Many of us come from countries where out vote doesn't matter, where the vote is suppressed and democratic participation is not encouraged.
"Our families endured many hardships to come to the United States for its freedom and opportunity. Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) can honor their family's legacy and sacrifice by voting on November 6," said Christine Chen, Executive Director of APIAVote,
"APIAVote's 2018 Asian American Voter Survey found that financial security, quality healthcare, good public schools, and safety from gun violence are the top issues motivating AAPI voters in this midterm election. To ensure their voices are heard, APIAVote and our partners are calling hundreds of thousands of voters to help them make their plans to vote and honor family's legacy and sacrifice.”
Our friends at the ACLU have prepared the following hints and links to make your day go easier.
"Our families endured many hardships to come to the United States for its freedom and opportunity. Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) can honor their family's legacy and sacrifice by voting on November 6," said Christine Chen, Executive Director of APIAVote,
"APIAVote's 2018 Asian American Voter Survey found that financial security, quality healthcare, good public schools, and safety from gun violence are the top issues motivating AAPI voters in this midterm election. To ensure their voices are heard, APIAVote and our partners are calling hundreds of thousands of voters to help them make their plans to vote and honor family's legacy and sacrifice.”
Our friends at the ACLU have prepared the following hints and links to make your day go easier.
- What’s your voting plan? Use our tool to make your personalized plan for Tuesday -- pick a time and location that work for you. Check what forms of ID you need to bring in California.
- Do you know what's on your ballot? Click here to take a look at everything you’ll be voting on, compare candidates and positions, and even print it out (or send it to your phone) so you can bring it into the voting booth.
- Are your friends and family voting? Send them a quick text to make sure. Better yet, give them a call -- and forward this email to help them make a plan.
We can restore some balance and a sense of sanity back in Congress by electing Democrats. Under the GOP, neither the House or the Senate has challenged any of Trump's outlandish ideas.
- The attack on family reunification and halving the number of legal immigrants that could enter the U.S. are real elements of Donald Trump's proposed immigration reform that would prevent you from petitioning for your parents, brothers and sisters to come to the U.S.
- If the GOP retains control of both houses in Congress, they will continue to pare down the Affordable Care Act. They know they can't eliminate it. The American public, including many of their supporters, rely on the ACA for their health care needs. So they will continue to nibble around the edges by removing key elements that keep it affordable or reduce funding for advertising or outreach to attract more clients.
- The massive tax cuts -- the one campaign promise they did fulfill -- to the ultra rich has reduced money coming into the government so what is their solution? They want to take money from other parts of the government including Social Security and Medicare. The middle-class tax cuts promise Trump uttered a couple of weeks ago is not going to happen because it would send out debt soaring even more than it has already.
If you're angry at the shenanigans going on in Washington, or you want to do something more than just complain, here's your chance to do your part of democracy -- VOTE! Stop checking your social media, take a break from studying, get off that couch and head to the polls.
Your vote counts! You -- as an immigrant, as an American citizen, as an Asian American -- matter! VOTE!
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