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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Women
Should Vote Because:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* They
are 51 percent of the population, and with this majority voice they CAN influence
the direction of critical policies important to us -- like childcare, choice,
personal safety and economic security, and a healthy environment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* They
are not effectively exercising their hard-earned constitutional right. 22
million registered unmarried women did not vote in the last election. And more
than 50 million eligible women -- married and unmarried -- are not even registered
to vote. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* A
poll last year of some 3,000 women of diverse backgrounds conducted by the
women’s voting project Women Voices Women Vote found that 65 percent of
the women polled believe this country is going in the wrong direction.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>*
Based on the findings of a recent survey by Business and Professional Women
USA, retirement security, job opportunity, good schools and housing costs are
all of HIGHER importance to women than homeland security.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>*
Voting statistics among all women can be improved. According to the U.S. Census
bureau, in 2000, some 30 percent of eligible women were not registered to vote.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>*
Registering is only half the battle. Almost half of registered unmarried women
don't vote. If they turned out in numbers, unmarried women would be the largest
voting bloc and would be the deciding "X" factor in close elections.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty,
some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they
all exist very nicely in the same box. </span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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