You
Have a Right to Know
As a voter, you have a right to know where candidates stand on issues that
are important to you -- before you give them your vote.
Candidates have a moral obligation to tell you where they stand on
issues in order to earn your vote.
VirginiaVotes.net
sent Issues Survey questionnaires
to all 126 candidates in contested General Assembly races this year. This
is the only practical way most voters have to compare their candidates side
by side on the same set of issues that impact families.
To
date, a little more one-third of the candidates have bothered to respond. If
you feel this is wrong and shortchanges voters, you're not alone.
Is
there a solution?
Yes
-- but it's up to you. The solution is for voters to send a message
-- just as they did with the Sales Tax Referenda. Check under "Candidates
& issues" to see if your candidates returned the Issues Survey. If
not, call or Email your non-responding candidate(s). Tell him (or her) you
want to see his answers to questions on the VirginiaVotes.net Survey. Ask
him to return it. If 10-15 voters actually take action, it will
get his attention and response.
Sample
Email:
"Dear
____,
We are voters
living in _____ precinct (or street, town) in your district. We use VirginiaVotes.net
for online voter information. We are very disappointed to see that you did
not respond to their Survey. We cannot give you our vote until we know where
you stand on issues we care about. Please let us know that you are returning
the Survey. We'll let our friends and neighbors know, too.
Sincerely, ________,
Phone _________."
If
you do not get a quick and satisfactory response, write a brief letter-to-the-editor
of your local newspaper to alert other voters. Tell voters to check it out
on VirginiaVotes.net. Citizen action. It works!
The
alternative:
The
alternative is to do nothing -- and candidates will continue getting elected
without telling voters where they stand on vital issues that impact your family.
NO
SURVEY...NO VOTE!
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