10/19/12 News Update about Voting Resources
Published 10-19-2012
Excited yet about Election Day on November 6th?
Voting resources are available at www.mncdhh.org/take-action – check them out!
In this Issue:
10/22 – Watch Captioned Radio or Braille Radio during the Presidential Debate and give feedback!
Want to listen to radio news, but can’t because you are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing???
National Public Radio (NPR) Labs is demonstrating their Captioned Radio and Braille Radio service for the Presidential debates.
NPR Labs would like to invite you to participate in the Presidential Debate broadcast on Monday night, Oct. 22, beginning at 8 p.m. Central Time, and then give them your feedback. It will involve viewing the captions – in real time as the debate happens – over the Internet and then completing a short survey which will help NPR Labs improve the service.
The link for the Captioned Radio feed will be: http://captions.npr.org
The link for refreshable Braille viewing will be: http://secure.nprlabs.org/ICATS
NPR Labs will provide the captioning service again for demonstration purposes and feedback on Election Night, Nov. 6. These demonstrations show how users who are unable to view TV captions, or who are not able to use a radio due to hearing loss, but are interested in NPR’s award winning journalism, can receive the content.
NPR Labs will soon announce the lineup and start dates for commencement of the initial programs for ongoing weekly captioned radio, starting in early 2013.
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Marriage Amendment video with captions now & ASL coming soon – spread the word!
MNCDHH has collaborated with TPT Public Television to add ASL narration to their 1-hour special video about the Marriage Amendment issue.
In November, voters will decide if the State Constitution should define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, banning same-sex marriage. The “Marriage Amendment: I Do, I Don’t” special video from Almanac looks at both sides of the Marriage Amendment question and interviews a variety of people, including lawmakers, families, and faith leaders.
Captions for this video are already available online at http://bit.ly/TDfrYC.
The ASL for this video will be coming SOON in the next week! Help spread the word!
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Are there debates that you want to attend?
With the support of a grant from the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, MNCDHH will provide access services such as sign language interpreting and CART captioning for select non-partisan (neutral) debates in Minnesota.
Please contact us if there are any local, state or federal candidate debates that you want to attend in your area (email us at mncdhh.info@state.mn.us).
Check your local news for debate information, and look through the schedules on these websites:
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Pick up a free paper voter guide from your Target store!
Target and the League of Women Voters Minnesota have a paper guide that provides the websites for the Presidential candidates. The guide also lists the answers given to some questions by the U.S. Senate, U.S. Representative, and Minnesota Supreme Court candidates.
Pick up a free copy from your Target store to learn more about your choices!
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