Show #33 Sow Complicated Language, Reap Potential Confusion




The Civic Commons Podcast show

Summary: <p>Ballot initiatives are put forth as the voice of the people. But they never actually read how any normal person would use language and syntax (see ballot language on November’s ballot (<a href="http://goo.gl/UhXKc">http://goo.gl/UhXKc</a>) Join Dan and Noelle as they talk ballot initiatives—their language, intent and affect on political behavior—with University of Akron’s Daniel Coffey, political strategist Jeff Rusnak and Angelo Velotta, a young man who makes no apologies for never having voted in any election. Also, listen to the dulcet tones of commentator Richard Andrews as he rips apart the way initiative language is used by the powers that be.</p>