#CripTheVote Candidate Spotlight: Carrie Ann Lucas - October 12, 2017

#CripTheVote Candidate Spotlight: Chris Haulmark - October 10, 2017

#CripTheVote Candidate Spotlight: Jennifer Longdon - October 9, 2017

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#CripThe Vote Candidate Spotlight Series: Jen Longdon, Chris Haulmark, and Carrie Ann Lucas

#CripTheVote Twitter Chat

Candidate Spotlight

October 9, 10 & 12, 2017

4 pm Pacific / 7 pm Eastern

With the mid-term elections coming up in 2018, #CripTheVote is starting a new series of Twitter chats highlighting candidates with disabilities running for political office in the United States. We are thrilled to have our first guests in this series, Jen Longdon, Chris Haulmark, and Carrie Ann Lucas.   

October 9, 2017, 7 pm Eastern

Jennifer Longdon

Candidate for Arizona House, District 24

October 10, 2017, 7 pm Eastern
Chris Haulmark
Candidate for Congress, Kansas, District 3

October 12, 2017, 7 pm Eastern

Carrie Ann Lucas

Candidate for Town Board, Ward 5, Windsor, Colorado

In the first half of the hour, candidates will answer questions by the co-partners of #CripTheVote and the second half will be open to questions from our community directly to the candidates.

Note: #CripTheVote is a nonpartisan online movement. We do not endorse any candidate and are featuring these individuals to encourage political participation and public service.

Please join us! Information on how to participate and the chat’s questions below.

How to Participate

Follow @GreggBeratan @AndrewPulrang @DisVisibility on Twitter

When it’s time, search #CripTheVote on Twitter for the series of live tweets under the ‘Latest’ tab for the full conversation.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can follow along in real time here: http://twubs.com/CripTheVote

If you might be overwhelmed by the volume of tweets and only want to see the chat’s questions so you can respond to them, check @DisVisibility’s account. Each question will tweeted 5-6 minutes apart.

Check out this explanation of how to participate in a Twitter chat by Ruti Regan: https://storify.com/RutiRegan/examplechat

Check out this captioned #ASL explanation of how to participate in a Twitter chat by @behearddc. #CripTheVote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lJ9YRAwOj4

Introductory Tweets for Candidate Spotlight Chat

Welcome to the #CripTheVote chat Candidate Spotlight with: [name] of [town/state].

Remember to use the #CripTheVote hashtag when you tweet.  

If you respond to a question such as Q1, your tweet should follow this format: “A1 [your message] #CripTheVote”

Please note the first 4 questions are directed to the [candidate] and we’ll open it up to Qs from you #CripTheVote

QUESTIONS

Q1. Tell us a little about yourself and why you decided to run for office #CripTheVote

Q2. How is the campaign going so far and what have you learned while reaching out voters and the public? #CripTheVote

Q3. What are some disability rights issues you are concerned about locally, regionally, and nationally as a candidate? #CripTheVote

Q4 Why is it important for people with disabilities to engage in public service? What's your advice to people in our community? #CripTheVote

At this point, we’d like to open up the questions to the #CripTheVote with [candidate] who will reply as many as possible for next 30 min

The hour has flown by! This concludes the #CripTheVote candidate spotlight. Thank you for joining us.

Special thanks to [name of candidate] for sharing your time with us and all the best with your upcoming election! #CripTheVote

A Storify of this #CripTheVote chat will be up shortly. #CripTheVote

Please keep the convo going! You can find updates & more info here: http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/ #CripTheVote