Voter Guide to the 2020 General Election
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VOTE 2020 Voter Guide to the 2020 General Election PREPARED BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF SANTA FE COUNTY AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NEW MEXICO The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization for men and women, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League does not support or oppose any political party or candidate. Fe County Clerk’s office, 100 Catron Street, tober 27 to ensure it arrives before 7:00 pm on www.lwvsfc.org. You can also visit the web- Essential dates Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00 pm. The office is Election Day.) site www.Vote411.org for an interactive look at All are subject to change or revision based on closed Monday, October 12. The only Saturday your ballot and all the candidates. Local voting the effects of the pandemic. Access to the the County Clerk’s Office will be open is October information and sample ballots are available on County Clerk’s Office is by appointment only, 31, 10:00 am-6:00 pm. Voting Information the Santa Fe County Clerk’s website at www. but the office can be reached at (505) 986 Saturday, October 17–Saturday, October 31: If you have changed your address or your party santafecountynm.gov/clerk. 6280. Alternate Sites Early Voting at the following Ear- affiliation, you should re-register to vote. Apply Monday, September 14: The County Clerk ly Vote Centers. Hours of voting are from 12:00 in person at the County Clerk’s Office, by mail, Candidate Responses to mailed a paper application for an absentee ballot noon until 8:00 pm. Tuesday through Friday and or online. An appointment is necessary for voter to every registered voter. from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm on Saturdays. registration at the Santa Fe County Clerk’s Of- Questions from the League fice. Call (505) 986 6280. Tuesday, October 6: Online voter registration Early Vote Centers are located at: of Women Voters closes. When voting at the Voting Center, you will be • Abedon Lopez Community Center – 155A The League of Women Voters of New Mexico Wednesday, October 7–Saturday, October asked for your name, address as registered, Camino De Quintana, Santa Cruz and year of birth. If you cannot provide this and the League of Women Voters of Santa Fe 31: In-person same day voter registration and County sent questionnaires to candidates for the • Christian Life Church – 121 Siringo Road, information orally, or if you registered by mail early voting begin and must be done in person 2020 General Election. The names and parties of at the Santa Fe County Clerk’s office. Call (505) Santa Fe or online, you will be asked for one of these forms of identification: 1) a current and valid all candidates who will appear on the ballot are 986 6280. • Town of Edgewood Administrative Office listed in the guide. – 171A State Road 344, Edgewood photo identification; or (2) a current utility bill, Now through October 20: Absentee Ballot ap- bank statement, government check, paycheck, Candidate responses are printed exactly as plications can be printed out and dropped off or • Max Coll Corridor Community Center – 16 student identification card or other government received by the League within the prescribed mailed to the Santa Fe County Clerk, 100 Catron Avenida Torreon, Eldorado document, including identification issued by an space limits. We do not edit them. The League Street, Santa Fe, NM, 87501. An application can • Pojoaque County Satellite Office – 5 W. Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that shows your assumes no responsibility for the content of any be requested by calling the County Clerk, (505) Gutierrez – Ste. 9, Pojoaque Pueblo Plaza name and current address. With the exceptions candidate’s reply. 986 6280. An online application can be complet- noted here, no physical voter identification is ed at www.nmvote.org. • Santa Fe County Fair Building – 3229 Ro- deo Road, Santa Fe required at the polling place. With thanks Tuesday, October 6: Absentee Ballots will Since electioneering within 100 feet of poll- • Southside Library – 6599 Jaguar Dr., We would like to thank the League of Wom- begin to be mailed to all registered voters who ing places is prohibited and since displaying Santa Fe en Voters of New Mexico Voter Guide editor successfully applied. Fill in your absentee ballot buttons, T-shirts, hats, or other such items are Diane Goldfarb. Thank you also to the League of right away, mail it to the County Clerk’s Office Monday, November 2: Early voting is closed. considered electioneering, voters are reminded Women Voters of the United States. The Santa or drop it off at the Clerk’s office. Drop-off boxes Tuesday, November 3: General Election. Vote not to display these items when voting at any Fe County Clerk’s Office and the Secretary of will be located at all Early Voting Sites and are Centers are open 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. All Early Voting site or Vote Center. State’s office provided necessary and helpful more efficient than mail. Your ballot status can Absentee Ballots are physically due back to the information for this guide. be tracked at www.nmvote.org. County Clerk’s Office no later than 7:00 pm. Tuesday, October 6– Saturday, October (Mail your absentee ballot back to the County Voter Information Online We also thank the Santa Fe New Mexican for 31: Absentee-In-Person Voting at the Santa Clerk as soon as you can, but no later than Oc- The LWVSFC Voter Guide 2020 is available at printing and distributing the Voter Guide. UNITED STATES PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT The President is: the head of state of the United States of America; the Chief Executive Officer; and, the Commander in Chief of all military forces. The powers of the President are prescribed in the Constitution and federal law. The President appoints the members of the Cabinet, ambassadors to other nations and the United Nations, Supreme Court Justices, and federal judges, subject to Senate approval. The President, along with the Cabinet and its agencies, is responsible for carrying out and enforcing the laws of the United States. The President may also recommend legislation to Congress. Base Salary: $400,000 per year Note: All candidates 1. What actions would 2. What is the most 3. How will you ad- 4. What aspects of our 5. What will you do who will appear on The you take to balance important issue facing dress racial injustice current immigration over the long term to your state’s ballot League public health and our country and how in our country on day policy will your admin- ensure access to quali- are listed below economic recovery in do you plan to address one of your adminis- istration address first? ty healthcare for all? but only those that asked: the US, both in light of it during your first 100 tration? meet the following COVID-19 and for the days in office? criteria were invited long term? to respond to the League’s questions in this guide. It’s a false choice to Pandemic. Recession. America is at an inflec- My immigration policy This pandemic makes 1. The candidate think we have to choose Racial injustice. Climate tion point. It’s past time is built around keeping clear: All Americans must have made a between our public change. We’re facing to end our inequities and families together. It’s need access to quality, public announce- health and economy; historic crises; we have deal with the denial of past time to reform our affordable health in- ment of her/his they’re linked. On Day to tackle them all at once. our nation’s promise to broken system, restor- surance. That’s why I’ll intention to run for One, I’ll implement the Character and experience too many for too long. I’ll ing family unification protect and build on the President COVID strategy I’ve laid count. I’ll listen to scien- fight to end the health and diversity as its core Affordable Care Act. I 2. The candidate out since March – surging tists, tell the truth, and inequities that COVID-19 pillars. As President, I’ll helped to secure the final must meet the testing and protective make sure we’re never so amplifies; and give every reverse Trump’s assault key votes to pass that Presidential Election gear; distributing vac- unprepared for a pan- child the same strong on our values on Day One, landmark law, protecting Campaign Fund Act’s Joseph R. Biden cines safely and free of demic again. I’ll expand start in life by offering ending his cruel border 100 million Americans minimum contri- (Democrat) politics; helping schools the Affordable Care Act, universal Pre-K, tripling policies that rip children who can no longer be bution threshold and small businesses lowering costs and mak- funding for Title I schools, from their mothers’ arms. turned away or denied requirements for cover costs; and getting ing health care a right for and making public college I’ll act immediately to coverage for pre-existing qualifying for match- state and local govern- all. I’ll build our economy debt-free for most fami- protect Dreamers and conditions, and bringing ing funds, based on ments resources to keep back better, and make lies. I’ll make racial equity their families, and invest coverage to 20 million the most recent data educators, cops, and racial equity central to central to our recovery, real political capital in fi- more.