This Friday is the last day to early vote and Primary Election Day is next Tuesday, March 1st. If you haven’t voted yet, please make sure to get to the polls this week or on Election Day. While all elections are important, the Texas Primary Election is particularly important because most of our legislators will be determined in these elections. Your vote is SO important!
If you need additional motivation to go vote, here are some good reasons:
- By voting, you pick the people who decide:
- How much to fund public schools.
- How much to rely on standardized testing.
- Whether to use A-F ratings and how campus and district grades are determined.
- How much to fund teacher pay, healthcare, and retirement.
- Whether to invest in our schools or privatize them.
- Be a voice at the polls for over 5.5 million kids in Texas public schools, most of whom aren’t old enough to vote.
- Model good citizenship for students and practice what you teach.
- Improve Texas voter turnout and strengthen democracy!
- Exert your power at the polls!
Grade 1 Social Studies TEK on Citizenship:
“The student understands and can identify the characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public officials to their word, and voting
To Do:
- Visit the TEV website to:
- Visit your county elections website for details about where and when to vote.
- VOTE and share a selfie (not in the voting booth) and tag us @TxEdVote.
Social media posts to share:
- Exert your power at the polls. Vote early through Friday. #Txed #Txlege #vote
- Your vote is your voice, and this is the time to make yourself heard!” #TxEd #TxLege #Vote
- Be a voice for the over 5.5 million kids in TX public schools. Vote! #Txed #TxLege #Vote #TxEdVote
Go flex your civic muscles at the polls!
Laura Yeager
Texas Educators Vote