[blindlaw] calling lawyers and law students with disabilities

Thu Oct 4 20:21:38 UTC 2012

Thank you, Randy.  We certainly value your feedback, as that of every other
member of the list.  As Scott stated, he made a judgment call as the
organization's president, after Deepa asked for both his and my guidance
in this matter.  Scott and I both felt that voter protection, in particular
directed at protecting individuals' with disabilities right to vote, was a
non-partisan issue, and we invite anyone who has the information for the
comparable arm of the Romney organization to post such information.  In
fact, before Deepa's post went out, I searched for this information and
contacted a friend in the campaign, but as yet I haven't gotten the
information.

Our apologies if anyone was offended, and we'll work to clarify the policy
soon.  In the meantime, we ask everyone to please exercise patience.  In
addition, please contact Scott or me directly when posts are offensive
rather than posting to the list, as we'd like to try to resolve the matter
directly with the individuals involved whenever possible.

Regards,
Ronza

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Farber,
Randy
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:08 AM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
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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