A proposal for all Americans to improve the 2012 Presidential Election

Welcome to InformTheVoters.org, where voters, regardless of party affiliation, are invited to compare the presidential candidates’ positions on campaign issues, along with those of their running mates and spouses.

THE PETITION WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE CANDIDATES AND THEIR CAMPAIGN MANAGERS.

Our Mission
InformTheVoters.org was created with one non-partisan objective: to educate voters about the positions of our presidential candidates—in a way that has never been offered before. Instead of a third-party summary of the candidates’ positions, or paid ad campaigns, InformTheVoters.org provides you with position statements on each key issue submitted by the candidates themselves. The candidate positions on each issue are posted side by side for your consideration. Our objective is educational, not political. InformTheVoters.org gives you clear, unbiased information to evaluate the candidates and make an informed choice in the voting booth.

InformTheVoters.org limits candidate position answers to 700 characters. Responses are restricted to the candidate’s own position on each issue, and those of the running mate.

FOR CANDIDATES AND RUNNING MATES:
Please post your CV and current photo.
What are the 10 most important things you would want to accomplish as president?
What is the role of government?
Why should the American people vote for you (your running mate) as president?

ECONOMY

What is your position on the Budget?
What is your position on the Debt Limit?
What is your position on Flat Tax?
What is your position on Tax Reform?
What is your position on NAFTA?
What is your position on Free Trade?
What is your position on Outsourcing Jobs?

HEALTHCARE

What is your position on Health Care Reform?
What is your position on federal funding of Stem Cell Research?
What is your position on Patient Rights?
What is your position on Tobacco?
What is your position on the Medical Use of Marijuana?
What is your position on Physician-assisted Suicide?

FOREIGN POLICY

What is your position on Foreign Policy?
What is your position on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East?
What is your position on the role of the U.S. in the conflict between Israel and Palestine?
What is your position on the role of the U.S. play in the Arab Spring Democratic Uprisings?
What is your position on U.S. foreign policy as it relates to the financial situation in the Euro-based countries?

IMMIGRATION

What is your position on Immigration Reform?
What is your position on Illegal Immigrant Access to Social Services?
What is your position on Border Control?
What is your position on Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants?

SOCIAL ISSUES

What is your position on Affirmative Action?
What is your position on Animal Rights?
What is your position on Gay Rights?
What is your position on Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage?

ABORTION

What is your position regarding the Legality of Abortion?
What is your position on Federal Funding for Abortion Providers?

SOCIAL SECURITY/MEDICARE

What is your position on Proposed Cuts to Social Security?
What is your position on the Privatization of Social Security?
What is your position on Proposed Cuts to Medicare & Medicaid?

ENVIRONMENT

What is your position regarding the development of Alternative Energy Resources?
What is your position regarding the development of Oil and Gas Resources?
What is your position regarding the development of Coal Resources?
What is your position on Climate Change/Global Warming?
What is your position on the Cap-and-Trade Carbon Emissions Bill to Address Global Warming?
What is your position on Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?
What is your position on Nuclear Energy?
What is your position on Nuclear Testing?

EDUCATION

What is your position on the No Child Left Behind Act?
What is your position on the use of Federally Mandated Standardized Tests?
What is your position on School Prayer?
What is your position on seniority-based promotion for teachers?
What is your position on government student loans for college/graduate students?

TERRORISM

What is your position on the role of Homeland Security?
What is your position on the Legality of Water boarding as an Interrogation Technique?
What is your position on the role of the U.S. in addressing Global Acts of Terrorism?

CRIME

What is your position on Gun Control?
What is your position on Carrying Concealed Handguns?
What is your position on the Death Penalty?
What is your position on Racial Profiling?

TECHNOLOGY

What is your position on Regulation of the Internet?
What is your position on Privacy on the Internet?

ROLE OF GOVERNMENT

What is your position on Campaign Finance?
What is your position on the role of the federal government concerning Corporate Bailouts?
What is your position on the role of the federal government concerning Social Issues?

POLITICAL

What is your position on term limits for elected officials?
What is your position on the role of social welfare organizations?
What is your position on the ability to raise funds to be a successful candidate?
What is your position on negative ads against your opponent?
What is your position on providing photo identification to vote ?

FINALLY

What is your position on 1 item that you feel to be important for the country that is not on the above list?

FOR THE SPOUSE OF THE CANDIDATE:

Please post your CV (optional)
Why should the American people vote for your spouse as president?
What issues and causes will you work champion as spouse of the president?
What are 5 things you think the voters absolutely need to know about your spouse?

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'The Mud Stops Here!': New Website - InformTheVoters.org - Encourages Presidential Candidates to Provide Clear Position Statements on Key Election Issues
- by PR Newswire Association LLC. on 7/27/2012 8:05:00 AM

Approaching another historic election, the American people have never had more access to information ... or less certainty about the accuracy...

Minnesota:

MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL and EAGAN, Minn., July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Approaching another historic election, the American people have never had more access to information ... or less certainty about the accuracy of that information. We are bombarded by negative ads, political insider predictions, and news stories vulnerable to partisanship. We hear sound bites from candidate speeches, but those speeches are almost always tailored to appeal to special interest groups. We watch candidates perform at presidential debates, but we may not remember the details and nuances of their statements afterwards. Opinions, predictions and political websites abound, but sound, nonpartisan information is elusive and hard to find when it exists.

Voters deserve an unbiased, accessible and comprehensive website where they can compare candidate positions on the key issues in the 2012 presidential election.

The sheer volume of media outlets and political websites is overwhelming. There is no single, clear, nonpartisan resource offering all of the critical information voters need to compare candidate positions on a comprehensive list of the election issues.
The success of our democracy rests in the hands of our voting citizens. The choices we make in the voting booth determine our country's future.

We want voters to have access to InformTheVoters.org, where the candidates themselves provide their position statements on key election issues. This resource would give voters the clear, unbiased information they need to evaluate the candidates, issue by issue.

Tell the presidential candidates to provide us with their position on each key election issue so we can create a go-to, nonpartisan online resource for voters to compare candidate positions, side by side, to support informed voter choice on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

Contact:
Katelin Shiels
651-209-3628

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