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FCNL: CALLING ALL YOUNG VOTERS; GET FREE STUFF FROM FCNL (9/24/04)

 

 

As voter registration deadlines approach, it is important that we as students

and young adults take the initiative now to get ourselves and all our friends

registered to vote.

 

Contrary to what Fox News has told its viewers, the US Supreme Court ruled that

college students have the right to register to vote either in the home district

or in the district where their school is located (but not both). If you are

registered in your home district but living on campus in another district, make

sure you sign up now to get an absentee ballot (go to

http://capwiz.com/fconl/e4/? Click on your state and scroll down).

 

 

The federal government does NOT require that you have a photo ID with you when

you vote, nor do you have to have all your bills and traffic tickets paid.

However, some states bar felons from voting while other states require that the

name and address on your driver’s license exactly match the ones on your voter

registration card. Check this out before you go to the polls. Try to bring

your voter registration card and driver’s license with you just in case. If you

are concerned about protecting your right to vote, go to

http://www.electionprotection2004.org/ and http://www.sclcnational.org/

 

 

Remember, just 300 votes decided the election in New Mexico in 2000. Most

colleges have more than 300 students, so your vote does matter!

 

 

For more information on your rights and what to do on November 2 go to

www.lwv.org and click on “Get the Facts.”

 

 

You can also get information, tool kits, and FREE buttons, stickers, bumper

stickers and more at http://www.fcnl.org/elections_2004.htm.

 

 

FCNL encourages local and school newspapers to publish non-partisan information

about the national, state and local elections, the candidates and the issues to

keep readers informed. Go to http://www.fcnl.org/elections_2004.htm and enter

your zip code to find out more.

 

 

In Peace,

 

Jennifer Chapin Harris, Young Adult Program Coordinator

 

Imy Berry, Field Program Intern

 

Friends Committee on National Legislation

 

www.fcnl.org

 

 

P.S. Take a look at these website that have even more great information for

young voters:

 

 

www.youthvote.org/

 

www.rockthevote.com/

 

www.saavy.org

 

http://www.naacp.org/work/voter/ycvoter.shtml

 

www.righteousbabe.com/ani/votedammit/

 

www.citizenchange.com

 

www.nlg.org/students/students.htm

 

http://archive.aclu.org/issues/voting/hmvr.html

 

http://www.fairvote.org/

 

 

The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) Young-Friends list provides

updates on future events and discussion on topics such as peace and civil

liberties.

 

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Join FCNL’s Build Democracy Vote Campaign:

 

http://www.fcnl.org/elections_2004.htm

 

 

 

Contact Congress and the Administration:

 

http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/

 

Order FCNL publications and “War is Not the Answer” and Vote campaign bumper

stickers, buttons, and yard signs:

 

http://www.fcnl.org/newinfo/special_pub.htm

 

http://www.fcnl.org/elections/materials.htm

 

http://www.fcnl.org/iraq-war.htm

 

Contribute to FCNL:

 

http://www.fcnl.org/suprt/indx.htm

 

 

Subscribe to other FCNL legislative, policy, and action alert lists:

 

http://www.fcnl.org/listserv/quaker_issues.php

 

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Friends Committee on National Legislation

 

245 Second St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-5795

 

fcnl * www.fcnl.org

 

phone: (202)547-6000 * toll-free: (800)630-1330

 

 

 

We seek a world free of war and the threat of war

 

We seek a society with equity and justice for all

 

We seek a community where every person's potential may be fulfilled

 

We seek an earth restored.