Transcript Who’s Eligible

• PAFCO is a non-profit
coalition of health and
human service agencies from
all over Arizona formed in
2001.
• The Coalition was formed to
stop drastic budget cuts to
health and human services
and to promote health and
human services funding.
• Thanks to St. Luke’s
Health Initiatives and
McMiles Fd and other
contributors for funding
PAFCO Education Fund
Citizen Advocacy
training.
www.pafcoalition.org
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NONPROFIT ADVOCACY AND VOTER
ENGAGMENT - Citizenship
• Build Capacity for Advocacy and
Citizen Activism
• Election Participation by increasing
Voter Engagement: Promote higher
voter turnout among those
traditionally underrepresented in
the democratic process.
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POWER FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES
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AGENDA
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• What’s legal and possible!
• What are key citizen advocacy knowledge
and skills
• Nonprofits and voter engagment
• What are some key elements of effective
messaging in current political environment
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THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
NATIONAL
STATE
 Republican take House of
Representatives
 REPUBLICANS TAKE HOUSE AND
SENATE WITH VETO MAJORITIES
 “Tea Party” Candidates
 GOVERNOR BREWER AND
REPUBLICANS HAVE ALL MAJOR
OFFICES
 Deficit as dominant issue
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JOBS and unemployment
Federal Budget and Tax Cuts The Wars
Energy and Environmental Policy
Immigration and border policy
Health Care Reform
Medicare and Medicaid
 Immigration and Border Policy
 3 years of budget cuts for education,
health and human services
 AHCCCS Health and Human Services
Budget for poor and vulnerable families
 Tax policy
 Public Education and University Education
 Lots of others to consider!!!
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NATIONAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
NV
CA
MI
FL
AZ
Arizona has the 5th Most Stressed Economy in
the Nation
• 2nd Highest Rate of Foreclosures
• 16th Highest Rate of Unemployment
• 7th Highest Rate of Bankruptcies
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70% of Budget Cuts Have Been to Health, Human
Services and Education
$2.3 billion out of $3.3 billion Since February 2009
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THREE YEARS OF CUTS
• 47% CUTS IN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
– COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
– BEHAVIORIAL HEALTH
• 33% CUTS IN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS
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TANF
CHILD CARE
CPS AND APS
DV, HOMELESS, VR, ALL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
• AHCCCS CUTS – KIDS CARE AND 204 POPULATION
– SINGLE BIGGEST CUT IN 2001 – 510 MILLION – 135,000 people.
– Education the other big cuts, k-12, universities, community colleges.
• No transperency or accountability!
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Activities 501(c)(3) Organizations
Can Do On a Nonpartisan Basis
“Charities are allowed to conduct
nonpartisan activities that educate the
public and help them participate in the
electoral process (such as) voter education,
voter registration and get-out-the-vote
drives and candidate forums.”
—IRS office of Exempt Organizations
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NONPARTISAN GUIDELINES
for 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
May not:
• Endorse a candidate
• Make a contribution of money or resources
May do:
• Voter registration
• Voter education
• Get out the vote
• Candidate forums
• ….and staff can do more
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What Nonprofits can’t Do!
• A 501(c)(3) organization may not conduct partisan
activities to support or oppose any candidate for public
office, including – Endorse a candidate
– Make a campaign contribution to or an expenditure
for a candidate
– Rate candidates on who is most favorable to their
issue
– Let candidates use any of its facilities or resources,
unless those resources are made equally available to
all candidates at their fair market value
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NONPARTISAN GUIDELINES
for 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
The IRS nonpartisan
guideline
“501c3 nonprofits
may not support or
oppose a political
party or candidate
for public office”
www.nonprofitvote.org/nve-cover.html
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Branches of Government
FEDERAL
STATE
• Executive Branch – President
and Cabinet
• Executive Branch
• Congress
– Senate
– House
• Supreme Court
– Federal Courts
• Other groups – Federal Reserve
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– Governor
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Corporation Commission
Secretary of State
State Treasurer
Superintendent of Schools
Executive Agencies (DES, AHCCCS, DHS, Housing)
• Legislature
– House and Senate
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Legislative Council
JLBC
• Supreme Court
(County and City)
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ELECTIONS MATTER MORE THAN EVER
• Senate – 30 members
– 21 rep - 9 dem
– President of the Senate (Russell
Pearce)
– Majority Leader (Scott Bundgarrd)
– Majority Whip (Steve Pierce)
– Minority Leader (David Shapira)
– Asst Minority Leader (Leah Landrum
Taylor)
– Minority Whip (Paula Aboud)
– Committees +/– Membership and Chairs appointed
by President
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House – 60 members
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40 rep - 20 dem
Speaker of the House (Kirk
Adams)
Majority Leader (Andy
Tobin)
Majority Whip (Debbie
Lesko)
Minority Leader (Chad
Campbell)
Asst Minority Leader(Steve
Farley)
Minority Whip (Matt Heinz)
committees +/Membership and Chairs
appointed by Speaker
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The Arizona State Legislature - Who Are They?
