
www.statevoices.org

VA New Majority
www.virginianewmajority.org

League of Women Voters (LWV)
www.lwv.org
www.vote411.org
LWV PA
www.palwv.org
www.palwv.org/files/273_OnlineVoterRegFormBlank.pdf
www.palwv.org/files/274_AbsenteeBallotApplication.pdf
www.palwv.org
www.facebook.com/palwv
www.twitter.com/LWVPA
LWVPA
www.palwv.org
www.facebook.com/palwv
www.twitter.com/LWVPA

Grand Marshal Lawyers' Committee 50th Anniversary Campaign/National Advisory Commission is veteran civil rights leader GA Rep. John Lewis:
www.lawyerscommittee.org/fiftieth
http://johnlewis.house.gov

NAACP:
www.naacp.org
www.facebook.com/naacp
www.twitter.com/naacp
www.youtube.com/naacpvideos