2016… and the no good, horrible, bad campaign season.

In all honesty, I feel as if I shouldn’t even give this topic the time of day. Unfortunately, every major news outlet has been giving it what seems to be all its air time… While the 2016 campaign is very important, that is not what the media discusses. They spend 99% of talking points on polling data and 1% talking about the actual policies and issues.

Voting is challenging. There is a lot of educating your self to do from policies to procedure.

• How do you know where the campaign funds come from?
• What is a trustworthy source for someone’s previous voting record?
• Where do I find out who my representatives are locally?
• Where can I register to vote?
• Where is my polling location?

Source for Campaign Finances (nationally and by state): 

http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/campaign-finance-database-2014.aspx

Candidates Previous Voting Records:

http://votesmart.org/

Local Representatives:

http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

Registering to Vote:

http://registertovote.org/index.html

Polling Locations:

http://registertovote.org/faq/how-do-i-find-my-polling-place.html

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PLEASE keep in mind that CONGRESS makes the laws on a national/federal level and Your LOCAL STATE LEGISLATURE makes on them on a local/state level. While Presidential elections are important, they DO NOT effect us like local government elections. I beg of you to not only vote in the upcoming 2016 election, but also in your local elections as well.

Sincerely, Savannah