[Campaigns-l] (sem assunto)

Sat Sep 2 15:35:54 UTC 2006

Hello Richard & Ingrid,

In the United States, one of the main NGO's that has taken on the ignorance
of the general population is the League of Women Voters.

http://www.lwv.org/

The local chapters of the LWV put out "They Represent You" booklets that
list all the elected and major appointed representatives for that city or
county, and instructions about how to register to vote as well as details on
how to ensure our votes are counted.  That sounds similar to what you are
trying to start.

I know that much of Brazil is urbanized and that the Internet has a pretty
strong presence.  According to Internet World Stats, 14.1% of the population
has access to the Net. Orkut.com is a popular service in Brazil, so that
might be a place to do outreach.

Political ideology aside, the model of Democracy for America and other
populist organizations could be followed anywhere in the world where
elections determine leaders.  Do you have anything like that in Brazil?

Looks like Wikia doesn't have a mailing list for the Portugese language *
campanhas* yet.  I think all you have to do is ask.

Chad

On 9/2/06, Ricardo Moraleida <moraleida at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Translation:
>
> "I believe these days our major political problem is the so called
> "political ignorance". The brazilian people don't know for whom they're
> voting, don't know the candidates and understand even less about politics.
> We need to find a way to teach them about the importance of voting and
> knowing the goals of each candidate, especially the ones with real chances
> of bein elected. After all, we're the inspectors of these governments. It's
> all about the lack of interest and participation."
>
>
> now... i've joined this mailing list... but i don't really see any
> discussions going on... Where do we stand?
>
> to present myself: My name is Ricardo Moraleida, i've graduated from
> college last year and i work as a PR assistant at a local industry in Belo
> Horizonte, Brazil. I've joined this mailing list because of a NGO project
> i'm starting wich will deal with that so called "political ignorance". My
> goal is to compile an online database for the citizens of Belo Horizonte, in
> wich they'll be able to search for their representatives and learn about
> what they're doing locally. That's basically it...
>
> does anyone know any project like this??
>
> tks!
>
>
> Creio que, hoje em dia, o maior problema político que encontramos é a
> "ignorância política", o povo brasileiro, em geral, não sabe em quem está
> votando, não conhece os candidatos, e entende menos ainda sobre a
> política. Precisamos achar uma maneira de conscientizá-los sobre a
> importância do voto e do conhecimento das metas de cada candidato,
> principalmente os que irão se eleger. Afinal, somos nós os fiscais destes
> governos. Falta interesse e participação!
>
>
> On 9/2/06, deane at jessep.co.nz < deane at jessep.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > Ahh Brazilian, good luck with that.
> >
> > Deane
> >
> > > <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>
> > > <P><BR><BR></P>
> > > <DIV></DIV><FONT color=#000000></DIV>
> > > <DIV>Creio que, hoje em dia, o maior problema político que encontramos
> > é a
> > > "ignorância política", o povo brasileiro, em geral, não sabe em quem
> > está
> > > votando, não conhece os candidatos, e entende menos ainda sobre a
> > > política.&nbsp;Precisamos achar uma maneira de conscientizá-los sobre
> > a
> > > importância do voto e do conhecimento das metas de cada candidato,
> > > principalmente os que irão se eleger. Afinal, somos nós os fiscais
> > destes
> > > governos. Falta interesse e participação!</DIV></FONT></div><br
> > > clear=all><hr>Torpedo Messenger- Envie mensagens do computador para o
> > > celular da galera <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMABRBR/2752??PS=47575 "
> > > target="_top">Descubra como aqui!</a> </html>
> > >
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