Hosted by Andrew Pulrang<\/strong>, Gregg Beratan<\/strong>, and Alice Wong<\/strong>, #CripTheVote<\/strong><\/a> Twitter chats explored various policy issues important to people with disabilities this year. Our 12th Twitter chat will focus on Congressional, state, and local elections.<\/span><\/p>\n You can find the questions for this chat in this post. <\/span>The Twitter chat will be archived in Storify for anyone who would like to see it in chronological order at a later date.<\/span><\/p>\n Follow<\/span> @AndrewPulrang<\/span><\/a> @DisVisibility<\/span><\/a> @GreggBeratan<\/span><\/a> on Twitter<\/span><\/p>\n When it\u2019s time, s<\/span>earch<\/span> #CripTheVote<\/span><\/a> on Twitter for the series of live tweets under the \u2018Live\u2019 tab to fallow the full conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n If you might be overwhelmed by the volume of tweets and only want to see the chat\u2019s questions, check @DisVisibility\u2019s tweets. Each question will tweeted 4-5 minutes apart.<\/span><\/p>\n Use the hashtag<\/span> #CripTheVote<\/span> when you tweet. If you can\u2019t join us on 10\/22, feel free to tweet anytime before or after with the hashtag.<\/span><\/p>\n If you don\u2019t use Twitter, check out the live-stream:<\/span><\/p>\n http:\/\/twubs.com\/CripTheVote<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Check out this explanation of how to participate in a chat by Ruti Regan: <\/span>https:\/\/storify.com\/RutiRegan\/examplechat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Today\u2019s #CripTheVote chat is on Congressional, state, and local elections. All the races other than the Presidency.<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at Congress first. There are 34 Senate seats are up for election this year. #CripTheVote <\/span>http:\/\/www.270towin.com\/2016-senate-election\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Republicans have a majority now. Democrats would need 5 more seats to achieve a majority. #CripTheVote<\/p>\n Q1 What are some of the closest, most critical Senate races? Which races are you following? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n All 435 House seats are in play. Repubs. have the majority & Dems. need 30 more seats for a majority #CripTheVote <\/span>http:\/\/www.270towin.com\/2016-house-election\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Q2 What are some of the closest, most critical House races? Which races are you following? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q3 What kinds of disability issues are affected by Congress? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q4 Which state governorships are up for election this year? Is there a gubernatorial election in your state? Tell us about it. #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q5 Are there any critical state or local level races to watch? Has disability come up during any of these races? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q6 What kinds of disability issues are affected by state & local governments? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q7 Some may say \u201cdown-ballot\u201d elections impact people in tangible ways more than the Presidential election. Agree\/disagree? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Voter turnout for midterm elections is usually low. Source: <\/span>http:\/\/pewrsr.ch\/1rOQHQO<\/span><\/a> #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q8 Why do people vote less in Congressional, state, and local elections? Why is voting during midterm elections important? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q9 Aside from the Presidency, which results will you watch closely on November 8? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n Q10 Which races do you feel have the biggest impact on your life and why? #CripTheVote<\/span><\/p>\n #CripTheVote crowdsourced a list of Twitter handles for people running for Congress by state: <\/span>http:\/\/disabilitythinking.com\/candidates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Feel free to contact the candidates in your state and others with your disability policy Qs! We can all #CripTheVote!<\/span><\/p>\n This concludes our #CripTheVote chat. Thanks to everyone and keep the convo going!<\/p>\n Our next #CripTheVote chat will be about healthcare on 10\/30, 7 pm Eastern. Details coming soon!<\/p>\n FiveThirtyEight.com Senate projections<\/span><\/p>\n http:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/2016-election-forecast\/senate\/?ex_cid=2016-forecast<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n 270 To Win election maps:<\/span><\/p>\n #CripTheVote archive of Congressional candidate Twitter handles<\/span><\/p>\n http:\/\/disabilitythinking.com\/candidates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cVoter turnout always drops off for midterm elections, but why?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Drew Desilver, Pew Research Center – July 24, 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n http:\/\/pewrsr.ch\/1rOQHQO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Resources on voting and people with disabilities:<\/b><\/p>\n http:\/\/disabilitythinking.com\/election-2016-cripthevote<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n #CripTheVote Facebook Page:<\/b><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CripTheVote\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n A note on language and why we use the term \u2018crip\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n http:\/\/disabilitythinking.com\/disabilitythinking\/2016\/3\/28\/cripthevote-notes-on-crip<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nHow to Participate<\/b><\/h3>\n
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