A Fair and Healthy Election
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Thousands of doctors, nurses, and healthcare providers have called on Congress to ensure all Americans have the right to vote without risking their health. As front-line health and medical professionals that are seeing first-hand the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, our voices as individuals and organizations on this issue are powerful and necessary. Whether on behalf of your organization or as an individual, take time today to contact your federal and state elected officials to let them know that a universal vote-by-mail option this November is a public health imperative.
Here are the steps you can take to ensure a fair and healthy election:
1. Find out where your state stands on universal vote-by-mail using this State Voting Rights Tracker.
2. Find the contact info for your county, state, and federal representatives using this database: https://myreps.datamade.us/
3. Use this form email (or call and use it as a script!) to tell them that we need a universal vote-by-mail option this November.
4. Use this toolkit to educate your followers on social media and/or write a letter to the editor in your state on why universal vote-by-mail is a health issue.
5. Health care providers across all role groups (RNs, MDs, PAs, LICSWs) and across all specialties can help get their patients registered to vote with our VotER badge backers which are created and shipped at no cost to providers. It’s as simple as giving your patient the QR code and letting them scan it on their phone. Get your free badge backer today!
These organizations listed below signed the Letter to Congress (sent July 21, 2020),
asking for a fair and healthy election:
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
American Academy of Pediatrics, CA Chapter 1
American Academy of Pediatrics, CA Chapter 3
American Association for Community Psychiatry
American Association of Public Health Physicians
American Medical Women's Association
American Psychiatric Association
Association for Prevention Teaching and Research
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
California ACEP
California Medical Association
Center for Climate Change and Health
Citizens Climate Lobby Health Team
Climate 911
Climate for Health, ecoAmerica
Climate Health Now
Climate Psychiatry Alliance
Emory University School of Nursing
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
Georgia Clinicians for Climate Action
Georgia State Medical Association, Inc.
Health Care Without Harm
Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate
Interfaith Public Health Network
Iowa Public Health Association
LBGT PA caucus
Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Medical Students for a Sustainable Future
MI Air MI Health
Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action
National Association of Social Workers
National Hispanic Medical Association
National Medical Association
National Student Nurses' Association, Inc.
NMA Region III
Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Physicians for Social Responsibility - Florida Chapter
Physicians for Social Responsibility- Maine
Physicians for Social Responsibility - Oregon
Physicians for Social Responsibility, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Physicians for Social Responsibility - Texas
Prevention Institute
Progressive Doctors
Rutgers Global Health Institute
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota
Social Marketing Association of North America
Students for a National Health Program - Oklahoma
The Climate Center
The W. Montague Cobb Institute
Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
VEP Healthcare
Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action
Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action
