Tag: Local Elections
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The Importance of Local Elections & Relational Organizing
There is so much happening in the world today and many issues to pay attention to all at the same time. It can feel overwhelming. As with many things, I have found the key to dealing with overwhelm is constraint. We can’t do something about everything, but we can make an effort for one thing.…
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When A High Stakes Election Becomes Even More Important
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade with the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization 6-3 decision, effectively returning decisions about abortion care to the states. In Arizona, this meant the question of whether a total abortion ban enacted in 1864, when AZ was still a territory and before women could vote,…
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How do we choose which candidates to endorse?
Our interest at the AZ NOW PAC is to focus our efforts as locally as possible. We have made our best effort to contact every candidate running for AZ state, county, city and school board office. So far, we have sent an invitation to apply for endorsement to over 800 candidates – from all political…
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March 8 is International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day began on Feb. 28, 1909 in New York City with a protest organized by the Socialist Party of America. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911 (also in New York City) that killed 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, expanded the movement. The date was changed internationally to March 8 in 1917 after…
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Layers of Arizona Government on the Arizona Ballot
For people who get in deep in Arizona elections work, a common frustration is that the average voter often doesn’t know what the offices are beyond the federal races at the top of the ballot. This was most recently seen in 2020, when a significant percentage of voters voted for President, the U.S. Senate race…