[blindlaw] calling lawyers and law students with disabilities

Wed Oct 3 11:49:07 UTC 2012

Good morning Dennis and list.

You wrote "A committee of legal professionals to protect the rights of
disabled people to vote is not political." I agree with Dennis's statement
in its implication that disabled Americans do not constitute a monolithic
voting block, though I think it would be a fascinating topic for some poli
sci student's masters thesis or doctoral dissertation. However, I found the
initial posting to be a bold and transparently obvious partisan posting in
that it implies or otherwise gives rise to an inference that Governor Romney
hdoes not regard the importance of reaching out to voters with disabilities.
Additionally, where I disagree with Dennis's contention that "get out the
vote" postings and email blasts are not political, it is somewhat of a reach
to suggest that "vote for me or my candidate" doesn't come right along for
the ride. At any rate, I reassert my view that it is once again time for a
list policy clarification from list management.
Best regards,
Rob Tabor Esq.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dennis
Clark
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 12:24 AM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] calling lawyers and law students with disabilities

A committee of legal professionals to protect the rights of disabled people
to vote is not political. Please post the contact information for Mr. 
Romney's committee to protect our right to vote, then both sides will be
covered.
Thanks

----- Original Message -----
From: "Farber, Randy" <rfarber at jw.com>
To: "Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] calling lawyers and law students with disabilities

> Deepa and Scott -
>
> As I believe Deepa was told about a month ago this listserv is not for 
> political purposes.  I am sending this to register my disagreement with 
> the posting of this type of e-mail on this listserv.
>
> Randy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deepa 
> Goraya
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 11:29 PM
> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] calling lawyers and law students with disabilities
>
> I already got permission from Scott LaBarre to post it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rob Tabor
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 9:05 PM
> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] calling lawyers and law students with disabilities
>
> Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, you mean correction on this politically obvious posting

> which you know violates list management policy. I'm sure you'll be hearing

> a cease and desist message from Mr. Babarre.
> -RT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deepa 
> Goraya
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 10:31 PM
> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] calling lawyers and law students with disabilities
>
> Correction on the spelling of *Romney*
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deepa Goraya [mailto:deepa.goraya at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:27 PM
> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> Subject: calling lawyers and law students with disabilities
>
> Hello,
>
> I am helping to recruit people with disabilities for the Obama Victory 
> Counsel, Obama for America's volunteer voter protection legal team, which 
> helps ensure that every eligible voter's voice will be heard in 2012. We 
> are looking for people who have legal experience or are legal 
> professionals who have a passion for disability issues.  Since the 2010 
> midterm elections, many states, including many battleground states that 
> will likely decide the election, have adopted restrictive voter 
> eligibility requirements.  These new requirements create confusion for 
> voters and election workers alike, and the Obama for America Voter 
> Protection team is at the forefront of the fight to make voting easy for 
> all eligible Americans.
>
> I write today to ask you to join in that worthy fight.  Obama for America 
> needs attorneys, paralegals, and law students to share critical 
> information with voters through the hotline and find solutions to voting 
> problems that arise between now and the time the polls close on election 
> day.  We also need poll observers to ensure people have access to their 
> right to vote on Election Day.  The campaign is building a sophisticated 
> research and telecommunications infrastructure to facilitate the response 
> to voters'
> questions.  We are still in the process of building our team, so the best 
> time to join is now.
>
> .         On Election Day, you will monitor polling sites and serve as our
> eyes and ears on the ground to report problems and ensure that all 
> eligible voters are able to cast their vote. The state you're assigned to 
> will conduct training sessions and will announce exact times/locations by 
> e-mail as we get closer to the Election. We will provide you with a 
> training manual covering state election law basics. Additionally, 
> encourage others to join our efforts to protect our voters by forwarding 
> our Victory Counsel sign-up link at:
> http://ofa.bo/Victory.
>
> If you or anyone you know would like to sign up, please respond to 
> deepa.goraya at gmail.com with your name, cell phone, email, address, and 
> times you are available to volunteer. We also need to know if you live in 
> a battleground state or are willing to relocate to a battleground state 
> for Election Day.
>
> We know that restrictive laws have been passed in certain states. We know 
> that there are people with disabilities who want to vote. Your 
> volunteering may help make the difference for their vote and that in 
> itself is very rewarding.  The stakes could not be higher.  And you have 
> the opportunity to help make the difference in reelecting one of the most 
> thoughtful, inspiring, and accomplished Presidents in a generation.
>
> If you're in, please respond at your earliest convenience with the 
> information requested above.  I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> As a side note, I am not sure if candidate Romni is conducting a similar 
> effort, but if anyone knows, feel free to post that as well. This is a 
> bipartisan listserv.
>
> Deepa
>
>
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