What are you even voting on?

By now you’ve probably already decided who you’re voting for to represent you in Congress—and maybe some other key local offices too.

But every year, there are tons of local initiatives on ballots across the country. They don’t always get as much attention—but they have huge consequences for important issues at home. And THIS year, there are initiatives on the ballot in Washington that you oughta know about.

Luckily, progressive groups and partners in Washington have put together a handy ballot guide to help you decide how to vote on some of the top initiatives offered on your ballot this year. Click here to check it out:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=93147&id=24703-17809870-CiQAoFx&t=100

Every time we’ve had an opportunity to share this kind of information with MoveOn members, we hear feedback on how helpful it is—so make sure to help your friends out too by forwarding this email!

Thanks for all you do.

–Justin, Anna, Nita, Michael, and the rest of the team

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Important update: Late Monday night, we got a call informing us that Lauren Valle, a MoveOn supporter, was attacked by campaign volunteers for Rand Paul, the Republican Senate candidate in Kentucky. The video is pretty awful: Three men threw Lauren to the ground, held her down, and stomped on her head and neck. She ended up in the hospital with a concussion. She’s still recovering, but she’s already speaking out about what happened—and pressing charges against her attackers, at least one of whom is so unrepentant he just demanded an apology from Lauren.

This is upsetting and outrageous and fundamentally anti-democratic. What’s worse, it’s part of a growing pattern of right-wing violence and intimidation, fueled by violent rhetoric from Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, and others.

Here’s the thing, folks: we can’t let this intimidate us or derail us (which is the intent, after all). Instead, let’s work even harder over the next week to defeat the candidates that are stirring up hate. Lauren’s not stopping, and we won’t either.

If you want to make a contribution in Lauren’s name to support Jack Conway (the MoveOn-endorsed Democrat she was trying to help when she was attacked), click here:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=93155&id=24703-17809870-CiQAoFx&t=1