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On the Record Project
From January 4-10, 2012, about forty SSDP chapter members followed presidential candidates all over New Hampshire right before the state primary. Students put candidates on the spot, asking them questions about their positions on drug policy issues. Within less than a week, they were able to capture videos of Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul. The videos were instantaneously posted on Youtube, which led to several big media hits. The "On the Record" Project will bring drug policy reform onto the national political agenda.
This idea for this campaign came from 2007, when Jonathan Perri (then a leader of the Franklin Pierce SSDP chapter) and dozens of other SSDP students followed presidential candidates to town hall meetings during the New Hampshire presidential primaries. With the help of sick New Hampshire medical marijuana patients and armed with a cheap video camera, they put presidential candidates like Barack Obama, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Hilary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani on the spot about medical marijuana, demanding that they let the voters know whether or not they would use federal resources to to circumvent state law and prosecute medical marijuana patients and providers. The campaign was called Granite Staters for Medical Marijuana, and it was responsible for Sen. Barack Obama's promise to end the federal raids in states with medical marijuana laws.
To become involved in the "On the Record" Project, please contact your outreach coordinator for tips and support!
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Politico Candidate Tracker - Find out where and when candidates will be making appearances.
Can We Tape? - Resource for referencing state laws regarding video and other types of recording.
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