SARASOTA COUNTY AREA TRANSIT
5303 Pinkney Avenue Sarasota, FL 34233 (941) 861 1003 Fax: (941) 861 1000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: July 10, 2002
Contact: Dominick Locascio, 861-1018
Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) will team up with the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections office to co sponsor a voter registration campaign the week of July 15 20. This campaign is part of a federal initiative to involve transit in providing greater opportunities for transit users to register and participate in the voting process. Transit systems throughout the state of Florida under the leadership of the Florida Public Transportation Association (FPTA) are participating in the initiative.
Citing Florida's law, which allows persons obtaining a driver license to also register to vote, SCAT will provide the same opportunity to SCAT patrons during the hours of 7:00a.m. and 10:00a.m. and again from 4:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. Monday, July 15 and Tuesday, July 16 at various SCAT transfer points. A Supervisor of Elections Office Representative will also be riding the number 17 bus from Sarasota to Venice. Voter registration application cards will be available from any bus driver on all SCAT buses during this week long campaign.
SCAT Bus Transfer Location sites which will be manned for Voter Registrations will be:
As an added feature, Supervisor of Elections Office Personnel will be on site at some locations to demonstrate the new touch screen computer voting machines.
This coordinated effort will allow transit dependent citizens and others, an opportunity to stand up and be counted!
For further information please call Dom Locascio, SCAT's Program Specialist
at 861 1018.