Arizona has a “Citizen Legislature” – Based on the idea that
lawmakers who work under the laws they create will be more careful
about passing them. Arizona Legislators make $24k annually.
Average Age – 50 (oldest 75, youngest 29)
• Social Worker – 4
• Real Estate/Property Management – 9
• Small Business – 29
• Health Care – 2
• Retired – 8
• Large Business - 3
Level of Education
• Agriculture – 1
• Education - 13
• Attorney - 6
• Politician - 8
• Other - 7
High School Degree/GED – 23, Bachelor’s Degree – 33, Master’s Degree - 34
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Concerns and Challenges of Legislators
• RE-ELECTION – Reelection – Reelection!
• Needs of their districts – constituents
and businesses.
• If seeking a higher office in the future,
ideas that transfer beyond the state.
• PARTY DISCIPLINE AND CAUCUS AGENDA
• Competition - 3,000+ lobbyists, 100,000+
businesses, six million people
• Long term goals that require investment,
i.e. health care prevention.
• Regional versus statewide policy.
• Short-term opportunities and
deliverables – two year terms & term
limits.
• Addressing specific or technical issues
that do not resonate with their
experience and knowledge
• Recognition, awards, rankings.
• Expectations of the general public.
• Trustworthy experts and confidants.
• Competing credible research.
• Positive media coverage.
• Financial and volunteer support.
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• Patience and diplomacy.
• Term limits/turnover.
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ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE
INFORMATION SYSTEM
http://www.azleg.gov/
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Branches of Government
FEDERAL
• Executive Branch – President
and Cabinet
• Congress
– Senate
– House
• Supreme Court
– Federal Courts
• Other groups – Federal Reserve
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STATE
• Executive Branch
– Governor
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Corporation Commission
Secretary of State
State Treasurer
Superintendent of Schools
Executive Agencies (DES, AHCCCS, DHS, Housing)
• Legislature
– House and Senate
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Legislative Council
JLBC
• Supreme Court
(County and City)
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How Does a bill become law?
http://azleg.gov/alisPDFs/hbillaw.pdf
• Idea turns into talk for change --and more talk
• Draft ideas to a Legislator to
Legislative Council to Bill Draft
• Research – current laws, past
attempts, talk with experts
• Bill number Draft with a– with
primary and co-sponsor signatures
• Identify champions and opposition
• First Reading (Second Reading)
• Draft with help of a champion House
or Senate (Open a folder)
• Assigned to Committee
Who can make the change
that you want? Who has to
power to make the change?
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• Committee Hearing
• Build support and anticipate
opposition – count your votes.
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How Does a bill become law?
http://azleg.gov/alisPDFs/hbillaw.pdf
• Committee Hearing in
Chamber of Origin
• Repeat in Other Chamber
(House or Senate)
• Getting Committee Votes
• If differences, “Conference
Committee”
• Going to another committee
or Floor
• Final Vote
• Party Caucus on Bill
• Governor (Signed or Veto)
• Committee of Whole (COW)
• Becomes Law
• Getting Floor Votes (Third
Reading)
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Some Characteristics of Successful Bills
1.
Inclusive – The parties who will be affected are involved &
supportive.
2. Easy to explain – not overly complex.
3. Quantifiable deliverables – how much, when, how?
4. Benefits public and THE legislators.
5. Room for negotiation.
6. Transparent intent.
7. Bi-partisan.
8. Credible expertise for testimony.
9. Does not begin the legislative session as a work in
progress.
10. Diverse support from multiple groups or persons.
It is much easier to defeat a bill
than get one passed
Year
Bills Introduced
Bills Passed
Percent
2010
1,233
352
28
2009
1,133
191
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2008
1,380
347
25
2007
1,434
296
21
2006
1,453
438
30
2005
1,315
392
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It’s about POWER!
