Four Days to Go - Children and the 2012 Elections

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News from Every Child Counts

Countdown to the 2012 Elections!

Four days to go until election day!

As we approach the election, we have some additional resources we hope you find useful:

2012 Voter's Guide: U.S. Congressional Candidates' Views on Children and Families - Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives

NEW:

2nd Congressional District of Iowa:

John Archer

US Representative Dave Loebsack

Download here.

3rd Congressional District of Iowa:

US Representative Leonard Boswell

US Representative Tom Latham

Download here.

4th Congressional District of Iowa:

US Representative Steve King

Former First Lady Christie Vilsack

Download here.

NEW:

1st Congressional District of Iowa:

US Representative Bruce Braley

Ben Lange (did not complete the survey)

Download Congressman Braley's answers here.

Don't forget to check out all of the resources on this website!

We hope you have found the resources provided to you over the last few months useful. We have done what we can to try to make it easy for you to find where the Candidates stand on important child issues. Now, please remember to vote (if you haven't already done so). You can't win if you don't play. Playing doesn't guarantee your Candidate will win either, but it does give you a say in our democracy.

Voting is one of our greatest civic duties, let's show the world that we don't take this privilege for granted!

Thank you,

Sheila Hansen and Danielle Oswald-Thole

Presidents Helping Children

Highlighting improvements in national child well-being by past presidents and illustrating the challenges facing the next president and the 113th Congress.

From our friends at Every Child Matters

"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting." ~ Franklin Roosevelt

Get timely updates from the Child and Family Policy Center:

How is state policy affecting the families around you?

Tell us about it!

Sheila Hansen

Every Child Counts

Director

shansen@cfpciowa.org

Danielle Oswald-Thole

Every Child Counts

Outreach Coordinator and Policy Advocate

danielleot@cfpciowa.org

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2012 Presidential Debates

You can view the three previous Presidential debates and the debate between the Vice - Presidential Candidates here.

Voting

Between now and Election Day:

You may register and vote at the county auditor's office or at a satellite absentee voting station.

Saturday, November 3: Auditor's office should be open until 5 p.m. for in-person voting.

Monday, November 5: Last day to vote in-person at the county auditor's office.

Tuesday, November 6: Election Day! Polls will be open 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. statewide.

You may register to vote and cast your ballot at your polling place.

After the polls close: For up-to-the-minute election results, go to the Secretary of State's Web site at www.iowavotes.gov.

Every Child Counts is the advocacy effort of the

Child and Family Policy Center

505 5th Avenue, Suite 404

Des Moines, Iowa 50309

phone: (515) 280-9027