Education

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Voting Procedures

To find out all information on voting procedures, visit the website of or call your local election office. Go to the League of Women Voters website at for phone numbers and websites. Use the information on this website to:

• Tell people WHEN the elections are going to take place, including all primaries and the November 2nd national election.
• Make sure people know WHERE their polling place is.
• Tell people WHAT TO BRING with them to the polls. Some states require your voter ID card, and most will require a photo ID.
• Let people know WHAT TO EXPECT. Talk to your local election office to find example ballots, and show people what they will look like. You might also be able to find a voting machine to teach people how it works.

Candidate Positions

• Project Vote Smart has a comprehensive website listing thousands of candidates at www.Vote-Smart.org . Find your Presidential, Congressional, Gubernatorial, State, and Legislative races by entering your zip code, and encourage candidates to register their positions on various issues by using the vote-smart survey.
• The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) provides links to access your elected officials’ voting records and “Questions for Candidates: A guide to find out more about candidates' positions on the issues that are important to you.”
• Use information on candidate positions to hold discussion sessions after services. Remember to be strictly non-partisan and to include Youth and Young Adult members of your congregation.
• Hold multi-issue, non-partisan candidate forums. The Michigan Parent Teacher and Student Association has a comprehensive resource for 501(c) 3 organizations on “How to Run a Candidate Forum” . Be sure to adapt the resource to your needs as a congregation.

The religious/moral reasons for voting.

• Visit our page for discussion guides, sample sermons, and UU history and theology of civic involvement.
• See Faithful Democracy for more interfaith ‘Sermons and Theological Resources’ resources.

Contact Sarah Craft, UUA Voting Project Coordinator, voting@uua.org , with questions, resources, concerns, news, reports, and ideas about your congregation’s current or potential voting project.

Sign up for the UUA’s Voter-News E-mail List for weekly updates on voter resources and a chance to share your congregation’s activities and successes.

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