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Election Resources for July 14

The following post is a copy of what was sent via the membership email list.

This contains everything you should need to be prepared to vote on July 14. Please scroll all the way through. It has 3 parts, 

  1. voter resources
  2. voter deadlines
  3. union endorsements of candidates

RESOURCES

For a clear understanding of who’s on the July 14 Ballot and to print a sample ballot based on your address, Texas runoff election: Who’s on the ballot | The Texas Tribune

Polling places will NOT be at grocery stores. They will be a county facilities instead. To find out where your polling place is, check you are registered to vote, and check key election dates visit, Am I Registered?

There will also be new voting system,
Travis County Clerk – Meet Your New Voting System

To find out how Travis County is preparing for voting,
Texas July Runoff Election: What to know to vote | kvue.com

If you want to vote by mail, print off this application. It has to be received by July 2, 2020. https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/images/pre/pdf_tc_elections_ABBM_2018.pdf

The League of Women Voters has a good piece on voting by mail here, League Of Women Voters Austin Area – Empowering voters. Defending democracy.

And, here is the Austin League of Women Voters Voter’s Guide with information on the candidates running for election,
https://lwvaustin.org/votersguide/LWVAA-VG-2020-07-ENG-final.pdf

More resources, 
Everything You Need to Vote – Vote.org
VOTE411

DEADLINES

Texas AFL-CIO and Austin Central Labor Council Endorsements

Endorsements are voted on by union members affiliated with their state and local AFL-CIO. 

Special election Senate District 14:
No action: Sarah Eckhardt and Eddie Rodriquez

U.S. Senate:
Dual endorsement MJ Hegar and Royce West

U.S. House runoffs:
District 3 Dual endorsement Sean McCaffity and Lulu Seikaly
District 10 Mike Siegel
District 13 No endorsement (Greg Sagan and Gus Trujillo)
District 17 David Anthony Jaramillo
District 24 Dual endorsement Kim Olson and Candace Valenzuela
District 31 Donna Imam

Statewide: Railroad Commissioner runoff:
Roberto “Beto” Alonzo

State Board of Education runoffs:
District 6 No endorsement (Kimberly McLeod and Michelle Palmer)

Texas Senate runoffs:
District 19 Xochil Pena Rodriguez
District 27 No endorsement (Sara Stapleton Barrera and Eddie Lucio, Jr.)

Texas House runoffs
District 26 No endorsement (L. Sarah DeMerchant and Suleman Lalani)
District 67 No endorsement (Tom Adlair and Lorenzo Sanchez)
District 100 Lorraine Birabil
District 119 No endorsement (Elizabeth “Liz” Campos and Jennifer Ramos)
District 138 Dual endorsement Akilah Bacy and Josh Wallenstein
District 142 Jerry Davis
District 148 Penny Shaw

Travis County runoffs:
County Court at Law 4 No Action Margaret Chen Kercher and Dimple Malhotra
District Attorney No Action Jose Garza and Margaret Moore
County Attorney No Action Laurie Eiserloh and Delia Garza
Commissioner’s Court Precinct 3 Valinda Bolton

Key

  • No action means affiliated local unions are free to endorse their own candidate.
  • No endorsement means the candidate did not seek endorsement from our state and local AFL-CIO. 
  • Dual endorsement means affiliated locals should support both candidates and leave it to individual members to choose which of the two endorsed candidates to vote for.

In Solidarity,
Rachel Magee, President.

Super Tuesday, Voting Day is Nov. 8th!

At the time of writing, that is TOMORROW!!

Get Out The Vote

Remember you are allowed an hour off work to go vote if necessary. 205 Young Workers have offered a “ride to the polls” option for those with limited transportation. If you need that ride contact Mikela Cowan or Riley Burgess to be dispatched, try to give them plenty of heads up though. Polling places for the 8th can be found via searching for “Where Do I Vote” and providing it your current location.  Google: https://g.co/kgs/xclv4e

Use Google to find your Polling Locations

Also be sure to PRINT your cheat sheet or endorsements, phones are discouraged at the polls.

Fast Track Bill is back from the dead…

via AFL-CIO…

If you’ve watched any zombie movie or episode of “The Walking Dead,” you know that you can never let your guard down until you’re sure all the zombies around you are dead.

The Fast Track zombie bill is no different. Last week, the House stopped Fast Track but didn’t kill it. And yesterday, John Boehner and the Republican leaders in the House brought it back from the dead—and it’s worse than ever. Not only have they stripped out assistance for workers who’ve lost their jobs because of bad trade deals that were originally attached to the bill, but they’ve weakened human trafficking protections and added a provision that would prevent the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other future trade deals from addressing climate change.

We need to spread the word about this new, uglier Fast Track zombie bill to stop it. Share this graphic with your friends now!

14 Democratic senators—Michael Bennet (D-CO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tom Carper (D-DE), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Patty Murray (D-WA), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR)—voted the wrong way on Fast Track last time. We need to make them realize that Republican leaders made empty promises to get their vote.

We’ve got an opportunity to turn them in the right direction, but we need to put pressure on them today because the vote could come up any time this week. We need to stop this terrible zombie bill or more jobs will be shipped overseas, more workers will see their wages lowered and corporations will be given even more power over our communities.

Check out our graphic, then share it with your friends to spread the word about this critical week to kill the Fast Track zombie bill.

In Solidarity,

Celeste
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Celeste Drake
Trade and Globalization Policy Specialist, AFL-CIO