CTNS SCRIPTS
CAPITOL TELEVISION NEWS SERVICE
SACRAMENTO, CA
(916) 446-7890
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2007
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1. SCHOOL BOARDS LAWSUIT VO/SOT
2. MAXIMUM ENFORCEMENT VO/SOT
3. VOTER MOBILIZATION VO/SOT
VOTER MOBILIZATION VO/SOT
LIVE:
A CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION ATTEMPTING TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT IN CALIFORNIA'S ETHNIC MINORITY AND LOWER-INCOME COMMUNITIES SAYS PERSONAL CONTACT INCREASES PARTICIPATION AT THE POLLING PLACE. FOUNDATION RESEARCHERS CITE POLLS INDICATING THE STATE'S CURRENT PERCENTAGE OF LIKELY VOTERS IS WHITER AND WEALTHIER THAN THE STATE'S TOTAL POPULATION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS.
SUPER:STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO
VO: (:25)
THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN STUDYING WHICH VOTER MOBILIZATION STRATEGIES HAVE WORKED BEST SINCE 2006. AS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA VOTES INITIATIVE, NINE ORGANIZATIONS CONTACTED MORE THAN 80 THOUSAND ETHNIC MINORITY AND LOWER-INCOME VOTERS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, AND THE COUNTIES OF LOS ANGELES, ORANGE, RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO. THE RESEARCHERS DETERMINED THAT DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS INCREASED VOTER TURNOUT BY SEVEN PERCENT IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES. IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION MADE DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS FOR 25 YEARS, AND SAYS VOTER TURNOUT INCREASED FROM ELEVEN TO 54 PERCENT.
SUPER: MELISSA MICHELSON/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/CALIFORNIA VOTES INITIATIVE
SOT: (:35)
SAYS: "THESE ETHNIC COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A RIGHT ... IT'S JUST NOT GETTING THERE."
SUPER: FILE/NOVEMBER 7, 2006
VO TAG:
THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION HAS STUDIED MOBILIZATION EFFORTS SINCE 2006, AND SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE ITS STUDIES THROUGH THE NOVEMBER 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
EXTRA BITES:
SUPER: MELISSA MICHELSON/PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/CALIFORNIA VOTES INITIATIVE
SOT: (:27)
SAYS: "MANY OF THESE ARE AREAS YOU WOULDN'T KNOW AN ELECTION WAS GOING ON ... JUST ISN'T THERE."
SOT: (:41)
SAYS: "THIS ISN'T NEW ... THEY CAN BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE."
SPANISH BITE:
SUPER:LISA GARCIA BEDOLLA/POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
SOT: (:25)
SAYS: "PARA INFORMAR LA GENTE ... MAS BIEN LA COMUNIDAD LATINA.
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