Concerned Citizen

Your role is intended to create momentum for your group’s respective position, whether it is Reform or Defend, by garnering massive public support. You must work in conjunction with the Historian and Lawyer to determine which messages are important to the public and how you must shape those messages to appeal to your audience. You must pick one method of promotion from each of the two lists below and must work with the Technician to assist you in your choice from the “Internet-Based Methods” list.

• Print-Based Methods:

	Poster/Yard Sign Campaign
	Lettering to Congress/Senate Campaign
	Press Release Campaign

• Internet-Based Methods:

	Mass Email Campaign
	Website/Blogging Campaign

Concerned Citizen, your notes are below, print them out and use them as a guide to your research and final project. You will need Adobe Acrobat to download these notes.

• Citizens Notes (18 kb)

General ECS information Links:

U.S. Electoral College Site
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/about.html

Electoral College Calculator:
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/calculator.html

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College

Links Specific to your Role:

Voter turn out and Mobilization
http://www.fairvote.org/turnout/

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