Why Your Vote Counts

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Why Your Vote Counts!

• Brittany Cantrell

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APhA-ASP OneVote Campaign

• Campaign to promote student pharmacist
  involvement in the 2008 Presidential Election
• Encourages student pharmacists to advocate our
  position on key issues facing pharmacy
• Provides chapters with resources to take action
• Voting registration procedures
• Absentee and early voting
• Presidential candidates healthcare platforms
• Other opportunities to take action as Election
  Day approaches

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Making Your Voice Heard

• Voting is the single most important action
  student pharmacists can take to have their voices
  heard
• Why?
• Support candidate who are aligned with your
  political views
• support candidates and policies that promote the
  value of a pharmacist

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What Can One Vote Do?

• 1800 Thomas Jefferson was elected President by
  one electoral vote
• 1845 One vote made Texas part of the United
  States
• 1960 John F. Kennedy was elected President by
  carrying one state by less than one popular vote
  per precinct

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The Candidates
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Presidential Candidates on Healthcare

• Senator John McCain
• Promote competition in the market
• Develop national standards for measuring and
  recording treatments and outcomes
• Reform the Medicare payment system and prohibit
  payment for preventable medical errors

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Presidential Candidates on Healthcare

• Senator John McCain
• Provide a tax credit for insurance costs
• Require individuals to adhere to treatment after
  being diagnosed with an illness
• Allow individuals to purchase health plans from
  whomever they choose

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Presidential Candidates on Healthcare

• Senator Barack Obama
• Create a new national health plan with guaranteed
  eligibility for all
• Mandatory coverage for children
• Develop a National Health Insurance Exchange

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Presidential Candidates on Healthcare

• Senator Barack Obama
• Supports the development and use of disease state
  management programs
• Promote new methods for addressing medical errors
  
• Align reimbursement with provision of quality
  care
• Expand and reward employers who promote healthier
  lifestyles

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Presidential Candidates on Healthcare
Major Issues Facing Pharmacy
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Preparing for Election Day

• Locate and confirm your polling place
• Educate yourself on the candidates
• Use a variety of media sources
• Mark your calendars for November 4

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Absentee Early Voting

• For those who are unable to make it to the polls
  on election day
• Most states do not require a reason to vote early
• Conducted via mail or in person
• Must ask for a ballot to be mailed to your
  physical address
• Special requirements for college dormitories

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Finding Your Status

• Indiana residents
• Website www.indianavoters.com/
• Click on voter registration
• Enter your personal information
• It will tell you if you are registered and in
  what township and precinct you belong
• If you click on the next to Polling Place it
  will tell you where you can vote

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Campaigning

• What is a political campaign?
• an organized effort which seeks to influence the
  decision making process
• to educate or push a particular stance on an
  issue
• Another way to support initiatives that improve
  the practice of pharmacy

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How to get involved with a campaign?

• Getting involved
• Passing out stickers or pamphlets
• Writing e-mails
• Calling or visiting voters
• Organizing meetings
• Rallies
• It can take as much or as little time as you
• have available

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APhA-ASP OneVote Campaign
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It starts with oneVote!

• Contact your
• APhA-ASP Chapter SPAN Liaisons
• Garrett New at gnew_at_purdue.edu
• Kim Beckman at kbeckman_at_purdue.edu
• APhA-ASP National Executive Committee Regional
  Liaison
• Adriane N. Irwin at adriane.irwin_at_gmail.com
• Local Registrar of Voters

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Questions?