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The Hardest Hit: Our Votes & Continuing the Fight Against COVID19 (Health Care Voter)
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Date:
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Time:
12:00 PM
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1:00 PM
Event Type:
Panel Discussion
Organizer/Author:
Health Care Voter
Location Details:
Facebook livestream
The Hardest Hit: Our Votes & Continuing the Fight Against COVID19
When: Thursday, May 21, 2020 at noon - 1 PM PT (3 PM – 4 PM ET)
Where: Livestream on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/healthcarevoter
Host: Health Care Voter https://healthcarevoter.org/
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Join us here live on Facebook on Thursday, May 21 at noon PT for a digital town hall focused on our health and our vote. While the ‘Our Lives on the Line’ tour is coming to a close, the fight for the health and safety of our country during this pandemic continues.
Health Care Voter started in 2017 as a grassroots movement to elect public officials who prioritize the health of the nation, and we’ll partner with patients, advocates, and experts across the country to do exactly that again because our lives are on the line again.
Join us as we discuss the lessons and stories we’ve heard over the tour, and what all of us must do next to hold the Trump administration accountable for putting profits and politics ahead of people’s lives.
Text “OnTheLine” to 5-2-8-8-6 to get a text when this live-stream starts and go to https://healthcarevoter.org/ourlivesontheline/ to learn about other town halls in this series.
Have a question for this town hall? Record a quick video — you might see it on the livestream: https://healthcarevoter.soapboxx.us/prompt-single/national
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To watch the prior town halls of "The Hardest Hit" series, as well as other previous health care town hall discussions hosted by Health Care Voter go to
https://www.facebook.com/pg/healthcarevoter/videos/
When: Thursday, May 21, 2020 at noon - 1 PM PT (3 PM – 4 PM ET)
Where: Livestream on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/healthcarevoter
Host: Health Care Voter https://healthcarevoter.org/
___________________________________________________________
Join us here live on Facebook on Thursday, May 21 at noon PT for a digital town hall focused on our health and our vote. While the ‘Our Lives on the Line’ tour is coming to a close, the fight for the health and safety of our country during this pandemic continues.
Health Care Voter started in 2017 as a grassroots movement to elect public officials who prioritize the health of the nation, and we’ll partner with patients, advocates, and experts across the country to do exactly that again because our lives are on the line again.
Join us as we discuss the lessons and stories we’ve heard over the tour, and what all of us must do next to hold the Trump administration accountable for putting profits and politics ahead of people’s lives.
Text “OnTheLine” to 5-2-8-8-6 to get a text when this live-stream starts and go to https://healthcarevoter.org/ourlivesontheline/ to learn about other town halls in this series.
Have a question for this town hall? Record a quick video — you might see it on the livestream: https://healthcarevoter.soapboxx.us/prompt-single/national
___________________________________________________________
To watch the prior town halls of "The Hardest Hit" series, as well as other previous health care town hall discussions hosted by Health Care Voter go to
https://www.facebook.com/pg/healthcarevoter/videos/
For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/events/6479777157...
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VOTE BY MAIL DURING COVID-19
CALIFORNIA: Any registered voter in CA may vote using a vote-by-mail ballot instead of going to the polls on Election Day.
For vote-by-mail registrantion info, go to:
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail/
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VOTING SAFELY DURING the COVID-19 PANDEMIC by VotoLatino.org
Info and guidelines: https://votolatino.org/article/voting-during-covid/
If you vote in-person on election day, follow COVID-19 hygienic procedures:
--Try to vote at a time of day when your precinct is less likely to be crowded. This is often early morning or mid-afternoon.
--Maintain a six-foot distance from other voters and pollworkers, including if you’re waiting in line to vote.
--Wash your hands for 20 seconds before and after voting. Use an alcohol based hand-sanitizer if you can’t wash your hands right away.
--Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands.
--Wipe down any polling equipment you use before and after you use it with anti-bacterial wipes.
--Some polling places will offer curb-side voting, where you can vote from your car. Call your county election administrator ahead of time to see if they offer curbside voting.
CALIFORNIA: Any registered voter in CA may vote using a vote-by-mail ballot instead of going to the polls on Election Day.
For vote-by-mail registrantion info, go to:
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail/
_____________________________________________________
VOTING SAFELY DURING the COVID-19 PANDEMIC by VotoLatino.org
Info and guidelines: https://votolatino.org/article/voting-during-covid/
If you vote in-person on election day, follow COVID-19 hygienic procedures:
--Try to vote at a time of day when your precinct is less likely to be crowded. This is often early morning or mid-afternoon.
--Maintain a six-foot distance from other voters and pollworkers, including if you’re waiting in line to vote.
--Wash your hands for 20 seconds before and after voting. Use an alcohol based hand-sanitizer if you can’t wash your hands right away.
--Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands.
--Wipe down any polling equipment you use before and after you use it with anti-bacterial wipes.
--Some polling places will offer curb-side voting, where you can vote from your car. Call your county election administrator ahead of time to see if they offer curbside voting.
THE VOTESAFE ACT 2020
"To expand vote by mail and early voting, and to improve the safety, accessibility, and efficiency of in-person voting during elections for Federal office."
The VoteSafe Act 2020 would:
1. Authorize $5 billion to expand vote-by-mail and early voting and to improve the safety and accessibility of polling places during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Require states to permit no-excuse mail-in absentee voting.
3. Require states to maintain an early voting period of at least 20 days.
4. Provide grants for states to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of polling places
in the following ways:
--Ensuring that elections are accessible to individuals with disabilities.
--Ensuring adequate protections for language minority voters.
--Ensuring voting access for American Indian, Alaska Native, and rural voters.
--Implementing and promoting curbside voting.
--Implementing and meeting a maximum wait time standard or publishing current wait times for voters.
--Providing for the training and recruitment of poll workers.
--Improving access to voter registration.
The VoteSafe Act 2020 Bill is endorsed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
NALEO Educational Fund, National Disability Rights Network, Native American Rights Fund, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), & Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC).
Press release: https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-announces-votesafe-act-to-protect-voters-amid-covid-19-crisis_\
Direct Link to VoteSafe Act 2020: https://www.harris.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/VoteSafe%20Bill%20Text.pdf
"To expand vote by mail and early voting, and to improve the safety, accessibility, and efficiency of in-person voting during elections for Federal office."
The VoteSafe Act 2020 would:
1. Authorize $5 billion to expand vote-by-mail and early voting and to improve the safety and accessibility of polling places during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Require states to permit no-excuse mail-in absentee voting.
3. Require states to maintain an early voting period of at least 20 days.
4. Provide grants for states to improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of polling places
in the following ways:
--Ensuring that elections are accessible to individuals with disabilities.
--Ensuring adequate protections for language minority voters.
--Ensuring voting access for American Indian, Alaska Native, and rural voters.
--Implementing and promoting curbside voting.
--Implementing and meeting a maximum wait time standard or publishing current wait times for voters.
--Providing for the training and recruitment of poll workers.
--Improving access to voter registration.
The VoteSafe Act 2020 Bill is endorsed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
NALEO Educational Fund, National Disability Rights Network, Native American Rights Fund, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), & Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC).
Press release: https://www.harris.senate.gov/news/press-releases/harris-announces-votesafe-act-to-protect-voters-amid-covid-19-crisis_\
Direct Link to VoteSafe Act 2020: https://www.harris.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/VoteSafe%20Bill%20Text.pdf
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