http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/tag_rss/rick+jacobs We are all waiting on pins and needles for the California Supreme Court to rule on Prop 8. There are only 4 possible dates left: May 18, 21, 28 or June 1. As marriage equality builds across the state we are still fighting the good fight here. Two major TV stations in the past two days have aired interviews with Rick Jacobs among others. Take a look. Here is KNBC (Los Angeles NBC affiliate) interviewing Rick and a major highlight of Meet in the Middle. And KPIX (San Francisco CBS affiliate) featuring Dustin Lance Black, Cleve Jones and Rick. Watch 'em, rate 'em and pass 'em along. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/C2Wl http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/C2Wl/commentary#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 09:55:41 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/C2Wl Julia Rosen, Online Political Director http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/profile_picture/0ca8c47d776c223f85_zb4mv24s8.jpg Julia Rosen, Online Political Director 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2Wl/ We just put out this memo to the press and all interested parties from Courage Campaign Founder and Chair, Rick Jacobs. Feel free to quote liberally or re-post the memo in its entirety. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/C2Wb http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/C2Wb/commentary#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 10:34:49 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/C2Wb Julia Rosen, Online Political Director http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/profile_picture/0ca8c47d776c223f85_zb4mv24s8.jpg Julia Rosen, Online Political Director 0 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2Wb/ In the aftermath of Super Tuesday's election issues in Los Angeles, we've heard from tons of voters with stories about ballot problems. Voters like Julian H.: I've been following politics before I even hit my teens. And 2 weeks before this election, I turned 18, with my registration in weeks before. I knew the issues, the candidates, the propositions, and for the fist time in my life cast a ballot. I heard the next day about the double bubble. No one at the polls mentioned it, and I didn't see instructions that even pointed to its existence. It's not such a great feeling that you're first close up experience in a system you've watched for so long at a distance could have amounted to nothing. It looks like half of the DTS ballots in Los Angeles- about 94,000 votes- will not be counted. But Courage continues to work with Dean Logan in LA to ensure that, no matter who people were voting for, every DTS ballot gets counted. On the flip, Rick Jacobs provides a full, in-depth rundown of everything that's been going on. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/lucasoconnor/BrR http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/lucasoconnor/BrR/commentary#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:56:44 PST http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/lucasoconnor/BrR Lucas O'Connor, Courage Campaign Lucas O'Connor, Courage Campaign 17 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/BrR/ (cross-posted on Calitcs) Here is the latest on the "double bubble trouble". Today the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors held a hearing. Several people testified including Rick Jacobs and the Registrar of Voters Dean Logan. The good news is that Logan sounded amenable towards counting the votes, but made no specific promises. Any Decline-to-State voter who failed to mark the extra bubble indicating that they wanted to vote in the Democratic primary has not been counted thus far. There are no guarantees it will happen and so we are continuing to press the issue until every vote possible is counted. The Courage Campaign is doing three things right now. Requesting that the L.A. ROV conduct a count of all DTS votes, precinct by precinct. Requesting that the L.A. ROV immediately take steps to fix the DTS ballot design flaw for future primary elections Asking DTS voters across Los Angeles County to hold on to the receipt of their vote ("voting stub") until further notice. As to #3 on this list. If you are a DTS voter in Los Angeles County who asked for a Democratic Party ballot on Election Day and still have your paper receipt for voting ("voting stub") please let us know so our lawyers can insist that your ballot be counted. OR If you are a DTS voter in Los Angeles County and you had trouble at the polls and/or believe your vote may not have been counted. Please use this form to report your story and receipt number if you have it on the Courage Campaign website. Courage Campaign lawyer Steven Kaufman (of Kaufman Downing LLP) sent a new letter ( pdf here ) today to the L.A. ROV. Excerpts on the flip: http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/BrB http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/BrB/commentary#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:18:14 PST http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/BrB Julia Rosen, Online Political Director http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/profile_picture/0ca8c47d776c223f85_zb4mv24s8.jpg Julia Rosen, Online Political Director 19 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/BrB/ The audio from the September 16th conference call with Secretary Debra Bowen, Rick Jacobs and myself is now available . Below the fold is the transcript from the call. Once again, we apologize to those who were not able to get on the call. Talk about problems with electronic vendors... Ironic really. Here is the official apology from the vendor. They really did screw up and fessed up to it: All at Courage Campaign, On behalf of the entire team here at Infinite Conferencing, we sincerely regret the mishap that occurred on Monday, September 17, 2007. We understand that the turnout was less than desirable due to the incorrect dial-in number Infinite Conferencing issued to you. We take pride in our 100% service guarantee and since you were not completely satisfied with our service, we will issue you a credit towards your account for the amount of this call. Please accept our apologies. Very special thanks to Brad Freidman of BradBLOG for the audio and Emily Levy of VelvetRevolution.us for the transcript. http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/BhW http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/BhW/commentary#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:49:04 PDT http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/juliarosen/BhW Julia Rosen, Online Political Director http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/profile_picture/0ca8c47d776c223f85_zb4mv24s8.jpg Julia Rosen, Online Political Director 2 http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/comment_rss/BhW/