Does My Vote Matter?

• “Yes”

  

  “Why Vote? Your Legislators and Governor are Deciding...”

• “Objection”

  

  “But Will a Single Vote Matter?”
  

Why Vote? Your Legislators and Governor are Deciding...

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Your Education…Decisions by our state legislators and the Governor determine how much money is available for CA’s community and state colleges and its UCs.  

Your Jobs…From Congress and the President to CA’s State Legislature and Governor…all of these Individuals hold the future of your jobs in their hands. They determine the policies that provide (or not) incentives to locate companies here instead of abroad (or elsewhere), pay employees a “living” minimum wage, require fairness in hiring practices, demand equal pay for equal work, insure workplace safety, and more.

Your Health Care…These same elected officials determine what (if any) health care will be available to you. Their decisions about Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance laws, medical malpractice laws, pharmaceutical laws, etc., determine the health care you receive. Today, more than one fifth of America’s citizens do not have health care insurance.

Your Laws…Not only do these elected officials make laws, they appoint judges whose decisions also become laws. Remember decisions like Brown v Board of Education and Roe v Wade – these were major decisions made by our Supreme Court – a court whose Justices were appointed by a President and confirmed by a Senate – all people elected by voters.

They are deciding:
Your Environment,
Your Public Transportation,
Your Social Security…YOUR FUTURE

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"Yes" League of Women Voters

• One Vote Can Make the Difference - Will It Be Yours?
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• Why Should You Vote in the November 4 Election?
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• Why Vote? Your Legislators and Governor are Deciding...
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"Yes" Rock the Vote

• Letting Your Voice Be Heard
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• Independent and First-Time Voters are Proving Pivotal in This Election
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• A New Electoral Map Has Brought Youth Voters Into the Spotlight
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"No" Art Carden

• It Depends on What You Mean by "Matter"
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• Electoral College: Your Vote Matters Less in Presidential Elections
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• Your Vote "Matters" as a Signal of Your Policy Preferences
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• Not Everybody Thinks This Way, So You Can Take Others' Votes as Given
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• Evidence Suggests That Voter Errors are Systematically Biased
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"No" Rob Nelson

• Face the Facts. Increasingly Your Vote Doesn't Matter
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• Every Vote Gets Counted, But Often it Doesn't Really Count
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• There are Reasons for Low Voter Turnout...Apathy is the Least of Them
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• Voting out of Obligation is Worse Than Not Voting at All.
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Most Objections

• One Vote Can Make the Difference - Will It Be Yours?
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• Why Should You Vote in the November 4 Election?
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• Why Vote? Your Legislators and Governor are Deciding...
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• Letting Your Voice Be Heard
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• Independent and First-Time Voters are Proving Pivotal in This Election
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