Download the Debate Watcher's Notebook below to track the Candidates and the answers to their questions.
Thanks to the League of Women Voters of Philadelphia for designing the Debate Watcher's Notebook.
This tip sheet is meant to complement the League of Women Voters’ publication Debate Watching 101. Watching and discussing debates can help citizens reflect on the issues and participate more fully in the 2012 elections.
Following are some general party tips and ideas for different types of parties that you might want to host.
General Party Tips:
The League of Women Voters has a long history with candidate debates. Between 1960 and 1984, the League sponsored every presidential and vice presidential candidate debate. The League may no longer sponsor these televised debates, but state and local Leagues across the country continue to sponsor candidate debates at the state and local levels, just as they always have.
Use this postcard template to spread the word about VOTE411 in your community. The postcards are completely customizable, so you can make them as state specific as you wish!
Press release template to spread the word about VOTE411 in your community.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [YOUR NAME]
Here in [location], we have seen more than our fair share of political advertisements on TV. And so many of them are negative. Others are just plain misleading or inaccurate.
The League joined with coalition partners in sending a letter to House Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi expressing support for the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and urging them to ensure its uninterrupted operations in the next Congress by reactivating the agency and appointing the necessary board members.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 2012
FACT SHEET: THE EQUAL FUTURES PARTNERSHIP TO EXPAND WOMEN’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION
The League joined other coaltion partners in sending a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition of H.R. 5912 a bill that would repeal the presidential public financing system.
The League and members of the environment community sent the following letter to a subcommittee on Energy and Commerce opposing H.R. 6172. This bill would rewrite the Clean Air Act and block the Environmental Protection Agency from setting any standards for power plant carbon pollution.