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2. FlORIDA
2010 MidterM elections VOTeR GuIDe
What is the voter guide?
On November 2nd, the mid-term elections will be held all across America.
You will decide who will represent you in Congress and in your State
Capitol. Do you know who is running to represent you? Do you know
where they stand on issues that will affect your everyday life?
If not, don't worry… we got your back: This voter guide tells you what you
need to know before you step in the voting booth.
What's at stake?
Real talk, we are all struggling to answer some basic questions about our lives:
accessible & Comprehensive take on predatory lenders and de-
health Care velopers, and provide emergency
housing for people in crisis.
Can i see a doctor?
We believe high quality physical Climate Justice
and mental health care, including & Clean energy
full reproductive health services and
prescription drugs, is a right and must Can we survive?
be affordable and accessible to all. Real talk: Its now or never. We
should be a leader in building a
affordable & clean energy future. This will cre-
accessible housing ate millions of new jobs, improve
Can i have a place to live? our health, and avoid future wars.
We believe decent, safe, accessible We need to get serious switching
and affordable housing is a right from dirty coal and nuclear power
for all. The government should to wind and solar energy.

3. • • • • 2 01 0 M i dt e r M e l ec t i o n s VOT e R G u I D e • • • •
healthy Jobs & economy safety in our World
Can i make a decent living? Can we have real peace and
We believe workers, the backbone safety?
of this country, have a right to paid Real national security comes from
sick days and a living family wage. being a respected and respectful
Workers should have the right to member of the global community.
organize without fear. This is how This means ending torture and other
we revive the middle class and al- human rights abuses. It also means
leviate poverty. ending the war in Iraq and offering
strategic humanitarian relief.
Quality & affordable education
Can i go to college without being voting rights &
in debt for the rest of my life? election reform
We believe every young person Can i vote? Will my vote be
in this country has the right to a counted? What's up with politicians
high-quality, affordable education trying to make it harder for us to
from pre-school through college. vote? Why can't i register and vote
on the same day, like my friends in
rights for New americans Minnesota and Wisconsin? Can i be
Can i be treated with respect sure my vote is counted?
regardless of where i was born? We believe voting is a right for
Immigration policy should not all citizens, including students
criminalize people for seeking attending college out of state,
a better life. We are a nation of felons, and people who need
immigrants and diversity is our special help to participate. We
strength. We need fair and hu- support public financing to take
mane immigration reform that money out of politics. We oppose
keeps families together, offers ID requirements and other
pathways to citizenship, fair com- discriminatory barriers to voting.
pensation, and basic services like
health care and college loans.
safe Communities
Can i feel safe on my street?
Building more prisons doesn’t
make us safer. Instead of our generation
spending $40,000 a year is facing a critical moment
locking someone up, that will define our country for
we should invest in job years to come. as a coalition of new
training, education voters, we were a huge factor in both
counselors, drug rehab 2006 and 2008. We will be the difference
and programs that lift again in this election! too much is at stake in
people up. We must this election to sit this out… get to know where
take the safety of the candidates stand on our issues, then get
women seriously in out and vote on November 2nd!
our homes and on
the streets. We’ve got this and other non partisan
voter guides online, so check us out at
www.generationalalliance.org — share it
with your friends, send to your mom.

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amendment 5 would enforce ensuring that legislative districts or dis-
tricting plans are not drawn to favor or disfavor an incumbent or politi-
cal party. Also, districts will not be drawn to deny racial or language mi-
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all the races check out Florida’s board of elections page.
the goverNor: • Calls elections to fill vacancies
for members of the u.S. Con-
• Oversees all public related op- gress
erations (I.e. paying taxes, cars
(DMV), construction, education, • Issues requisitions for the return
legal matters, law enforcement) of accused persons
• Communicates directly with the • Enforces all criminal laws
state legislature Who’s running?
• Accounts for all state money Peter allen
received and spent Independence Party
• Appoints certain officers as re- www.peter4governor.com
quired by the state constitution 813-671-3122
and statutes and fills vacancies Michael e. arth
in state offices Independent
• Signs or vetoes bills passed by www.michaelearth.org
the legislature 386-626-4889

