MomsVote

November 3, 2014

¿Cuál es la razón principal por lo cual los Latinos en los Estados Unidos no votamos? La respuesta mas común es... "¡Estamos muy ocupados para votar!" (1) ¿Demasiado ocupado para votar?! Cuando nosotros los Latinos no votamos, nuestras voces no son incluidas en asuntos críticos como la educación,...

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Elisa Batista

Pledge to Vote YES on 4!

Family Economic Security MomsVote Paid Sick Days

November 3, 2014

November 4th, Election Day, is your chance to make sure earned sick days win big in Massachusetts!

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Sara Alcid

Pledge to Vote YES on Measure FF!

Family Economic Security MomsVote Paid Sick Days

November 3, 2014

November 4th, Election Day, is your chance to make sure earned sick days AND raising the minimum wage win big in Oakland!

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Sara Alcid

Family Economic Security MomsVote Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

November 2, 2014

With the General Election coming up in two days (Tuesday, mark your calendars!), articles, blog posts, emails, and tweets have been focusing on the importance of the female vote -- as both key to particular candidates securing elections, and also as a way for women and parents to ensure that issues...

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Shay Chan Hodges

MomsVote

October 31, 2014

I have been canvassing 20 hours per week to help get people to the polls. During this canvassing, I can't tell you how many new mothers with babies have told me that they aren't going to vote because they don't have time to register, or to get the ID that they need, or to get a babysitter to take...

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Pamela John

MomsVote Politics & Policy

October 30, 2014

Over the past decade, we’ve seen a rise in strong female political leaders on television. President Laura Roslin in the 2004 remake of Battlestar Galactica comes to mind. Not to mention Leslie Knope of Parks and Rec, as well as a slew of others who are bringing the political savvy and talent of...

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Erin Vilardi

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care MomsVote Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

October 30, 2014

The other day I read a statistic that made me laugh a little. It said women’s issues are shaping up as the second-biggest issue among voters this year, behind only the economy. Really? I don’t think so. We are the economy. Women’s issues, family issues, are economic issues. And, as we know every...

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Liz Shuler

Take Action!

MomsVote

October 30, 2014

November 4th is Election Day. Let's own our power and get out and vote.

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Elyssa Schmier

Family Economic Security MomsVote Politics & Policy

October 15, 2014

“There is only one motivation for imposing burdens on voting that are ostensibly designed to discourage voter-impersonation fraud, if there is not actual danger of such fraud, and that is to discourage voting by persons likely to vote against the party responsible for imposing the burden.” – 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard A. Posner

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Debbie Weinstein

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Health Care MomsVote Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy

October 14, 2014

We’re just a few weeks away from an incredibly important election. The votes people cast Nov. 4 will shape our future and our children’s. I’m sure you are planning to vote, but maybe you know people who are on the fence—who think elections in non-presidential years just aren’t that important. Not...

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Liz Shuler