Issues
Protecting Important Democratic Issues
THIS YEAR VOTE FOR JUDGES, SCHOOL BOARDS AND COUNTY-WIDE CANDIDATES
WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS?
DID YOU KNOW?
- School boards are under attack by extremist groups that want to ban books and eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs.
- Extremist candidates are being recruited, trained, funded by groups who want to dismantle public education.
- We need to elect candidates who believe in public education and have a willingness to work together to solve problems.
DEMS WANT!!!
- School policies that PROTECT OUR RIGHT TO PARENT OUR OWN CHILDREN, that do not allow a small group of extremists to control what our own children read and learn.
- School boards that balance the needs of their schools with the community’s desire for limited taxes.
- Great schools that increase local property values.
- School boards that support high academic standards and education that is robust and grounded in accuracy, not in falsehoods or fads.
- Good school boards that keep kids safe from bullying through programs that foster inclusion, equality and respect for all.
- Schools boards that keep children physically, mentally and emotionally safe, healthy and strong
WHAT YOU CAN DO- VOTE FOR ALL THE DEMOCRATS ON YOUR BALLOT!
PROTECTING OUR COURTS
DID YOU KNOW?
Extremists on PA courts will:
- Make it more difficult to vote.
- Take us back to gerrymandered legislative maps.
- Uphold laws that deny reproductive care.
- Overturn sensible regulations on assault weapons.
- Uphold book bans.
- Undermine privacy protections.
- Refuse to hold polluters accountable.
- Side with insurers and large companies over PA families and workers.
- Lower the quality of our public schools.
- Weaken our access to healthcare, including reproductive care such as contraception and abortion.
- Weaken protections for consumers and workers.
- Make it easier to discriminate, harass and retaliate
DEMS WANT!!!
- Protect our Pennsylvania’s state courts from the risk of corruption by dark money forces that put extremists on the US Supreme Court.
- Protection of our rights and advance the cause of justice without prejudice or favoritism.
WHAT YOU CAN DO- VOTE FOR ALL THE DEMOCRATS ON YOUR BALLOT!
SENSIBLE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
DID YOU KNOW?
- Since 2020, firearms are the #1 killer of American children and teens.
- American children are 9 times more likely to die from guns than children in other developed nations.
- Since 2017, more school age children have been killed by guns than police officers and active military personnel.
- 9 out of 10 firearm suicide attempts result in death.
DEMS WANT!!!
- Bans and regulation on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
- Universal Background Check laws.
- No guns in K-12 schools.
- Elimination of the private sale / gun show loopholes.
- Laws that promote secure gun storage, safety locks and finger identification.
- Red flag laws.
WHAT YOU CAN DO- VOTE FOR ALL THE DEMOCRATS ON YOUR BALLOT!
WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
DID YOU KNOW?
- After the Supreme Court ruling on June 24, 2022 that states now determine our reproductive freedom.
- 99% of US House Republicans voted against a federal law protecting abortion rights.
- 97% of US House Republicans voted against protecting interstate travel for reproductive health care.
- 96% of US House Republicans voted against protecting access to CONTRACEPTION
***Read the bills at clerk.house.gov, under Legislative Action.
To see how your Representative voted, visit Roll Call Votes.
DEMS WANT!!!
- Every woman to have access to high quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion.
- Paid sick days and universal family and medical leave.
- To protect the rights of pregnant women in the workplace, including accommodations for pregnant and breastfeeding workers.
- And access to contraception.
JOIN THE FIGHT TO RE-BALANCE OUR CLIMATE
DID YOU KNOW?
- Everyone paying attention to the weather knows our climate is changing
- The US has produced more greenhouse gas than any other nation
- Methane from fracking is a more destructive greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide
- Methane is leaking from hundreds of uncapped wells in Pennsylvania
- IF we don’t act now: There will be- Severe floods, Severe droughts, Frequent and devastating wildfires,
- Heat waves and frigid polar vortexes, Severe storms, tornados, and hurricanes Famine and starvation
DEMS WANT!!!
- MORE Democrats in Congress, so they can increase U.S. investment in climate action
- They will cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030. ALL Republican Senators voted against it.
- Democratic Governors to veto Republican-passed legislation that protects polluters instead of people and the planet Democratic-controlled State Legislatures to pass regulations favorable to clean energy production
ARE YOU COUNTING ON SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE?
DID YOU KNOW?
- Social Security and Medicare are landmark programs which protect American senior citizens by providing a guaranteed income and access to affordable healthcare.
- It’s YOUR money – not an “entitlement.”
- Heads Up!! Republicans want to cripple or eliminate both Social Security and Medicare.
- Republicans plan to eliminate funding for Social Security and Medicare.
DEMS WANT!!!
- Democrats will preserve these programs that we have already paid for.
- SOLUTIONS -MORE Democrats in Congress to pass legislation to protect & preserve our social safety nets.
- Democrats just passed the Inflation Reduction Act, allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices to be more affordable for seniors.
- Not a single Republican voted for this bill. Not in the House and not in the Senate.
PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE!
DID YOU KNOW?
- Republican-controlled legislatures passed 31 new laws restricting voter access last year, with many more bills to come. Some bills would allow state legislatures to reject election results outright.
- Bills by Republicans are designed to suppress Democrats, voters of color, senior voters, and poor voters by:
- Eliminating or severely restricting Vote by Mail and ballot Drop Boxes
- Aggressively purging voter rolls Requiring proof of citizenship, Making it a crime to assist voters with returning mail-in ballots, including helping people with disabilities
DEMS WANT!!!
- MORE Democrats in Congress, to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act which provides federal protection against state voter suppression laws
- Democratic Governors, to veto voter restriction laws passed by Republican state legislatures
- Democratic-controlled state legislatures to ensure your right to VOTE!!!
WHAT YOU CAN DO- VOTE for all the Democrats on your ballot!