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A good idea is not enough.
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Being right is not enough.
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Organized money and/or organized people
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As citizens we have power if we are organized
and act.
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Organized citizen movements
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It’s about RELATIONSHIPS
EDUCATIONAL
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Getting to know them, family,
church, education, ambitions,
values, interests.
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Providing them with
information and stories about
your interests, causes and
values as a constituent.
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Listening is a key skill in
advocacy.
Begin in between sessions or
during election season.
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ADVOCACY
• Urging them to act in a particular
way on a particular bill.
• Cultivating Champions
• Being nonpartisan while being
true to yourself
• Becoming a trusted source of
information.
• Building relationships with key
players who have influence
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Types of Advocacy
• Education
• Forums and Meetings
• Organize your agency or group
• Boycotts
• Join groups organized around an
issue
• Action Alerts
• Write emails or letters
• Candidate forums
• Make Calls
• Elections, voter registration, voter
education, voter turnout.
• Make Visits
• Organized Rallies
• Letters to Editor or Op-Ed
• Neighborhood Caucuses
• Public Speaking
• Facility and Agency Tours
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Advocacy Do’s and Don’ts
Do
Do Not
• Be polite and friendly
• Do Not Be Angry
• Be concise
• Do Not Be Hostile
• Play on emotion
• Do Not Be Threatening
• Include personal relevance
• Do Not Have too much
information
• Mention that you are a
voting constituent
• Do Not Take up too much of
their time.
• Thank them
• Do Not Lose Credibility
• Follow up afterwards
• Do Not Be Dishonest or
Exaggerate
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Champions and Allies
And the Opposition
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Champions
Committed advocates for
your cause. Spokespeople.
What they need is good
information, and visible
support outside the Capitol.
• Mellow Opponents
Will be clear votes against you, but
are not inclined to be active on the
issue. Keep them from becoming
more active, lobby them enough to
give them pause but not to make
them angry.
• Hard Core Opponents
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Allies
Another group of legislators
will be on your side but can
be pushed to do more -- to
speak up in party caucuses or
on the floor.
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Those lawmakers who are leading
the opposition. What is important
here is to isolate them, to highlight
the extremes of their positions,
rhetoric and alliances and to give
other lawmakers pause about joining
with them.
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Key Targets
(Primary and Secondary Targets)
•Fence Sitters - Uncommitted on the
issues
–Potentially able to vote either way
–Advocates must persuade them
–Key targets – perusable and open to new
facts, ideas and pressure.
–COUNTING THE VOTES!
–Be realistic about persuasion!
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Tips for a Successful Letter/E-mail
to a Policymaker
• Be brief and to the point.
– Identify yourself as a constituent
– Be clear about the specific issue and about what you want them
to do, e.g. vote in certain way on a bill or budget item.
– Give some basic facts including why in one sentence you are
interested in this issue.
– Tell a human story that supports the facts.
• Respectfully ask for the accountability questions.
• HOW ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE ON THIS ISSUE?
(Closing the deal --- don’t give away your power)
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Tips for a Successful Phone Call
• Be prepared! Do an outline of what you want to say
ahead of time.
• Most likely will talk to the secretary. Always be nice to
the secretary.
• Identify yourself as a constituent or who you represent
• Urge action, but also ask accountability question: How
will the legislator vote on this issue? (Closing the deal --don’t give away your power)
• Be prepared to call back to do follow-up.
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Tips for a successful visit
• Be prepared. Never go alone for a visit. Go with at least one other
person. Do your homework about the issue and the policymaker.
• Prepare all parts of your visit ahead of time including:
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Introductions. Always identify yourself as constituents
Be specific and clear about the topic and what you want
Have a fact sheet and decide who will share it-just the highlights.
Prepare stories, be brief and compelling. Practice.
Prepare who will ask the accountability question.
–HOW ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE ON THIS ISSUE?
(Closing the deal --- don’t give away your power)
• Listen carefully to their response or questions. Be prepared to follow up
with more information or calls to find out how your legislator will
respond.
• Always THANK Them.
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Dealing with the typical “dodges”
• The “more information” dodge
• The “process” dodge
• The “pandering” dodge
• The “bait and switch” dodge
• Answers
– What happens when they say NO!
