politics

Day 3: Our Endorsed Candidates

As we wrote in our previous e-bulletins, you can get involved in the upcoming elections by helping to register others to vote (and to make sure you’re registered) . You can donate to our Committee on Political Education (COPE) fund to fund endorsements ;the COPE Fund is kept separate from dues.

Today, we would like you to consider working directly on behalf of candidates who have shown that they support strong public institutions, education (including higher education), labor unions and workers. Here are the four candidates TAUP’s COPE has endorsed after extensive interviews, all of them candidates for Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives. Clicking on their names will take you to opportunities to assist their campaigns:

Andrew Dixon PA-29 (Warminster)

Joe Hohenstein PA-177 (Northeast Philadelphia)

Malcolm Kenyatta PA-181 (North-central Philadelphia; Temple’s district)

Chris Rabb PA-200 (Northwest Philadelphia)

Joe Hohenstein, an immigration lawyer who taught part-time for Temple’s Beasley School of Law, is in a tight race. His full-throated defense of labor rights can be seen in this recently published op-ed. We want to bring to your attention an upcoming event where you can write postcards on his behalf in Center City, October 3, 4:30-6:30. RSVP for address: protectelectphilly@gmail.com.

We also want to let you know about endorsements in important state-wide and Philadelphia-area contests made by AFT-Pennsylvania, our state affiliate:

Bob Casey, U. S. Senate

Tom Wolf, Governor

Scott Wallace, US House District 1 (Bucks)

Note: AFT-sponsored Meet and Greet, 10/7 6:30 p.m. 147 Woodbourne Road Langhorne, PA; RSVP: gen@scottwallacepa.com

Madeleine Dean, US House District 4 (Montgomery and Berks)

Mary Gay Scanlon, US House District 5 (Delaware and Philadelphia)

Tina Davis, PA Senate 6 (Bucks)

Steve Santarsiero, PA Senate 10 (Bucks)

Maria Collett, PA Senate 12 (Montgomery and Bucks)

Helen Tai ,PA House 178 (Bucks)

We hope that you will choose to help at least one of these TAUP-endorsed and AFTPA-endorsed candidates! We will also be opening a link on our website where we will list ways for you to get involved.

There are only 46 days left till November 6th. Register. . . Donate . . . Volunteer! Our collective futures depend upon it!

e-Bulletin 20180919

Day 1: Help New Faculty, Staff and Students Register to Vote

This week we’ll be sending a few short ebulletins detailing ways that individuals can make a difference in the upcoming November elections. Please forward this information to new faculty, staff and students, and anyone who has recently moved and may need to change their address.

The deadline to register to vote in the midterms is different in every state:

Pennsylvania: October 9, 2018.

New Jersey: October 16, 2018

Delaware: October 13, 2018

Pennsylvania

Three years ago Pennsylvania launched an online voter registration site. It has been used by over a million people who were either registering to vote or to changing their registration information. You can also register when you are applying for a PA driver’s license. Students who will be 18 by November 6th can register.

Check Your Registration Status http://bit.ly/2MGzpEH

Find Your Polling Place http://bit.ly/2MFPABW

Voter Registration Application http://bit.ly/2MF6Uap

Absentee Ballot Application http://bit.ly/2MH6Nel

New Jersey

In New Jersey, you must fill in your county’s application form and deliver it to your County Commissioner of Registration or Superintendent of Elections.

Find the link to your county’s application form http://bit.ly/2MH5FqU

Find the link to your County Commissioner of Registration or Superintendent of Elections http://bit.ly/2MGArAz

Delaware

Voter Registration Application http://bit.ly/2MFGLs0

Find Your Polling Place http://bit.ly/2MFT7Ac

Check Your Registration Status http://bit.ly/2MFT7Ac