2008-2009 Advocacy Dates for 4th District PTA:
 
 
Oct. 20 - Last day for voter registration - www.ocvote.com
 
Oct. 28 - Advocacy Training Session - 6:30-8:00 p.m. - Placentia Yorba-Linda School District Office
 
Nov. 4 - Election Day - 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
 
Jan. 30 - Advocacy Roundtable - 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. - OCDE Rm. 1001
 
Feb. 22-24 - State PTA Legislation Conference - Sacramento
 
Mar. 30-31 - Sacramento Safari 4th District PTA Trip - Sacramento
 
Apr. 17 - EdSource Forum - Irvine Hyatt - www.edsource.org
 
Apr. 24 - Advocacy Roundtable - 9:30-11:00 a.m.
 
Apr. 30-May 3 - California State PTA Convention - San Jose

SAVE THE DATE!!...

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2008
10:30 A.M. – 12: NOON

4th District PTA & Capistrano Unified PTA invite all interested PTA members to join us in a very unique opportunity! Two very special guests from Sacramento are coming to speak to us…

PAUL NAVARRO, DEPUTY LEGISLATIVE SECRETARY

TO GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
&
RICK SIMPSON, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF
TO SPEAKER KAREN BASS

Want to get the inside scoop on the inner workings of Sacramento? The state budget? What’s up next in education? Then don’t miss this!

CUSD EDUCATION CENTER – TRAINING ROOM 2
33122 VALLE ROAD, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO. 92675

Please RSVP & direct any questions to:
Kim Anderson: andks@cox.net or call on (949) 489 - 0012

 
Preparing Voters for the November Election
The November 4, 2008 General Election is just weeks away and the Easy Voter Guide Project has many nonpartisan resources available to prepare voters for election day.
 
In this issue:
 
I. Important Dates and Voter Resources II. Learn About the Propositions III. Easy Voter Guides Available Online IV. Easy Voter Guide Profiled on Univision TV V. Reprint the Easy Voter Guide for FREE 
VI. Neighborhood Canvassing Rules and Wearing Campaign Gear to the Polls
 Important Dates
 

October 6 - Vote-by-mail ballots mailed. Apply to vote-by-mail.
October 20 - Last day to register to vote. Register online.
October 28 - Last day for the County Election office to receive your vote-by-mail application. Find your County Election office. November 4 - Election Day. polls are open 7am until 8pm. Check http://www.smartvoter.org/ to find your polling place by entering your address. 
 
Voter Resources The Easy Voter Guide is posted on Newsline for the Blind, a service of the California State Library. It is for any person who is blind or visually impaired, or any person with a physical disability that impacts their ability to use standard print. The Newsline service, which is accessed via a standard telephone, gives the caller immediate access to the Easy Voter Guide, which is "read" to the caller through synthetic computer speech. Using the buttons on the telephone, the caller can easily navigate through the publication, skipping forward or back through the text of the articles. Call Newsline toll free in California at 1-800-952-5666.
Request Large Print Easy Voter Guide by calling 1-888-870-VOTE. Looking for information on local races in your community or your polling place? Check out the nonpartisan http://www.smartvoter.org/ and enter your address for detailed infromation. Multilingual telephone hotlines? Visit the Secretary of State's website.
 
 Learn About the Propositions

There are twelve state propositions in this election:
Read more on our website.
 Easy Voter Guide Available Online 
The Easy Voter Guide is now available online as a PDF in seven languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese and Tagalog.  Print your free Easy Voter Guide today!  Easy Voter Guide Profiled on Univision TV and Radio

The Easy Voter Guide Project has partnered with Univision in San Francisco and its award winning Ya Es Hora! Campaign again this election for voter education and outreach.
Easy Voter Guide Project Spokesperson Mony Flores-Bauer will appear on Univision 14 KDTV's Community Affairs Program Encuentro en la Bahia on October 11 at 11:30 am.
 

 Reprint the Easy Voter Guide for FREE
 
Interested in reprinting the Easy Voter Guide in your publication? Please read the information on newspaper reprints and contact Elizabeth Leslie via email or at 916-442-7215. We offer an FTP site with InDesign files suitable for newspapers and newsletter alike.
Wearing Campaign Gear to the Polls and Neighborhood Canvassing Rules
The Easy Voter Guide Project has recently received many inquiries about wearing campaign buttons and shirts to the polls. In the State of California, it is illegal to wear any type of campaign clothing or paraphernalia into the polling place or to campaign within 100 feet of the polling place.
 
Also, if you are participating in a neighborhood canvassing effort, please remember that you cannot put election materials (even educational materials such as the Easy Voter Guide) in private mailboxes intended for U.S. Mail—it’s the law!
If you have questions about these or other election issues, contact us at easyvoter@lwvc.org.
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