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!

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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

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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.

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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!

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