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Obama campaign reaches out to deaf community
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| Last Edited | RBH Oct 03, 2008 11:22pm |
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| News Date | Friday, October 3, 2008 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Dialing number after number, Martha Eisenhour sat at a single table working her way through a phone list of unreachable people that most campaigns might have abandoned.
But Eisenhour understands what most people don't - that sometimes there are people on the other end of that line.
The numbers - which give a pattern of electronic beeps and clicks - typically are discarded as faxes or computer modems. However, some connect to the homes and lives of people in the deaf community who communicate with a special text telephone called TTY.
“This is our trial run,” Eisenhour said. “They've worked up a list of numbers for us here.
“Some of them might just be fax machines, but some hopefully will be actual deaf community members.”
Reaching those in the deaf community is the reason why she spent her Wednesday night volunteering in the Callaway County Democratic Headquarters phone canvassing for Barack Obama's Campaign for Change. |
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