e-Team Report, Nov. 2, 2012

Vote!

As Tuesday, Nov. 6 draws near, APWU President Cliff Guffey has a simple message for APWU members: VOTE.  Said Guffey, “I urge all APWU members to vote on Nov. 6. Vote as if your job and your future depend on it, because they do!”

Legislative Director Myke Reid encourages union members to take steps now to ensure they are able to vote.  “Once you get to the polls, don’t take ‘no’ for an answer,” Reid said. “If you are a registered voter, don’t leave your polling place without casting some sort of ballot.”  If you run into a problem on Election Day, call Election Protection for help at 866-OUR-VOTE, the largest non-partisan coalition of poll watchers and lawyers.

To read more about APWU’s call to vote and how to ensure your vote, including a checklist of what you need to take to the polls, please click here.

Early Vote

What’s even better than voting on Election Day?  Voting early!  Sixteen states nationwide still have early voting sites open at some point this weekend. 

To find out if, where, and when there is still early voting in your community, please click here!

Washington Post Editorial

In an op-ed today, the Washington Post called out one of the fundamental constants of the Romney campaign: an unwillingness to level with the American voter.  Considering Mitt Romney’s numerous policy reversals, impossible budget proposals, and his outright refusal to disclose pertinent information, the Washington Post editorial board wrote, “Through all the flip-flops, there has been one consistency in the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney: a contempt for the electorate.”

To read the editorial in full, please click here.