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ANNOUNCEMENT
December 9, 2000
It has been a strange Presidential Election... But at least it has
been educational!
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Election gives teachers
lesson plans
Many educators have abandoned their planned lessons during the
past weeks to explain how the electoral process works,
and how a candidate can simultaneously win and lose an election.
The reaction from students seems to be the same throughout the
nation -- they realize that American politics and individual
votes really do matter... CLICK
HERE FOR THE COMPLETE STORY |
Connecticut Network (CT-N) will cover the Connecticut Electoral
College live from beginning to end on Monday, Dec. 18 starting at
12 noon. The event is expected to conclude at 1 p.m.
The eight Connecticut residents who make up the Electoral College
will cast
their ballots for president and vice president in the State Senate
Chambers of the State Capitol on Monday. Though George Bush is now
officially president-elect, the U.S. Constitution and federal law
mandate that Connecticut electors cast their votes for Democrats Vice
President Al Gore and U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut because
they carried the popular vote in the state on Nov. 7.
The Electoral College ballots will be counted and sealed by Secretary
of the State Susan Bysiewicz. The sealed ballots will be sent to
Washington, D.C., where ballots from every state will be counted on Jan.
6 at a joint session of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S.
Senate.
"This election has created fresh interest in the significance of
the Electoral College and the entire process of government in
general," said Paul Giguere, president and chief executive officer
of the Connecticut Public Affairs Network, which is CT-N's producing
partner. "Our start-to-finish coverage of Monday's Electoral
College is a good example of what CT-N does every single day. Our
mission is to open up the process of government to the people. CT-N
shows you what's really happening without editorializing."
"Real people - maybe your neighbors - are taking part in this
historic event. The Connecticut electors live in New Haven, Meriden,
Hartford, Norwalk, Waterbury, Vernon, and West Hartford. When you watch
an event like this on CT-N, it hits home that real people take part in
our democracy, on the state and federal level, every day," said
Giguere.
 CT-N
provides unedited coverage of Connecticut's legislative, executive, and
judicial branches. CT-N is a partnership of CPTV, Connecticut Public
Affairs Network, the Connecticut Community Colleges, and the New England
Cable Television Association.
CPTV2 will carry the CT-N coverage live on Monday. The television
cable systems in Connecticut that carry CPTV2 are:
 | At&T Hartford (Channel 20) |
| AT&T Vernon (Channel 15) |
| AT&T Plainville (Channel 20) |
| Cablevision of Litchfield (Channel 15) |
| Charter Communications of Northeastern Connecticut (Channel 15) |
| Charter Northwest (Channel 62) |
| Comcast Clinton (Channel 18) |
| Comcast Groton (Channel 12-8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. only) |
| Comcast New Haven (Channel 29-8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. only) |
| COX Communications-Enfield (Channel 16) |
| COX Communications-Manchester (Channel 16) |
| Eastern Connecticut Cable Television (Channel 23) |
| Tele-Media/Seymour (Channel 35) |
Also, the following cable television systems will carry CT-N's live
coverage Monday:
| In the Fairfield County towns served by Cablevision of
Connecticut, live CT-N coverage of the Electoral College will air on
channel 73. The towns in this coverage area are Darien, Easton,
Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Redding, Stamford, Weston, Westport,
and Wilton. |
| In the Bridgeport area, viewers who subscribe to Cablevision
Systems of Southern Connecticut can pick up CT-N's live coverage on
channel 73. Towns in this coverage area are Bridgeport, Fairfield,
Stratford, Milford, Orange, and Woodbridge. |
| In Waterbury and surrounding communities, coverage will air onTele-Media's
channel 21. The towns in this coverage area are Waterbury,
Plymouth/Terryville, Prospect, Wolcott, and Middlebury. |
In addition, live coverage of the Connecticut Electoral College event
on Monday, Dec. 18 will be available through video streaming on CT-N's
Web site at www.ct-n.com.
For more information about Connecticut Network (CT-N), call
860-246-1553.
For information about CPTV2, please call CPTV's Viewer Services
Department at 1-800-683-7436 or visit the Web site at www.cptv.org.
For more information about this broadcast, contact: Martha Davidson,
Publicist, Connecticut Network, 860-278-5310, ext. 1335 (davidson@wedh.pbs.org).
We think this is a great educational opportunity for Connecticut's
students. PTA members, please promote it as widely as possible to
teachers and students in your schools! |
