Courage Campaign launches Progressive Voter Guide
| By Robert Cruickshank, Courage Campaign - Oct 10, 2010 11:55:42 PM PT |
| Also listed in: Courage Campaign Staff |
Ballots for the November election are already hitting voters' mailboxes - meaning it's time for progressives to make their decisions on the nine ballot propositions. And the Courage Campaign, joined by our friends at CREDO, are here to help!As with the November 2008 election and the June 2010 primary election, the Courage Campaign - where I work as Public Policy Director - has produced a Progressive Voter Guide. This year we've partnered with CREDO to bring the guide to you. It includes Courage Campaign and CREDO recommendations on the nine propositions, as well as the recommendations of other statewide progressive groups such as the California Democratic Party, the California Nurses Association, the California Federation of Teachers, the California League of Conservation Voters - and of course, Calitics. (We'll have more on the Calitics proposition endorsements in a separate post later this week.)
You can click here to get the guide as a PDF and send it to your family and friends. You can also get a mobile version of the guide sent to your phone by texting VOTECA to 30644.
One of the primary reasons Californians - and progressives in particular - don't vote in these primary elections is a lack of information about the choices on the ballot. By providing this voter guide, we're providing information - and that translates to voter turnout.
So please download the voter guide, or get it sent to your phone, and share it with your family and friends.
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For one, Judge Elizabeth Grimes is notorious for having had over over 262 Affadavits of Prejudice filed against her yet she is still on the ballot.
More information is available at Link
I hope voters will do your research.
Here's my approach..
I found some good info here:
Link
State Supreme Court retention - Tani Cantil-Sakauye: NO This is Arnold Schwarzenegger's pick to replace Chief Justice Ron George. A "NO" vote gives the next governor the opportunity to select the Chief Justice.
State Supreme Court retention - Ming Chin: NO Chin has been one of the most right-wing justices on the state Supreme Court and has repeatedly voted against marriage equality. Californians can and should have better justices than this, ones who will uphold the equal rights of ALL Californians.
State Supreme Court retention - Carlos Moreno: YES In contrast to Chin, Justice Carlos Moreno has been a strong advocate for judicial recognition of equal rights. In addition to his vote to overturn the marriage ban in In re: Marriage Cases and he was the only justice to vote to overturn Prop 8 at the State Supreme Court, passionately arguing against enshrining discrimination in the state Constitution. Beyond Prop 8, Moreno has been a reliable vote for equality in other cases in his 9 years on the bench, and deserves to be retained.
AND then I went to the CONSERVATIVE site Link and did the opposite of everything they recommended.
I HOPE ITS NOT TOO LATE!
Here's my approach..
I found some good info here:
Link
State Supreme Court retention - Tani Cantil-Sakauye: NO This is Arnold Schwarzenegger's pick to replace Chief Justice Ron George. A "NO" vote gives the next governor the opportunity to select the Chief Justice.
State Supreme Court retention - Ming Chin: NO Chin has been one of the most right-wing justices on the state Supreme Court and has repeatedly voted against marriage equality. Californians can and should have better justices than this, ones who will uphold the equal rights of ALL Californians.
State Supreme Court retention - Carlos Moreno: YES In contrast to Chin, Justice Carlos Moreno has been a strong advocate for judicial recognition of equal rights. In addition to his vote to overturn the marriage ban in In re: Marriage Cases and he was the only justice to vote to overturn Prop 8 at the State Supreme Court, passionately arguing against enshrining discrimination in the state Constitution. Beyond Prop 8, Moreno has been a reliable vote for equality in other cases in his 9 years on the bench, and deserves to be retained.
AND then I went to the CONSERVATIVE site Link and did the opposite of everything they recommended.
I HOPE ITS NOT TOO LATE!