Proposition 100 – Vote Yes Tool Kit
Your resource for getting out the vote in your neighborhood.
Election Day is Tuesday, May 18th!
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Welcome to your AEN Proposition 100 – Vote Yes Tool Kit! Here you will find ideas, suggestions, and resources for getting the word out in your community about Proposition 100. There are a variety of ways you can effectively advocate for your schools, including posters, car window decorating rallies, email campaigns and more. These activities can be limited to your immediate family or you can recruit an entire neighborhood.
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Parents across the state are coming together and organizing a number of “Yes on 100″ events. To locate a group in your area, click AEN Proposition 100 Vote Yes Contacts.
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Have a group and don’t see it on the list? Please send your group’s contact information to Melissa at melissa@arizonaeducationnetwork.com and we’ll gladly add it. We welcome your tips, feedback, and shared experiences. Please feel free to share photos of your work/events and we will gladly post them on our website and in future newsletters!
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**Before you get started, here are some important dates and informational resources you will need:
April 19 (at midnight): Deadline for voter registration. Remember if you have moved, you need to re-register.
May 7: Deadline for Permanent Early Ballot Requests (PEVL). Be prepared. Request an early permanent ballot.
April 22: Early voting begins
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May 18: ELECTION DAY!! EARLY BALLOTS DUE BY 7 PM ON ELECTION DAY . . . BUT PLEASE MAIL THEM SOONER!
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To download an informational flyer, click Proposition-100-flyer.
To download an informational flyer in Spanish, click Proposition 100 Español.
Arizona School Board Association’s “Campaign Advocacy Do’s & Don’ts for Public School Leaders”: Information and frequently asked questions regarding advocacy and the law for school board members and public school faculty.
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Questions, contact:
Lisa Ferko, LisaF@arizonaeducationnetwork.com, 520-940-5132
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Make your own Signs, Flyers, and More!
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Got tape? Markers? Crayons? You can make a difference using these everyday resources you have in your home to spread the word in your neighborhood community! Just as handwritten letters are more meaningful, handwritten signs show how much our schools mean to us.
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Make it fun! Make it a party! Gathering in support for Proposition 100 and our public schools is a come one, come all, all ages event! Grab your friends, grab your family, have a block party, or a pizza party. Meet after school with milk and cookies. Lemonade at the park!
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Activities:
- Make your own tee-shirts. All you need is an iron. Tee-shirts and iron-on materials are available at Michael’s and other craft stores. One local group simply asked a local store for help and the store donated 100 tee-shirts to her group. You can use the logos from the Yes on 100 campaign or design your own message.
. - Create your own Vote Yes on 100 signs. Grab the kids and some poster board. Signs can go in your windows, in your yard or on your fence.
. - Facts STICK better with stickers! Simply decorate plain badges from your neighborhood office supply or 99-cent store with your own Yes on 100 mottos.
. - Chalk it up! Decorate your car with a Yes on 100 message with window chalk found at your nearby Michael’s, ACE Hardware, Target or Wal-Mart stores.
. - Make your own Yes on 100 flyers! Facts are fun to share especially when we relate them to real people who will be impacted by the passage or failure of Proposition 100. Be sure to check out AEN’s Proposition 100 – Your Questions Answered!
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Helpful hints & reminders:
** Include your children’s work!
** Be sure to include the date of the election: May 18th
** Keep the message positive!
Sample Messages:
Our Children’s Future, Worth Every Penny, Yes on 100 May 18th Vote May 18th
A penny for our schools!
It’s your child. It’s your school. It’s your VOTE!
Save our school!
Save my teacher!
Protect Education, Health, and Public Safety! Yes on 100, May 18th
Penny + Our Children = Our Future
You can make a difference, Yes on 100 May 18th
A Penny Makes a Difference, Yes on 100, May 18th
Get Educated and Vote, Yes on 100, May 18th
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Take it on the road–baseball games, football games, music recitals…
Talk about Proposition 100 at your community groups and in your schools.
- Hold a rally or car decoration event. Many groups are working with their communities and having daily sign holding events. Some have asked gas stations to allow them to have a car decoration event instead of a car wash.
. - Utilize your parent/teacher organizations/associations. If they have not done so already, ask your PTA/PTO to hold an informational meeting with your principal about how the budget crisis is affecting your school.
. - Spread the word. Talk to your preschool, church, book club, or other groups you are involved with about the May 18th election on Proposition 100. No experience required! YOU are the best advocate for your schools, and AEN is here to give you the tools and resources you need to effectively get the word out. Contact AEN for help. We will happily provide you with a PowerPoint presentation and materials to help you facilitate this discussion.
