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Smart Voting Starts @ Your Library Dear Colleagues: Over the past three decades, we have seen a This tipsheet from the American Library decline invoter turnout, smaller attendance at Association provides ideas for how your library political rallies, fewer people engaging in can bean electoral resource foryour community politics ingovernment and a reduced involvement and how libraries can use the election season incivic organizations. And as countries overseas to promote their own issues. Italso includes seek to establish democratic institutions,we a broad listof suggested resources for informa seem to have experienced a deepening cynicism tion on the upcoming elections and American about public affairs inthe United States. democracy and great examples of what Fortunately, this cynicism has sparked a renewed some libraries indifferent parts of the country interest incivic involvement and reinvigorating are doing to facilitate the electoral process. American democracy. We hope that you will share this informa So how can we meet the challenge of tion with your colleagues and encourage library strengthening and maintaining a vigorous users to take advantage of all the important democracy? A good part of the answer lies at resources your libraryhas to offer to ensure our very doorstep-the Iibrary. broadpublic participation during this upcoming The libraryprovides a civic space where election season and in future elections. You can the public can find all sorts of voting information, findan onlineversion of thistipsheet that speak freely,share similar interests and you are welcome to reproduce and distribute at concerns and pursue what they believe is in www.ala.org/kranich/librariesandelections/. their interest.The library isthe one institution Libraries are the cornerstone of democracy. whose sole function isto provide for the free I urge you to take an active role inpromoting exchange of information and ideas. As such, the more citizen participation inthe electoral process libraryisone of the fewplaces where citizenship inyour community. Please send comments, can come to life.As librarians,we have a unique suggestions and additional sites and anecdotes opportunity to share our knowledge, expertise to the ALA Public Information Office. Thank you and commitmentto creating an informedcitizenry foryour support. I look forward to working with bymaking the librarya central player in the you on these and other important issues during electoral process. the year ahead. Libraries are also at the center of many of today's most challenging public policy issues. Intellectual freedom, the digital divide, copyright, privacy, filtering and telecommunications are just a few. The election season provides us with a wonderful opportunity to educate the public, Nancy C. Kranich candidates and the media about these issues President 2000-2001 and to gather support. American LibraryAssociation Smart voting starts@ your library. 2 candidate lectures and in action. meetings, debates, Democracy presentations where local citizens can actively InMarch 2000, the Democratic Party of the state engage inopen and vigorous dialogue on all ofArizona pioneered a new frontier inAmerica's issues that are important to them. oldest ritual.Over four days, members of the For years, the public has registered to vote party cast ballots for their party's presidential and cast ballots at our nation's libraries.Users candidate, many of them doing so via the Internet. can gather information and monitor the work Total voter turnout increased from 13,000 inthe of bothelected and appointedofficials through 1996 primaryto 89,000 in2000, where 40% reports housed in librarydepositories of govern of voters cast Internetballots. And while many ment information. Libraries provide voter guides experienced the novelty of voting from their own and other relevant information about elections homes, a significant number utilized one of and referenda. They also provide a venue for America's oldest institutions-the public library. authors who write about political issues. A thriving democracy requires an informed Libraries provide information ina variety citizenry.America's libraries stand at the heart of of formats, from books and magazines to videos, our democracy as they are among the few public audio recordings and electronic resources, that spaces left incivic lifethat stand outside of informthe public about the political process. the marketplace. Libraries exist to ensure the free They provide deadlines forvoter registration and flowof informationfor all people.They provide the locationof pollingplaces, political speeches, the resources the public needs to be well statistics, media coverage, political party informedand to participatefully and activelyin information and more. every aspect of our society. In doing so, libraries Libraries offer their communities new play a critical role in revitalizing civic spirit. opportunities to revitalize civic discourse by Librarians, long dedicated to the free exchange utilizing new technology such as the Internetto of opinions and ideas, have a unique opportunity promote and deliberate on issues and challenges to put this spirit intoaction. facing them. Librarians linkcitizens to all sorts of One of the best ways that librarians can quality electoral information inprint and online. helpto keepthis spirit alive isby encouraging No doubt, future electoral effortswill include public participation inthe electoral process. online polling and voting throughout the country, Libraries are the ideal place for people to get the building upon the success of the Arizona experi information they need to make wise decisions ence. Librarieswill be key to bridging the electoral about issues and events affecting their lives. digital divide and encouraging broad participation Libraries are the perfect forums for town hall by citizens indetermining their political futures. "Libraries have always been places where everyone in a can common so community find ground, it is logical that libraries would be where without places" people computers could come to vote. ?GladysAnn Wells, Arizona State Librarian Smart voting starts@ your library. 3 Create a voter information area inyour public, Host an event foryour community to watch school or college/university libraryand a campaign debate on TV and follow with a publicize itsavailability to the community. Your discussion of the issues addressed. display might include books, videos, CD-ROMs, flyers, issue guides and resource lists,citizen Highlightmaterials that describe the duties of group literature,voter registration deadlines and elected officials, the wording of ballot measures nonpartisan information on candidates. Ifyour and contact information for candidates and library'spolicy permits, provide candidate state ballot-issue committees. ments and arguments on ballots. Provide ballots and voter guides, partnering with organizations Maintain a community bulletin board on such as the League ofWomen Voters. your computer system where people can discuss issues.Make sure there isan actual bulletin Create a voter informationarea on your library's board that points people to the computer page. Web site. Include linksto useful election-related Web sitesand publisha userguide pointing Write a letter to the editor or opinion out resources relevant to local electoral issues. Be column foryour campus, community or school sure to include linksfor students. Bookmark Web newspaper about how important libraries sites of candidates important to your community are to a functioning democracy. Emphasize and publish a listof these sites. that libraries provide a forum for the public to exercise its right to know. Send out a press release about all the useful election information available at your library. Offer interviews to community or campus radio and TV stations about the importance of Sponsor a debate or forum between a commu having access to government and other nitygroup leader working on an issue relevant information about social and political issues to local or national elections and a leader and the library's role inmaking and keeping supporting opposing policies (e.g., a healthcare this information accessible. reformadvocate and an insurance company spokesperson). Publicize the event through Sponsor forums on local and national issues newsletters, campus newspapers, flyers, local with local leaders of community organizations. media and your library'sWeb site. Contact publishers to get authors of books on Host a candidate's debate on key library the 2000 election to speak at your library. Invite issues at an upcoming library-related conference a candidate or community group leader opposed or other public meeting. to the book's arguments to debate the author. Invitea teacher, professor or other authority Host a movie night inyour college or university to give a talk about voting, the election library,showing a film about American politics, process or other related issues. Follow with a followed by a discussion. Invitea professor to question-and-answer session. moderate the discussion. 4 Smart voting starts@ your library to our a "The library is central free society.It is critical elementin thefree exchangeof informationat theheart of our democracy." ?Vartan Gregorian Build partnerships with organizations Work with teachers to host a mock debate promoting voter education such as the League with two students representing two candidates' ofWomen Voters or Project Vote Smart. views. Follow with a mock election. (See Selected resources.) Make your school librarya one-stop
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