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Campaign Update
Thursday, October 19, 2006

Inside This Issue:

  1. Voter Registration Deadline Fast Approaching
  2. Proposition 86--Get Involved
  3. New Yes on Prop 86 Ads
  4. New Prop 86 Endorsers
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Voter Registration Deadline is October 23

Make sure you and your friends, family and colleagues are registered to vote! The deadline to register to vote in California is this Monday, October 23. For more information and instructions on registering to vote, click here. Please forward this website widely!
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Proposition 86 – Get Involved Now!

Election Day is only 19 days away! That's just 19 days to:

  • Send an email to everyone you know to tell them about Prop 86, the tobacco tax for health care programs. Contact Kelly Hardy at khardy@childrennow.org for sample messages.

  • Join the phone banking effort and encourage fellow voters to support Prop. 86. Click here to find a phone banking site in your area.

  • Write a letter to the editor or op-ed for your local newspaper to encourage the readers to vote "YES" on 86. Contact Kelly Hardy at khardy@childrennow.org for sample letters and op-eds.

Click here for more ways you can help make sure Prop 86 passes on November 7.
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"Yes on Prop 86" Television Commercials

Two new "Yes on 86" ads are currently airing throughout the state and will continue to run until November 7th. To view the ads, click here.

These ads are also running on the home page of the "Yes on Prop 86" Web site, rotating spots every two days. Visit the Yes on Prop 86 website.
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New Prop 86 Endorsers

The "Yes on Prop 86" Campaign has received new endorsements from the following:

California Federation of Teachers Los Angeles Times
California Academy of Family Physicians Oakland Tribune
San Francisco Medical Society San Mateo County Times
San Diego County Medical Society The Argus
California ACORN Alameda Times-Star
Congresswoman Susan Davis Fontana Herald News
Alameda County Board of Supervisors Monterey County Weekly
San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors San Francisco Bay Guardian
City Council of Palo Alto San Jose Mercury News
City Council of Sacramento Santa Maria Times
City Council of San Jose Santa Rosa Press Democrat
City Council of West Sacramento  

Click here for a complete list of endorsers to date.

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The 100% Campaign, a collaborative effort of Children Now, Children's Defense Fund and The Children's Partnership, was created to ensure that all of California's children obtain the health insurance they need to grow up strong and healthy.
www.100percentcampaign.org

The PICO California Project is the united effort of 20 California congregation-community organizations affiliated with the PICO National Network. Collectively, we represent 350 congregations and 400,000 families statewide and are actively organizing in over 70 cities in Northern and Southern California.
www.picocalifornia.org