– What happens when they say YES!
– What happens when they don’t answer?
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How do find your legislators and make a call to sent
up an appointment.
• Find your legislator at:
– http://www.votesmart.org/index.htm
– www.pafcoalition.org
– http://www.azchildren.or
g/caa/welcome.asp
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• Call your legislator and set up an
appointment. Here is a sample script,
usually with a secretary or aide.
– I am a constituent from your district #XX
– I would like to make an appointment
with the Representative (or Senator) to
talk about (mental health funding, child
care, whatever your area of interest)
We will bring information about this
topic.
– I am with XXX and PAFCO. We will be
there as part of PAFCO presence at the
Legislature on Date and times.
– (Be prepared for short visit.)
– Thank you very much, we will see you
then.
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People are not blank slates
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Facts are not enough. They are filtered through
values and ideology.
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Facts are always subject to interpretation.
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Do your homework – get your facts right!
Why should anyone care?
Building the power to make change is necessary.
The Human Story: using emotion and passion
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Be honest, credible and consistent and persistent.
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http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/
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Portrait to Landscape
• portrait
http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/
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Social Math
• Use social math to covert numbers to various
metaphors, analogies and comparisons that
have impact and relatable and understandable
in ordinary terms and lives.
• Use metaphors to make more impact
– 1.2 Million in AZ uninsured
• This is the entire population of Phoenix
• http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/
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WHY VOTING?
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• Elections really matter!!!!
• A critical piece of advocacy and public policy – elected
officials pay attention to who votes
• Leads to healthier people/communities
• Clout and access for your organization – voter
engagement makes you a player
• Sitting on the sidelines during elections leaves
you with less access after Election Day
www.nonprofitvote.org/benefits-of-voting.html
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NONPROFIT
IMPACT
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• Nonprofits as Trusted Messengers
• Daily contact with new and
underrepresented voters - often missed
by traditional methods
• Ability to integrate nonpartisan voter
engagement into our ongoing activities
www.nonprofitvote.org/why-nonprofits.html
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VOTING
- WHAT WORKS
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• Personal Contact
-From someone they know or similar background
• Urgency – A Reason to Vote
-An issue you’re for or against … You say it’s important …
The race seems close
• Taking a Position on Issues
- We can endorse/oppose ballot initiatives, and
communicate this to our clients, communities, and
constituents
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VOTER
REGISTRATION
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• Understand voter registration in your state (Secretary
of State office’s http://www.azsos.gov/ )
• Know the deadlines in your state
• Integrate into your agency culture and regular activities
– Register voters at your agency, meetings or busy locations
– Use the deadline – keep copies - Do a voter registration drive the
month before the deadline or during your busiest season
– Change of address as important as a new registration – 9 out of 10
newly registered voters turn out in a Presidential election
• Permanent Early Voting List voters
www.nonprofitvote.org/voting-in-your-state.html
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VOTER
REGISTRATION
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Common Voter Registration Activities
• At a special event like a high school graduation or
citizenship ceremony
• At your annual meeting or major event
• When hiring new staff
• As a youth activity registering voters at a busy site
• At your nonprofit during the 1-3 months before the
registration deadline
• Integrate into your agency culture and regular
activities
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STAGES OF VOTER ENGAGEMENT AND
BEST PRACTICES
• Making a Plan
• Voter Registration
• Voter (and Candidate) Education
• Getting Out The Vote
www.nonprofitvote.org/make-a-plan.html
MAKING
A PLAN
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Getting started
• Buy-In - Executive Director and staff
• Point Person – Who’s in the lead? Who’s
accountable and reporting back?
• Plan ahead around deadlines
www.nonprofitvote.org/make-a-plan.html
MAKING
A PLAN (CONT)
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Who is your audience?
• Constituents, clients, staff
• Local neighborhood
What are your engagement
opportunities?
• Points of service, classes, events
• Ongoing programs and outreach
How can you integrate?
• Into intake
• Into events and gatherings
www.nonprofitvote.org/make-aplan.html
VOTER
REGISTRATION
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• Understand voter registration in your state
• Register voters at your agency, meetings or busy
locations (It’s not a doorknocking activity!)