5. • • • • 2 01 0 M i dt e r M e l ec t i o n s VOT e R G u I D e • • • •
daniel imperato • Filibuster during debates on bills-
Independent a filibuster is when an individual
www.draftimperato.com Senator can choose to delay or
561-317-3210 entirely prevent a vote on a bill
Farid khavari Who’s running?
Independent
www.khavariforgovernor.com Lewis Jerome armstrong
305-259-5340 Independent
www.lewisarmstrong.org
C.C. reed 904-759-6612
Independent
www.electccreed.com sue askland
786-715-9338 Independent
772-287-9178
rick scott
Republican Party Bobbie Bean
www.rickscottforflorida.com Independent
954-915-3360 www.bobbiebean.com
863-214-0377
alex sink
Democratic Party Charlie Crist
www.alexsink2010.com Independent
813-374-9175 www.charliecrist.com
727-498-5806
seNators: Bernie deCastro
• Draft, introduce and sponsor new bills Constitution Party
www.electbernie.com
• Debate and pass bills to go (352) 425-1410
before the President vetoes or
signs them into law kendrick Meek
Democratic Party
• Advocate and work to prioritize www.kendrickmeek.com
the issues most important to 305- 655-3213
their constituents
Bruce ray riggs
The Senate collectively has the Independent
power to: www.dirtyunclesam.com
• Investigate pressing national issues 352-364-1928
• Supervise the actions of the Marco rubio
judicial and executive branches Republican Party
of government www.marcorubio.com
786-953-6711
• Confirm or rejecting treaties
initiated by the President alexander snitker
libertarian Party
• Confirm any Presidential ap-
www.Snitker2010.com
pointments (Supreme Court
727-424-9530
judges, Attorney General etc)
rick tyler
• Try any federal official accused
Independent
of a crime after the House votes
www.tylerforsenate.com
to impeach that official
850-530-3015

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Florida election If you do not present one of the
Protection information above forms of identification at
the polling place, you can vote
If you need more information by casting a provisional ballet. A
about election rules and provisional ballot is a paper ballot
regulations contact the Florida counted the day after the election
Division of elections at: http:// once the county canvassing board
election.dos.state.fl.us or visit has verified that the person was
the 866 OurVote website at: qualified to vote in that precinct
http://www.866ourvote.org a and has confirmed the voter’s
resource created by the lawyers’ identity.
Committee for Civil Rights under
law and its partners. how to Find Your Polling Place
• Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE
Polling Place hours
election Day: November 2, 2010 • Contact your Supervisor of
7 a.m. - 7 p.m. elections.
how to Check registration absentee voting
• Call 1-866-OUR-VOTE Florida allows all registered voters
to vote using an absentee ballot
• Contact your Supervisor of Elec- (vote by mail).
tions through the Division of
elections. Contact your Supervisor of elec-
tions to request an application for
identification required to vote an absentee ballot.
Registered voters must provide
rules and deadlines:
current and valid photo identifica-
tion at the polling place in order • A request for an absentee ballot
to vote. Acceptable forms of iden- must be received by the super-
tification include the following: visor of elections no later than
5 p.m. on the 6th day before
• Florida identification card the election. The supervisor of
• Florida driver’s license elections must then mail the
requested ballot or have it deliv-
• United States passport
ered to someone designated to
• Debit or credit card receive the ballot for the voter
• Military identification by no later than 4 days before

7. • • • • 2 01 0 M i dt e r M e l ec t i o n s VOT e R G u I D e • • • •
the election, or deliver it in per- you have moved. If you move, you
son by 7 p.m. on election Day. must contact your county Super-
• The registered voter must sign visor of Elections office.
and return his or her absentee If there is insufficient time before
ballot to the Supervisor of the election to send an address
elections in the enclosed change to the Supervisor of
secrecy envelope by 7 p.m. on elections you will be allowed to
election Day. A voted absentee update your address at the polls
ballot cannot be accepted at a on election Day. You must vote in
polling place. the precinct of your current legal
early voting residence. You should contact the
Supervisor of elections to find
Voters may vote in person by out where the precinct for your
casting a ballot prior to election residence is located.
Day. The voter will use the same
type of voting equipment that information for People with
is used at the polls on election Felony Convictions
Day. early voting begins 15 days If you have been convicted of a
before an election and ends on felony, you may not vote unless
the 2nd day before an election. you receive clemency from the
During this period, early voting Governor. Contact the Office of
is conducted 8 hours per day on executive Clemency to obtain
each weekday and for 8 hours in the required information to have
the aggregate for each weekend. your voting rights restored. For
early voting sites shall open no more information, visit the Florida
sooner than 7 a.m. and close no Division of elections web site or
later than 7 p.m. on each appli- visit the 866 OurVote website to
cable day. download a Florida election Pro-
Supervisors of elections desig- tection manual.
nate early voting sites 30 days
prior to an election. Please check
with the Division of elections for
locations and times.
information For People who have
Moved or Changed addresses
If the registered voter has moved
within the same precinct, the
voter should go to the appropri-
ate polling place for that precinct.
If the voter registration list still
lists the voter’s old address, the
voter will be asked to update his/
her registration. If the updated
address is within the precinct, the
voter must be permitted to vote.
If you move your residence out-
side your assigned precinct, you
must vote in the precinct to which

8. The Generational Alliance (www.generationalalliance.org) is a 501(c)3
collaboration of 15 national youth organizations building collective power
for underrepresented & low-income communities. We're working together
to win real change for our generation on the issues we face on a daily basis.
We're not just around for the election.
Our members are on the block 24-7, 365 days of the year to bring the
change that our communities need. The GA members have come together
with our strategic partners to make sure our communities have all the
information they need to get out there and vote this election because our
generation is facing a critical moment that will define our country for years
to come. Too much is at stake in this election to sit this out…