{"id":3093,"date":"2011-10-14T06:52:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T10:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2011-10-14T06:52:58","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T10:52:58","slug":"coffee-conversation-give-me-your-vote-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/2011\/10\/14\/coffee-conversation-give-me-your-vote-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee &amp; Conversation: Give Me Your Vote, Please?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9yHifZNFYTQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dear Mr. President (Obama),<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a little late on it, but now I\u2019m serious about changing your world.<\/p>\n<p>I want your votes \u2013 and some.  I\u2019m about to go on the road. My campaign is to ask for votes. That\u2019s right, I\u2019m collecting ballots \u2013 for real. I\u2019m asking for written commitments to refrain from voting in the November elections. (It\u2019ll take up lots of space, but I\u2019ve cleared out my basement for a few million of the precious pieces of paper.)<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right. Instead of voting I want people to actually fill out a ballet and give me a commitment that they will show up in November 2012 to blank vote. I also plan to do massive voter registration to help the cause. To you, our un-submitted ballots might be one of the most valuable pieces of currency in the game.  Your job \u2013 and that of other folks in your line of work \u2013 is to devalue our new currency.  You game.<br \/>\nI know that a few folk will still pull the level in November.  Can you really win an election when so few citizen participate?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll see you on the campaign trail, but not on the ballot scene. With much love,<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Elmore<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Can\u2019t wait to chat with Howard Schultz about bringing his <a title=\"USA Today - Starbucks CEO asks peers to withhold political contributions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/money\/industries\/food\/story\/2011-09-08\/Starbucks-CEO-ask-peers-to-withhold-polticial-contributions\/50326932\/1\" target=\"_blank\">alternative campaign contribution plan<\/a> to the people.<br \/>\nWill you give me your vote? Let me know at Coffee and Conversation.  Today \u2013 3-5 p.m. in the <a title=\"Boston University Howard Thurman Center\" href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/thurman\" target=\"_blank\">Howard Thurman Center<\/a>. I\u2019ll bring the <a title=\"Clear Conscience Cafe - Cambridge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c3cafe.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">cookies and coffee<\/a>; you bring me your ballot (or, at least your convo).<br \/>\nPeace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Mr. President (Obama), I\u2019m a little late on it, but now I\u2019m serious about changing your world. I want your votes \u2013 and some. I\u2019m about to go on the road. My campaign is to ask for votes. That\u2019s right, I\u2019m collecting ballots \u2013 for real. I\u2019m asking for written commitments to refrain from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1495,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1495"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3093"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3096,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093\/revisions\/3096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}