By: E&P Staff Sunshine Week 2008: The Sunshine Campaign -- the American Society of Newspaper Editors-led effort to raise open government issues in elections at all levels in the nation -- is joining Project Vote Smart's Purple Bus Tour to introduce the "Voter's Self Defense System" around the country.
The Voter's Self Defense System provides online access to information on more than 40,000 candidates at all levels of government. The nationwide tour brings a bus specially equipped with a movie theater and computer terminals with free Web access to demonstrate the system.
As part of the tour, the Sunshine Campaign will distribute promotional giveaways and brochures explaining the importance of raising open government as an issue in elections ranging from town councils to the presidency.
"The Project Vote Smart tour is a great opportunity for the Sunshine Campaign to engage an even wider audience in the discussion about protecting access to government information, and to encourage those people to ask candidates about their positions on the issues," said Sunshine Week Coordinator Debra Gersh Hernandez. "The more voices that are out there expressing concern about Freedom of Information, the less candidates -- and later elected officials -- will be able to ignore or subvert it."
More information about Sunshine Week and the Sunshine Campaign, is available at www.sunshineweek.org.
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