Get Educated about the Presidential Candidates and Vote!
Mike Ferriter MSW
THIS YEAR MORE THAN EVER WE NEED TO VOTE!!!
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THIS COMING FALL!!! Those of us with disabilities are a large voting block. One out of six people in the United States has a disability.
Get EDUCATED on disability issues and policies of Republican President Bush and Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry. What will they do for us in the four years ahead?
It's very simple to access their web sites:
- 1. Go to Republican President Bush's official web site http://www.georgewbush.com or by typing Bush & Cheney 2004 in your search engine.
- a) Click on health care at top of page
- b) Read the section titled Created a Prescription Drug Benefit under Medicare
- c) Read the section titled Strengthened Medicaid and SCHIP
- 2. Go to Democratic Presidential Nominee Kerry's official web site http://www.johnkerry.com/index.html or by typing in John Kerry and John Edwards in your search engine.
- a) Under Get Informed on the left side, Click on Communities
- b) Click on American's With Disabilities for Kerry/Edwards
- c) Under Plan for America on the left side, Click on Health Care. Review Health Care For All.
- d) Under Plan for America click on Education. Scroll down to Meet Our Responsibilities To Our Schools and review "ensure that No Child Left Behind works (etc.)"
- e) Under Plan For America click on Civil Rights. Scroll down to "Ensure Equality For Americans With Disabilities"
YOU WILL SEE HOW EACH SIDE LOOKS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. GET EDUCATED!!! REGISTER & VOTE!!! WE CAN HAVE A LARGE IMPACT IF WE ALL VOTE!!!
Call your local town or city to find out about voting places accessibility. Get an absentee ballot if the voting place is not accessible.
Contact me if I can help.
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