e-Team Report, Oct. 26, 2012

APWU 2012 Elections Central

Eleven days until Election Day!  With the elections fast approaching, APWU has created an online one stop shop for the 2012 elections.  

One such tool available on the 2012 Elections site are fliers highlighting the vast differences between President Obama and Mitt Romney.  To see them and get some yourself, please click here. 

1-866-OUR-VOTE

As we’ve highlighted time and again here on the e-Team, there are people who want to stop you from voting. 

Our response? Don't let them.

Be it punishing new voter ID laws, efforts to challenge or disqualify registered voters, or a number of other obstacles to legal voting, there are those who seek to keep some legal voters from voting.

To help combat these foul efforts, one of the voter resources highlighted on APWU’s 2012 elections page is a voter protection initiative called 1-866-OUR-VOTE.  If you are a registered voter, don’t let anyone stop you from casting your ballot. The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights has set up a toll-free number to report any problems on Election Day. If anyone tries to stop you from voting, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE.

To read more or download a flyer on 1-866-OUR-VOTE, please click here.

GOP Operative Trashes Voter Registration Forms

Speaking of people who don’t want you to vote, last week police arrested a Republican political operative employed by the Republican Party of Virginia for attempting to destroy completed voter registration forms.  He was caught after a store owner witnessed him dump an unknown package into his store’s dumpster.

Fortunately, thanks to the Harrisonburg, VA store owner contacting the authorities, the folks who completed the dumped registration forms will be eligible to vote on Nov. 6th.

To read more, please click here.

Buttons & Bumper Stickers

Not much time left until the election, but there is still time enough to get APWU buttons & bumper stickers supportive of President Obama’s reelection!  To request buttons or bumper stickers, simply reply to this email or call the Legislative and Political Department at (202) 842-4211 with a requested amount and a mailing address!

He Said What? Mitt Romney In His Own Words

During the three presidential debates, it seems Mitt Romney decided to temporarily shelve his severely conservative positions and tried to present himself as a moderate.  For postal workers trying to decide their vote, a refresher of Mitt Romney’s past statements could shed some light on where he really stands on our issues.

Keeping in line with his party’s platform, which calls for privatization: “The federal government isn’t the answer for running…the post office.”

Ensuring that workers have the right to work for less: “I will fight for work-to-right laws.”

Going after workers in a Romney administration: “I’ve taken on union bosses before, I’m happy to take them on again.”