Drunkdial Your Senator (Not Your Ex)

Filed Under: Why Design, election design, social responsibility

Submitted By	Margarita Korol
Chapter	New York
Description	With great freedom comes great responsibility. This poster is in the spirit of promoting active democracy and empowers the individual in establishing sturdy checks and balances on his or her political system. Dialogue with people paid to be in healthy relationships with you, because that is not your ex's job anymore. An earlier version of this design was distributed in Zuccotti Park as stickers in October 2011.
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This entry is part of the 2012 AIGA Get Out the Vote Initiative

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