[Peace] Tuesday is election day - here's info on voting

[Danielle Chynoweth]

This Tuesday is election day.  There are several key votes on the ballot 
that need you. Please take time to go VOTE!  Polls are open from 6 am - 7 
pm.  

You can find your polling place and view your ballot by going to:
http://www.champaigncountyclerk.com/registrationstatus.asp

There is a slate of progressive candidates in contested races.  On 
Tuesday, I will be voting for:

BARACK OBAMA for U.S. Senate
DAVID GILL for U.S. House of Representatives
DENNIS KUCINICH for President

Also, I will check "yes" next to the referendum to raise the state income 
tax rate for those who make $250,000 to pay for education. 

Here's why:

BARACK OBAMA
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
We have the chance to put Obama - a strong progressive - in a seat once 
held by conservative Republican Peter Fitzgerald.  OBAMA IS NECK-IN-NECK 
WITH HIS OPPONENTS AND NEEDS YOUR VOTE.

Obama's voting record as an Illinois Senator proves that he firmly 
supports:

***sane foreign policy***
Obama has marched and spoke out at anti-war rallies both before and after 
the bombing.  He will work to overturn the Patriot Act and restore civil 
liberties.

***reproductive freedom***
Obama is strongly endorsed by Planned Parenthood.  You may have received 
fliers from this opponents with a rubber duckie picture blasting Obama for 
voting "present " on pro-choice legislation.  His votes were part of an 
orchestrated strategy with Planned Parenthood to defeat anti-choice 
legislation.  Read the Chicago Trib story on this farce: 
http://che.ojctech.com/~chyn/public/obama-choice.txt

***universal health care***
Obama is the chief sponsor of the Bernadin Amendment which would guarantee 
the right of health care coverage to all Illinois residents. He was the 
Chief sponsor of essential health care reform bills calling for an end to 
discriminatory pricing and aggressive debt collection practices and for 
hospitals to publicly reveal infection rates and nurse-patient ratios. He 
expanded KidCare, which brought health care to an additional 20,000 
children.

***gay rights***
Obama is the Co-sponsor of Senate bill 101 to prohibit discrimination 
based on sexual orientation in employment and housing.

***criminal justice reform***
Obama was the chief sponsor of the ground-breaking law requiring 
videotaping of interrogations in murder cases to prevent abuse by police.  
He is the Chief legislative architect of the new law requiring that state 
and local police officers record the race of stopped motorists in order to 
uncover and end racial profiling.

***pro-labor policies***
He is endorsed by SEIU, UNITE, Teamsters National Black Caucus, and the 
Illinois Federation of Teachers.

***the environment***
Has a strong renewable energy and conservation record and is endorsed by 
the League of Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club.  

It would please me greatly if Illinois sent an African-American to an 
all-white Senate.  

Read more about Obama at: http://www.obamaforillinois.com/

DAVID GILL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gill is clearly in support of universal health care.  He is a doctor who 
got involved in politics over this very issue.  His ideas for National 
Health Insurance make sure everyone is covered while out of pocket 
expenses are decreased.  He supports a living wage, renewable energy, and 
fair trade policies.  He is not afraid to call the the sections of the 
Patriot Act that allow the FBI access to your library records and conduct 
secret arrests the f-word - "fascist."

Read more: http://www.davidgillforcongress.com/

DENNIS KUCINICH
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Given that Kerry already has the votes to be the Democratic nominee, as he 
puts his finger to the wind it is important that we send a message to him 
that we - progressive voters - are here.  Kucinich has gotten up to 26% of 
the votes in state primaries which is turning the heads of centrists such 
as Kerry.

Kucinich's ten key issues are:

Universal Health Care 
International Cooperation: US out of Iraq, UN in 
Jobs and Withdrawal from NAFTA and WTO 
Repeal of the "Patriot Act" 
Guaranteed Quality Education, Pre-K Through College 
Full Social Security Benefits at Age 65 
Right-to-Choose, Privacy, and Civil Rights 
Balance Between Workers and Corporations 
Environmental Renewal and Clean Energy 
Restored Rural Communities and Family Farms 

Read more:  http://www.kucinich.us/



-- 
| Danielle Chynoweth
|
| Art Director * OJC Technologies * ojctech.com
| City Council Member * Urbana City Council * city.urbana.il.us