Charleston County Media Alert
MEDIA CONTACT
Name: Jennie Davis, Charleston County Public Information Officer
Phone: 843.958.4012
Email: jdavis@charlestoncounty.org
Release Number: 2940
Date: October 31, 2008
Press Conference on Nov. 3 to Provide Election Day Information
What: Charleston County will hold a press conference to provide information to citizens about
Election Day 2008. The press conference will be as follows:
Dan Martin, Charleston County Board of Elections and Voter Registration Chairman, will provide information to citizens planning to vote on Election Day.
Attending mayors will have the opportunity to make brief comments.
Dan Martin will list the various agencies and organizations that have representatives present at the press conference, and will open the floor to reporters who can ask questions of those representatives.
Local law enforcement officials representing various agencies will also be available for interviews immediately following the press conference.
Date/Time: Monday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m.
Where: 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, 29405
Inside the Lonnie Hamilton, III Charleston County Public Services Building. The press
conference will be held at the end of the hall on the first floor.
Representatives at the press conference to whom the media can address questions:
|
NAME |
AGENCY |
TITLE |
Related phone numbers for the public |
|
Dan Martin (speaker at press conf-erence) and Marilyn Bowers |
Charleston County Board of Elections and Voter Registration |
Chairman (Dan Martin) and Executive Director (Marilyn Bowers) |
(843) 744-8683 Charleston County Board of Elections and Voter Registration;
(803) 734-9060 S.C. Election Commission |
|
Joe Riley |
City of Charleston |
Mayor |
|
|
Keith Summey |
City of North Charleston |
Mayor |
|
|
Harry Hallman |
Town of Mt. Pleasant |
Mayor |
|
|
Mary Horres and Lynn Greer |
League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area |
Co-Chair, Voters' Service (Mary Horres) and President (Lynn Greer) |
(843) 766-5416) League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area;
(803) 251-2726 League of Women Voters of South Carolina |
|
Victoria Middleton |
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) |
Executive Director |
(877) 523-2792 ACLU Voting Rights Project;
(866) OUR-VOTE Election Protection Hotline |
|
Dot Scott and Rev. Joe Darby |
NAACP Charleston Chapter |
|
(843) 805-8030 |
|
Mary Ward |
NAACP North Charleston Chapter |
|
|
|
Diana Salazar |
Latino Organization of Charleston |
|
(843) 530-8131 |
|
Lin Bennett |
Charleston County Republican Party |
Chair |
|
|
George Tempel |
Charleston County Democratic Party |
Chair |
|
Special Media
Instructions: Please have your crews arrive about 20 minutes early. We will have a mult box ready but will need to have all testing and sound checks done early so the press conference can begin at 2 p.m.
RSVP: to jdavis@charlestoncounty.org or (843) 958-4012 (please let me know if you plan to take the press conference live)