[Peace-discuss] "who's on the (two-sided!) ballot" question from tonight's AWARE meeting

[C. G. Estabrook]

Thanks for digging these up, Stuart.

Perhaps we should make an effort to publicize both the Champaign and 
Urbana referenda in the three weeks between now and the election. --CGE

Stuart Levy wrote:
>   ...
>   The referenda are on the BACK OF THE PAGE.  When you're at
>   the polling places, make sure the election judges are pointing out
>   to everyone that it's a two-sided ballot!  The Champaign referenda are:
> 
>     Proposition To Restore The Level Of General
>     Assistance Funding Provided To The Township
> 
> 	Shall the voters of the City of Champaign
> 	Township ask the Township Trustees to
> 	restore the level of general assistance
> 	funding by actively pursuing any and
> 	all means available to them in order to
> 	preserve the health and well-being of
> 	individuals, children, families and adults
> 	living in extreme poverty in our Township?
> 
> 
>     Proposition To Call Upon Congress To Repeal
>     Or Amend The Military Commission Act
> 
> 	Shall the voters of City of Champaign
> 	Township call upon their elected
> 	representatives in Congress to do all
> 	in their power to repeal or amend the
> 	military Commission Act in order to restore
> 	the U.S. Constitutional right of habeas
> 	corpus and to uphold the internationally
> 	recognized rules of law, thereby preventing
> 	the cruel and inhuman treatment and the
> 	arbitrary and indefinite detention for
> 	all detainees held by the U.S.  Government?
> 
> 
>     Proposition To Call Upon Congress To Limit
>     Military Funding In Iraq
> 
> 	Shall the voters of the City of
> 	Champaign Township call upon their elected
> 	representatives in Congress to pursue all
> 	available means to limit military funding
> 	in Iraq to only what is required to bring
> 	all U.S. troops home safely?
>       ...