• Use the deadline – keep copies
- Do a voter registration drive the month before the
deadline or during your busiest season
• Change of address as important as a new
registration – 9 out of 10 newly registered
voters turn out in a Presidential election
www.nonprofitvote.org/voting-in-your-state.html
VOTER EDUCATION
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Common Voter Education Activities
• Distribution of nonpartisan ballot guides
• Translation parties and translated materials
• Ballot education sessions
• Face to face reminders
• Ballot initiative advocacy/endorsements/oppositions
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VOTING
- WHAT WORKS
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• Personal Contact
-From someone they know or similar
background
• Urgency – A Reason to Vote
-An issue you’re for or against … You say it’s
important … The race seems close
• Taking a Position on Issues
- We can endorse/oppose ballot initiatives,
and communicate this to our clients,
communities, and constituents
GETTING
OUT THE VOTE
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• Make it personal – Vote reminders inperson, at meetings, on the phone or through
social media
• Turn up the volume – Use activities that
create high visibility and urgency
• Focus on the deadlines – Most effective
voter outreach occurs within 3 weeks of
election day (Irving Foundation, 2010)
www.nonprofitvote.org/get-out-thevote.html
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VOTER
ENGAGEMENT
RESOURCES
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www.nonprofitvote.org
SOCIAL MEDIA
• INTERNET AND EMAIL
• FACEBOOK
• TWITTER
• YOUTUBE
• BLOGS
• Text Messaging
• Echo Chamber
around common
messaging
• Populist movements
building on social
media
• What else, what other ways?
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Hints for an Elevator Speech
• Quick concise statement of your
idea or case
• Introduce yourself & your issue
• “Elevator” – 30 seconds
• State the case you wish to make
• Peak interest and get their
attention, not all the detail.
• Use details that are important to
listener
• Focused on them, their interests
and needs.
• Briefly back up your case with data or
research
• Passion, but clear ideas.
• Suggest the solution
• Natural and comfortable, be
yourself.
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• Quickly describe your role & expertise
• Explain how you can help with the
solution
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CITIZEN ADVOCACY/PERSUASION
• FACTS --- Numbers, Data, Specific Information,
Research
• STORIES --- Putting A Face On Rational Facts,
Humanizing The Numbers.
• CITIZEN PRESSURE --- Citizen actions,
generating pressure, accountability actions,
letters, phone calls, faxes, visits, accountability
during meetings.
IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT POWER!!!
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Tips on Generating a Letter to the
Editor — Remember Your C’s
• Be Current —Construct — based on their guidelines and be timely.
• Be Clever, Clear, Concise. Your conclusion is probably your real first
paragraph.
• Connect the Dots —Relate your topic issues with other issues, how it
affects what’s left of the pie for all other programs, government waste, debt
relief, education and many others.
• Be Creative in connecting the dots to other issues in the newspaper.
• Be Controversial — have a clear point of view. Be passionate.
• Coordinate Your Efforts — have many in your group write in.
• Be Contagious — encourage others to get into the dialogue.
• Contact information — include your address, e-mail and a daytime and
evening phone number.
• Your conclusion is probably your opening paragraph and main point.
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Citizen Elections Participation
When advocacy and persuasion fail ….
If we cannot educate, persuade or change
policymakers/decision makers minds,
Then – we must change the people making
the decisions
Citizens election participation, voter
education, voter registration, GOTV, and
working for policy makers who are responsive
to the all the people and the common good.
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WHAT CAN YOU DO RIGHT NOW? Citizen
Participation Skills
• VOTE AND GET OUT THE VOTE – We are preparing now
for 2012 – our actions today lay the groundwork for
2012.
• Join with others, get others involved and be persistent
about CITIZEN ADVOCACY
– Be engaged in citizen advocacy – don’t give in and become powerless
or cynical or defeated or hopeless.
– Response to Action Alerts.
– Learn about the issues from reliable resources like PAFCO, CAA, AARP,
Cause Coalitions, social network sites, web pages etc.
– Let your views be known to elected officials, local newspapers, blogs,
social networking sites and other communication sites. FACEBOOK and
Twitter etc.
– Lead or attend a PAFCO action day.
– Be relentless.
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Saving Arizona’s Future: Fall 2011 Key Messages
• ARIZONA FAMILIES NEED A
GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR
THEM
– Keywords: values, balanced approach, economy,
pragmatic solution
– Arizonans consistently support children/families
(Prop. 204, First Things First, etc.).
– Keeping Arizonans healthy/educated/safe drives
state economic recovery.
