Voter helpline plus info on a survey...

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I have taken these two pieces of information from Illinois Voices.

Ellen

VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES

HELPLINE

On Tuesday, November 2, 2010, during the General Election, Equip for Equality

will have advocates available by telephone to answer questions about any voting

problem you might experience.

Call: 1.800.537.2632 TTY: 1.800.610.2779

7 am to 7 pm CST

Equip for Equality is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to

advancing the human and civil rights of children and adults with disabilities in

Illinois.

Take the TDI TV Captioning Survey

TDI is working on a Universal Captioning petition to be submitted to the Federal

Communications Commission (FCC). This will be a joint effort with other consumer

groups, such as the American Association of Deaf Blind (AADB), American

Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Association of Late-Deafened

Adults (ALDA), California Coalition of Agencies Serving the Deaf and Hard of

Hearing (CCASDHH), Communication Services for the Deaf (CSD), Deaf and Hard of

Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network (DHHCAN), Hearing Loss Association of America

(HLAA) and National Association of the Deaf (NAD).

Before TDI can submit this petition to the FCC, we need to hear from you. Your

comments will help TDI obtain hard data to demonstrate the ongoing need to

improve the quality and availability of television captioning. This is your

opportunity to speak your voice and ask the FCC to eliminate the three outdated

TV captioning exemptions for:

* Programming that airs between the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.

* Commercials airing less than five minutes.

* Real-time local news programming in smaller television markets such as: Tucson

(AZ), San Diego (CA), Orlando (FL),

Des Moines (IA), New Orleans (LA), Rochester (NY), Pendleton (OR), Erie (PA),

Austin (TX), Madison (WI), and

many other rural towns.

Your voice will tell the FCC that you want captions on all:

* TV shows, including those that are shown in the middle of the night.

* TV commercials, so that you can learn more about products and services in the

marketplace.

* TV local newscasts in your hometown, from beginning to end - anywhere in

America.

Please help TDI and other consumer groups by completing this survey, which

should take no more than five to ten minutes. Feel free to distribute this

survey to your network of friends and colleagues so that other people can

respond. The survey will close Friday, November 12, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. EST. Be

assured that all answers are strictly anonymous as we have absolutely no way of

knowing who completed any of the survey questionnaires.

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