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Get the Word Out with Email, Facebook and Twitter!
Send the following information out to your friends, community groups, sports clubs, church/religious organizations, etc. about Proposition 100. Let them know how important it is for our children and our communities. Underscore how important it is for parents to register to vote, and help them sign up to get a mail-in ballot that will come right to their home. Tell them how important it is that we all vote! Remind them: It’s your child. It’s your school. It’s your vote!
Suggested email, click Email supporting Proposition 100 you can send to friends and family or use the one below.
[Greeting]
I am writing to you about a very important election in our state. Proposition 100 will be on the ballot May 18th. Our schools are already suffering and more cuts are predicted.
Proposition 100: a Temporary 1% increase in the Arizona state sales tax.
- Two-thirds (2/3) of the revenues generated would fund K-12 education.
- One-third (1/3) would fund essential services like health and public safety.
- It is estimated to generate approximately $1 billion annually.
- If approved by a majority of the voters on May 18th, revenue collection begins in June, 2010.
- The sales tax would automatically repeal on May 31, 2013.
I learned this week that people with kids make up 2/3 of the potential voting pool in Arizona. Yet, we only compose 1/3 of the people who actually vote! Just think if we all did vote. I think Proposition 100 would pass for sure! Remember: It’s your child. It’s your school. It’s your vote!
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Register to vote online: https://servicearizona.com/webapp/evoter/
We are a busy bunch. That’s why it’s important that parents of school-age children request to be on the Permanent Early Voting List. Signing up allows us to vote at home, at our convenience, and EARLY! If you’re like me, you like voting in person. You can take your early ballot to any polling place on election day as long as it’s before 7 p.m.
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To request a Permanent Early Ballot:
* Online: https://www.azsos.gov/election/county.htm
* By phone: call us at (520) 740-4330
* By mail: print out a PDF form
Stay informed by joining the Arizona Education Network (AEN). AEN is a non-partisan, non-profit, advocacy organization made up of parents and education supporters. AEN’s mission is to provide factual information about education issues in Arizona and helps voters make informed decisions.
Check out their website www.arizonaeducationnetwork.com. Click here to sign up for the newsletter.
Thank you for taking the time to read about Proposition 100!
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Walk the Vote, Rock the Vote
For information about organizing a neighborhood walk, email melissa@arizonaeducationnetwork.com.
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“Yes on 100″ Groups in Your Area!
Look to see if there is already a group working in your area. If you know of a group or are working with a group not listed below, please send your information to melissa@arizonaeducationnetwork.com and we will add it to the list. And be sure to send us information on events you would like us to promote!
| Cave Creek USD Cynthia Weiss 602-469-1659 . Litchfield Elementary & Avondale Elementary “When 1 Cent Makes a Lot of Sense” Eileen Day eday4@cox.net . Paradise Valley Unified School District Julie Bacon jwbacon@cox.net 602-284-2763 . Tempe Elementary School District Tracy Benson tgbinaz@cox.net . Tempe Union High School District Sandy Lowe sandralowe@cox.net. . Higley Higley Community Network Stacy LaGoy stacylagoy@yahoo.com 480-279-1777. . Kyrene Elementary School District Mitzi Epstein MitziEpstein@cox.net . Sahuarita Vanessa Felty vanessafelty@gmail.com 520-906-8518 . Stand for Children/Kyrene School District Rosalie Hirano rhirano@stand.org |
Scottsdale Parent Council Francesca Thomas casathomas@cox.net Anna-Marie Mars marshome@msn.com . Catalina Foothills Friends of CFSD Anne Morgan morganpakj@msn.com .. Oro Valley Oro Valley Citizens for Education (OVCE) Melissa Witt queenwitt@yahoo.com 520-877-9165 or 503-569-5176 . Vail PAVE – Parent Advocates for Vail Education Mendy Gomez -uagomez@msn.com Kristi Hill – h1ll5ral1ve@aol.com. . Statewide: Yes on 100 http://yeson100.com/ |
Tags: Arizona budget, arizona education, Arizona Proposition 100, Arizona Public Schools
I would like to get some big signs to put up at strategic places and have had people ask for them as I talk about this prop 100. Where can I get them?
I’m looking for lawn signs for yes on prop 100. Anyone know where to get one?
Hi Rachael,
Try contacting the Yes on 100 campaign. There’s a shortage state-wide, however. That’s why we put this post together so that everyone can make their own signs if they can’t get the official collateral.
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