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Issues
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PTA
Votes
It is critical that all PTA members demonstrate their role as child
advocates by becoming educated about candidates for public office
and their positions on legislative issues that are important to
children and public schools. By exercising our democratic right
to vote, we are able to give children a voice. This is especially
critical in the upcoming elections on November 4, 2008.
In the 2008 federal elections, voters will determine our president,
our vice president, all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives,
and 35 U.S. senators. In state elections, voters will elect 11 governors,
more than 6,500 state house and senate members, and countless mayors,
regents, city council members, boards of supervisors, county officials,
and school board trustees. Your vote can make a difference for our
children and communities.
NEW! - PTA
Votes! 2008 Election Guide - NEW!
NEW! - PTA
Votes! Guía de las Elecciones 2008 - NEW!
PTA Voter Guide (click
here)
As you begin to learn more about the candidates, keep in mind that
every candidate will say that he or she supports public education.
The real question is, how far will that support go? This guide will
assist you in making selections based on which candidates you believe
have the strongest public education agenda.
This guide provides:
- A
list of questions that will help you learn about a candidate’s
position on the most pressing concerns and issues in public education
today.
- Resources
where you can find information on candidate positions.
- how
you can register to vote and where to go on Election Day.
National Student/Parent Mock Election
PTA has partnered with the National Student/Parent
Mock Election for the 2008 election cycle. Through the Mock Election,
NSPME engages young people and their parents, facilitating a dialogue
between them that is truly invaluable; by voting on both candidates
and contemporary issues, this project initiates an important discussion
on the responsibility and power we all have as citizens. Read
more...
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