Why Vote?
Voting is about choosing who makes the policies and laws that affect your daily life. The Voting Action Plan helps you personalize the voting issues that are important to YOU, research issues and candidates, and match your vote to your goals. It’s about YOU.
Why wouldn’t you vote?!
Voting is about your future.
Voting brings money to your community.
Voting changes policies.
Voting holds people accountable.
Voting solves problems.
Voting makes you feel good.
3 Steps to Successful Voting
Personalize
Voting means choosing who makes the policies and laws that affect YOUR everyday life. You can improve both for the better by voting. Your goals should be the foundation of your vote. What is your top goal? A good job? Access to healthcare? College financial aid? Community and school safety? Clean air and water? What else? Learn more about yourself here.
Research
Now that you know your goals, learn how they translate into voting issues. Then you can compare what the candidates say about the issues. Remember to distinguish between reliable information and hype. Sources should be accurate, trustworthy, and unbiased. Rely on non-partisan, non-profit, educational sources, not promotional sites.
Match
How will candidates’ positions and campaign pledges affect your daily life if they are enacted? Your vote should go to the candidate whose programs, policies, and voting record match your goals the most. There may not be a perfect match; it’s more of a compromise. Vote for people who support your goals and with whom you most agree.
3 examples of how goals become voting issues
Education
If your goal is to finish your education,
listen to what candidates say about:
Financial aid
Scholarships
School safety
Tuition
Loan debt
Retraining programs
Health
If your goal is to get comprehensive healthcare,
listen to what candidates say about:
Access to all health services
Cost of prescriptions
Reproductive decisions
School vaccines
Community health centers
Jobs
If your goal is to get a secure job,
listen to what candidates say about:
Job security
Health insurance
Retirement benefits
Equal pay
Workplace safety
Unemployment insurance
Your goals = your vote
If your goal is to finish college without debt, listen for candidates who say...
My administration will prioritize expanding college financial aid.
I support additional funding for reliable Internet for all students.
I advocate for policies and practices that keep students safe.
We need more academic support services to help students graduate on time.
If your goal is to find a secure job, listen for
candidates who say...
I support professional development programs that help promote employees within a company.
In times of need we should extend unemployment insurance.
People with the same education, skills, and experience should receive equal pay.
If your goal is to get access to broad healthcare coverage, listen for candidates who say...
Lowering the cost of prescriptions will be at the top of my agenda.
Women’s and children’s healthcare means access to all services.
We need to build more community health centers to meet true needs.
I support providing proper safety and necessary equipment directly to staff.
Don’t miss out.
Voting is ultimately about shaping your own future. Who better than YOU to be in charge of decisions that affect you so personally? ¡Si se puede! Give it your all!
Be A Voter is a non-partisan, non-profit, research-based civics program to increase voter turnout.
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