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Use Twitter to Let Us Hear About Your Election Day Experience!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2008
Contact: Elizabeth Reitz
202-973-7114
ereitz@ucp.org

Use Twitter to Let Us Hear About Your Election Day Experience!
The idea is pretty simple: After you vote, send us tweet updates about the accessibility of your polling place. We take all your tweets and post them on our UCP Twitter Patrol Blog (twitterpatrol.blogspot.com). We'll also post information on who to contact if you need to report a problem. The result is an easily searchable database of reports from the field, so you can find out what's going on at polling places in your state! But the Twitter Patrol will only work if enough people participate. Fortunately, that's as easy as 1, 2, 3...

  1. If you don't already have a Twitter account, get one (twitter.com). The set-up process is quick and painless.
  2. Type "@ElectionPatrol Join!" into your update field, and we'll start following you.
  3. Then, on Election Day, simply send out a tweet about your polling place: Is it wheelchair accessible? Are there long lines? Is all the equipment working properly? Your tweet will show up on our blog, twitterpatrol.blogspot.com, and we'll tag it with relevant key words so other users can search for it.
It's that easy! So tell your friends, because the more Twitter Patrol members we have out there, the better. And in the meantime, you can follow us at: twitter.com/ElectionPatrol or check out our blog at twitterpatrol.blogspot.com. And as always, you can find more information on voter accessibility at DontBlockMyVote.org.


Send us a tweet today and we'll see you November 4th.

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United Cerebral Palsy is one of the nation's leading organizations serving and advocating for the more than 54 million Americans with disabilities. Most UCP consumers are people with disabilities other than cerebral palsy. Through its nationwide network, United Cerebral Palsy offers to individuals, families and communities services such as job training and placement, physical therapy, individual and family support, early intervention, social and recreation programs, community living, state and local referrals, and instruction on how to use technology to perform everyday tasks. For more information, visit www.ucp.org or call (800) 872-5827.

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