2. Your Vote….
Our Future

3. You personally as well as your company can get active by:
Attending Town Hall meetings
Volunteer for your local candidate
post signs - fundraising
Remember even $10.00 can help
Visit the Candidates website
Educate yourself on their positions that would most benefit you and your business.

4. Teach your employees the importance of voting
Help your employees get registered to VOTE
Motivate and Encourage your employees to participate in the upcoming vote
Teach your employees the importance of voting

5. The following is an EXAMPLE to use to Motivate and Encourage your employees to participate in voting

6. What is an Election?
Election is the means by which the people choose their officials for a defined and fixed period.

7. Why Should I Register to Vote?
“To have the opportunity to choose our leaders”
What’s in it for me?
“To be heard and to be counted”

8. What qualities should I look for?
Integrity:
Choose someone who desires to be accountable to those he leads
Their walk should match their talk
They must be willing to take responsibility for wrong decisions, and not put the blame on predecessors, or others
A candidate with integrity will look for positive solutions to problems

9. What qualities should I look for?
Values:
Does his/her values align with yours on:
Religion – Taxes – Social – Family – and more..

10. What Qualities will you look for in a candidate?
Get information on the candidates or issues
Vote wisely

11. Your vote will mean: More Jobs Better policies and laws
A brighter future for us all

12. What must we do?
Encourage your friends and co-workers to register to vote
Teach your co-workers the importance of informed voting
Help educate your friends and co-workers to Vote right.
and Pray

13. “The best way for evil to triumph
is for good men
to do nothing.”

14. Comparison chart
Conservative VS Liberal

15. Comparison chart Economic Views Conservative Liberal
Government should tax less, spend less. Tax rate should not be higher for high-income earners.
Government should tax more, spend more and provide more services (like health care). High-income earners should pay a larger percentage of their income as taxes.

16. Comparison chart Social Views Conservative Liberal
Opposed to gay marriage, abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Support the right to bear arms.
Not opposed to gay marriage, abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Oppose the right that everyone should be allowed to bear arms.

17. Comparison chart Political Views Conservative Liberal
Prefer smaller government, less regulation, most services to be provided by the private sector in a free market, and a literal interpretation of the Constitution.
Prefer larger government, more regulation and services like health care to be provided by the government and a loose interpretation of the Constitution.

18. Republican Party (RNC) Democratic Party (DNC)
49 U.S. POLITICAL PARTIES
The two Major Political Parties are:
Republican Party (RNC)
Democratic Party (DNC)

19. Democrat vs Republican
Ideology Comparison
Democrat vs Republican

20. Democrat vs Republican
Economic Ideas
Favor Minimum Wages Believe taxes shouldn’t
and progressive taxation be increased for anyone
i.e. higher tax rates for and that wages
higher income brackets should reflect the
free market
Military Issues
Decreased Spending Increased Spending

21. Democrat vs Republican
Social and Human Ideas
Community and Individual rights and
social responsibility justice based
based
Philosophy
Liberal Conservative

22. Democrat vs Republican
Spending
Fiscally liberal Fiscally conservative
Gun Control
Want more gun Oppose Gun Control
control laws

23. Democrat vs Republican
Political Spectrum
Favor an active role Pro Religion,
for government in anti-bureaucracy,
society, military pro-military,
reduction, social pro-private business
responsibility and pro-personal responsibility

24. 2012 Western States Election Dates

25. 2012 Western States Election Dates
Oregon:
Primary Election: Tuesday, May 15th
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th
Washington:
State Primary: Tuesday, August 7th
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th
California:
Primary Election: Tuesday, June 5th
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th

26. Nevada:
Democratic Party Caucus: Saturday, January 21st
Republican Party Caucus: Saturday, February 4th State Primary: Tuesday, June 12th
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th
Idaho:
Republican Party Caucus: Tuesday, March 6th
Democratic Party Caucus: Saturday, April 14th
State Primary: Tuesday, May 15th
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th
Montana:
Primary Election: Tuesday, June 5th
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th

27. Wyoming:
Republican Party Caucus: Tuesday, March 6th
Democratic Party Convention: Saturday, April 14th
State Primary: Tuesday, August 21st
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th
Colorado:
Republican Party Caucus: Tuesday, February 7th
Democratic Party Caucus: Tuesday, March 6th
State Primary: Tuesday, June 26th
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th

28. Primary Election: Tuesday, June 26th
Utah:
Primary Election: Tuesday, June 26th
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th
Arizona:
Presidential Preference Primary: Tuesday, Feb. 28th
State Primary: Tuesday, August 28th
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th
New Mexico:
Primary Election: Tuesday, June 5th
General Election: Tuesday, November 6th
Dates Source:
Electionland is non-partisan

29. Your Vote….
Our Future