Print This Post Print This Post

Jan

16

One door opens after another shuts

Filed Under Announcements, Blogging, Politics, Writing | 2 Comments

Remember this?

Well now, there’s this: “Welcome to tmv as a coblogger” – that’s from Joe Gandelman, the founder of one of my favorite political blogs, The Moderate Voice. I’ve been cleared and asked by the powers that be to join the blog as a regular contributor and I accepted and am very excited.

For one thing, TMV is in The Ruckus feed on Newsweek.com. I don’t know if my posts will get tagged for it or not – I’ll let the head editors decide (I think they have to, decide that is, not include my posts).

For another thing, it’s ranked #27 on the Wikio blog ranking list for political blogs (ahead of MyDD, Instapundit, Political Wire and on and on). I don’t know much about those rankings, but it’s still kind of cool.

I’m allowed to cross-post but I’m hoping to get WLST re-centered onto Ohio and local politics, while putting the broader items on TMV. We’ll see – I blog like I like, which is how I like it, but if it’s not how they like it…who knows.

I hope you’ll read it once in a while, if not more often.

Bookmark and Share

By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:29 pm January 16th, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Politics, Writing | 2 Comments 

Print This Post Print This Post

Jan

16

RootsCamp Ohio review by Free Times; new video of my sessions

Filed Under 'Roots News, Blogging, Ohio, Politics | 1 Comment

Thanks to Anastasia for this piece on RootsCamp, an event in Columbus that was held last Sunday. I agree with her noting the Ohio Democratic Party stat that in 2004, they only had eight employees and someone who works there now was heard to say that they have around 50.

She gives a nice mention here but there were many worthwhile sessions:

Cleveland-area bloggers Jeff Coryell (ohiodailyblog.com) and Jill Miller Zimon (writeslikeshetalks.com) led a panel on the intersection of old and new media based on their recent experience blogging for the Plain Dealer’s Wide Open blog, which fell apart in confusion over whether restrictions on campaign donations by reporters did (or should) apply to bloggers who were hired to be partisan. Zimon also led a panel on getting more women to run for office, attended by, among others, an actual candidate: Kelley Wenzlaff, who’s running for state rep from Delaware County’s second district (momforthehouse.com).

You can read more about Wenzlaff here. She let me bend her ear a lot and realizing that there are women who are moms, even mainly moms, running for office really helps show that it can be done – if you want to do it and have something to offer.

Thanks (or sneers) go to Dave Harding, The Unknown Cameraman, for this footage of RootsCamp, including Jeff Coryell and I and other campers in one session, and myself and others in another.

Bookmark and Share

By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:52 pm January 16th, 2008 in 'Roots News, Blogging, Ohio, Politics | 1 Comment 

Print This Post Print This Post

Jan

16

Carnival of Ohio Politics #100, Part I

Filed Under Blogging, Carnivals, Ohio, Politics | Comments Off

Carnival of Ohio Politics #100, Part I is now posted.  Thank you to everyone who contributed and to all who go there to read it and forward to others or link to it from your blog.

We received a record number of posts from a record number of bloggers and a record number of first-timers as well as very new bloggers.  Political blogging and blogging on political topics is not for the faint of heart, but there are many folks full of heart doing it. Thank you to everyone and watch for Part II tomorrow before 12 noon, promise.

Bookmark and Share

By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:10 pm January 16th, 2008 in Blogging, Carnivals, Ohio, Politics | Comments Off 

Print This Post Print This Post

Jan

16

Pew to help eliminate the pee-u of voting in Ohio

Filed Under Announcements, Civil Rights, Elections, Ohio, Politics | Comments Off

From Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s office:

Jan. 16, 2008

For Immediate Release

MEDIA ADVISORY

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Pew Center on the States’ Make Voting Work initiative announced today the funding of several projects that put special emphasis on elections in the U.S.  Ohio is a fortunate partner with Pew to be the recipient of three grant-funded projects that will benefit Ohio voters in the immediate future. Full detail of the Pew funding and Ohio’s participation is available in the attachment to this release.

The Pew Charitable Trusts projects that benefit Ohio include;

The Overseas Vote Foundation project

-Ohio has developed a partnership with the Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF), a national non-partisan, non-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate and increase participation in federal elections of America’s overseas and military voters and their dependents by providing public access to innovative voter registration tools and services.

-OVF’s work serves to simplify for overseas and uniformed services voters the process of registration and voting when they are absent from their state or country.

-Ohio is one of the first states to actively join OVF’s efforts to instantly provide our overseas and uniformed services voters a vastly improved online registration experience.

Online poll worker training initiative with HAVA partners

-This project enabled the Ohio Secretary of State’s office to develop a uniform poll worker-training program that is online and available as a resource to all 88 county Boards of Elections in Ohio.  Uniformity in training has been cited through research to better prepare poll workers for consistent service and a more efficient Election Day experience for voters.  Many of Ohio’s Boards of Elections have not had a resource of this type to assist with poll worker training prior to the funding of this project.

Voter Registration Forms in Welcome packets from the United States Postal Service

-Ohio will be the first state in the Nation to include two voter registration forms in welcome packets for people when they move.  These packets are sent to residents when they change their address with the United States Postal Service.  The pilot project will work with 45 southwestern and central Ohio counties, and a handful of counties in Indiana and Kentucky.  Updating your voter registration when you move is one of the things that may slip past many people.  It is hoped that this is a way to help remind people of the importance of maintaining current information.

“I am extremely grateful to The Pew Charitable Trusts for these valuable opportunities,” said Brunner.  “These projects will prove to better the elections process in our state, administratively and through a training perspective,” added Brunner.

No time right now to look at the details in what was attached to the press release, but if it’s Pew, I highly doubt it’s stinky.

Bookmark and Share

By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:36 pm January 16th, 2008 in Announcements, Civil Rights, Elections, Ohio, Politics | Comments Off 

Print This Post Print This Post

Jan

16

Vegas Demcratic primary candidate debate: full transcript of Clinton, Obama, Edwards, media

Filed Under Campaigning, Elections, Media, WH2008 | 4 Comments

I’ll have to eat a big lunch to get through this debate transcript from last night’s debate in Nevada between Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, Tim Russert, Brian Williams and Natalie Morales moderating.  Or maybe not?

Hattip Lynn Sweet.

Bookmark and Share

By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:11 pm January 16th, 2008 in Campaigning, Elections, Media, WH2008 | 4 Comments 

"));