Nursing issues are at stake in this election. With a nurse-friendly legislature we can:
- Advance MNA’s Safe Staffing bill
- Stop the Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact from bringing down Minnesota’s nursing standards
- Protect Workers’ Rights
Many MNA-endorsed candidates are in close races and help from nurses could put them over the top.
MNA’s 2012 Legislative Scorecard offers insight into voting records on nursing issues of candidates who served in last year’s legislature and are running for re-election.
Get out your calendar and block out time to:
- Phone other nurses and ask them to support MNA-endorsed candidates. Easy, quick and very effective. Contact Geri Katz at 651-414-2855 or geri.katz@mnnurses.org.
- Doorknock for targeted legislative races Contact Geri Katz at 651-414-2855 or geri.katz@mnnurses.org. Activities are happening all over the state this weekend. Here are just a few examples:
ST. PAUL: Saturday 10/27 at 10:00 am, to talk to voters in districts where the races are too close to call. Meet at 411 Main Street (St. Paul Regional Labor Federation) in Downtown St. Paul.
OWATONNA: Saturday, 10/27, 11:00am Meet at Central Park Coffee at 11:00 to doorknock in support of Senate candidate Vicki Jensen. The address is 113 County Highway 1, it is on the corner of Broadway and North Cedar avenue in the downtown area of Owatonna. It is necessary to RSVP if you will be coming!
COON RAPIDS: Sunday, 10/28, noon Meet at the Starbucks in Coon Rapids this Sunday starting at 12:00. The address is 9920 Foley Blvd NW.
DULUTH: Sunday 10/28, 1-3pm, 4-6pm; also Tuesday-Thursday, 5-8pm
Phonebanks for targeted legislative and congressional races, including in support of the author of the Safe Staffing bill. At the Duluth Labor Temple (2002 London Road).
- Find your polling place
- Consider taking Election Day off to volunteer. If you plan to be out of your precinct on election day, you can cast your ballot early by Absentee Voting.