The inside of the bus will house an educational area where illustrations of how our system is organized, and how your vote counts- the images being as easy( 5th grade level) to understand.
We are attempting to help people learn about how our country works, they can make up their own minds if it does or doesn't ...and hopefully will get the picture that to change anything we need to at least VOTE...in national elections as well as locally.
As we travel around the country and BRC, we'll be asking participants to join in creating a written document on what are their views at this point in History. We'll have them type their comments on a typewriter hooked up to the World Wide Web, (to this website) creating a permanent record and we'll post these comments to our website. We're particularly interested in:
1. Which issues are important to you as an American?
2. Why is it important to participate or not in a democracy?
3. What do our elected officials need to do to make this country a better place for all Americans?
4. If you ever ran for elected office, what would you stand for?
we are inviting everyone to share their views whether they vote or not. People are welcome to post their names or stay annon.
We are doing this project to learn- what we have learned so far- ask 5 people how this democracy works and you will get 5 different answers, immigrants understand the importance of voting and are chomping at the bit to get that chance, doing this project and being non-partisan invites open dicussion of politics for all sides...something that is hard to find without people breaking into shouting matches.
We are going the positive route in asking for participation, and attempt to teach ourselves as well as others.
http://www.voterdrive.com
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