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Voter InformationVisit Pennsylvania Voters Service
“Prepare Yourself Pennsylvania” This Community Voter Protection Guide is an action kit for anyone—including individuals, groups, organizations, communities, and local leaders—interested in refreshing the community’s understanding of their voting rights and reinvigorating their focus on Election Day participation. The Guide is divided into four parts, allowing you to print the entire action kit or just those portions that are most suitable to your audience and your needs. Part I provides detailed answers to some of the most commonly asked questions. It helps the reader prepare for Election Day from the moment s/he decides to leave home for the polling place, to the moment s/he casts a ballot. Part II consists of a true/false Voter Protection Quiz that can be used to encourage voters to self-test their familiarity with their voting rights. It also serves as a powerful, interactive teaching tool with large audiences. Part III contains voter protection practice scenarios that serve as a great partner to the Voter Protection Quiz. The practice scenarios help voters develop their voting rights skills. Part IV is filled with a number of Community Action Steps to promote understanding of the electoral process and support community involvement in that process. It also contains tools for promoting accountability by local election officials to the communities and voters they serve. Guide to RegisteringGeneral Voter InformationIf you want to vote but are not registered, or you wish to change political parties call the Indiana County Courthouse, 724-465-3852, to request a voter registration form, or visit the Pennsylvania Secretary of State website to download and print a voter registration form. If you are not sure if you are registered or not, visit the Department of State's website to look up the telephone number for your county board of registration. Not sure who your elected officials are? Find them on the LWVUS site. The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania site has information on the following items. Click on the bulleted link to view the information: WHO'S
WHO AT THE POLLS GUIDE for REGISTERING VOTERS in PA Links to Political PartiesThe Republican Party:
www.rnc.org Additional Resourceswww.issuespa.net/home Information on issues and current news critical to Pennsylvania. www.DNet.org The National League's voter information guide. Project Vote Smart All-purpose political resource site. View everything from candidates' biographies and elected officials' performances to what happens in Congress each week. Rock the Vote MTV's voter information guide to get youth involved in politics. Progressive Coalition for Equal Opportunity and Justice Civil rights news and information. Federal Election Commission Election information and a comprehensive citizen guide to political participation. Moving Ideas Making complex policy ideas understandable to a broader audience. Common Cause A nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen's lobbying organization promoting accountable government. E-The People Talk politics, sign petitions, and send letters to politicians. THOMAS Searchable database of current and past legislation. Center for Public Integrity Research the role of money in campaigns and follow the money trail of our political officials. The Citzenshiip and Civic Engagement Initiative at IUP: www.iup.edu/ccei American Association of University Women: www.AAUW.org
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