– Responsible, pragmatic solutions are needed to
protect what matters most: families.
• SHORTSIGHTED POLITICIANS ARE
SELLING OUT OUR FUTURE
– Keywords: jobs, communities, unemployment,
revenues, growth
– Reckless cuts will trigger the loss of thousands of
necessary jobs (e.g. teachers, nurses).
– Reckless cuts will significantly damage health care
and schools in your community.
– A vicious cycle has begun: cuts layoffs families
economy more cuts.
10/20/2011
• TAXPAYERS DESERVE BETTER
– Keywords: economy, jobs, hurts small business,
shared desire
– It’s simple: We’ll pay deeply later for the cuts of
today. Taxpayers did not ask for government that
refuses to support the people who fund it.
– Now is the time to rise above penny-wise, poundfoolish thinking. All Arizonans deserve to be safe,
healthy and economically secure.
• WE NEED PEOPLE IN POWER TO ACT
MORE RESPONSIBLY – THAT CAN
HAPPEN IF WE THE PEOPLE THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT - ALL GET
INVOLVED
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Keywords: action, letters, mobilize, voter engagement
Arizonans want a state they can be proud of, and smart decisions from
elected officials.
There’s a big difference between “shared sacrifice” and cuts to critical
services.
Legislators listen when they hear from constituents in numbers.
There’s no time to waste in holding legislators accountable.
Write to lawmakers, send e-mails to local media.
Mobilize communities today behind candidates who will listen.
It doesn’t take much – write a letter, talk to five friends or neighbors.
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You can not do Effective Advocacy Alone!
Effective Coalition Building
• Authentic Common Denominator
and Goals
– Solution oriented, not just
definition of problems
• Committed Trusting Relationships
– Conflicts are resolved in trust
• It’s are about Power
– Political Change Coalitions are
always about building power,
not just the issue or the
campaign
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• Action unities over infrastructure
– Talk is important
– Structure is important, but
successful ACTION unites.
• Everything is strategic
– Act, but think it through.
• Communication
• Shared Leadership
– Charismatic
– Pragmatic
– All styles are welcome
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AZ Redistricting Commission
• Independent commission charged with
establishing election districts
• Responding to census
• Competitive districts – 5 to 10-12 to help
create a moderate legislature
• http://www.azredistricting.org/default.asp
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NONPROFIT VOTE RESOURCES
 Nonprofit Voter Engagement Research
 Voter Registration Principles
 Voter Education Principles
 Work with Candidates
 Get Out The Vote
 Nonprofits, Voting and Elections – Staying Legal
 http://www.nonprofitvote.org/
Reclaiming Our Community’s Power – a yearlong
collaborative campaign of nonprofits for 2012 election. –
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Finding our Power as Citizens
• Human Dignity and Justice
• Community - We are not alone,
we are in this together and
together we are powerful, we can
change the world.
• We can make it better for
ourselves, our children and
grandchildren and leave a legacy of
community and justice.
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• Find your passion --- that
cause or group that
motivates you to act.
• Find your voice --- your role,
your way to be an effective
citizen advocate.
• Find your power --- connect
with others to give practical
ways to have real impact for
your causes.
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CONTACTING
CONGRESS
•
Senator John McCain
•
Senator Jon Kyl
•
– Republican
Contact Information
•
– Republican
Contact Information
•
Website: http://mccain.senate.gov/public/
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Website: http://kyl.senate.gov/
•
Capitol Address:
•
Capitol Address:
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U.S. Senate
241 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 205100001
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U.S. Senate
730 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 205100001
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Ph: (202) 224-2235
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Ph: (202) 224-4521
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Fax: (202) 228-2862
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Fax: (202) 224-2207
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District Address:
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District Address:
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5353 North 16th Street
Suite 105
Phoenix, AZ 850163224
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2200 East Camelback Road
Suite 120
Phoenix, AZ 850163454
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Ph: (602) 952-2410
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Ph: (602) 840-1891
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Fax: (602) 952-8702
•
Fax: (602) 957-6838
FIND YOUR CONGRESS PERSON –
http://ga3.org/familiesusa/leg-lookup/search.html
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Website: www.pafcoalition.org
Timothy J. Schmaltz, MSW
PAFCO Coordinator
[email protected]
602-499-5015
Michele White, MSW
PAFCO Program Associate
[email protected]
602-373-6989
www.pafcoalition.org
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