How is our Voter Guide Created?
Voters deserve to know where candidates stand on important cannabis issues to successfully fill out their ballots. Kentucky NORML does not speak on behalf of candidates. Instead, we provide all candidates an opportunity to answer cannabis reform's most pressing questions, in their own words. Allowing candidates to speak directly to you, the voters, through our online voters’ guide platform, ensures that the candidates’ views are accurately represented (words matter!).
Even after multiple contacts from KYNORML volunteers across the state, we have candidates who have not yet responded to our questions – which is why we need your help! When a candidate does not respond to our questions, the voters the candidates hope to serve do not get the information they need before casting their ballots.
Help us encourage candidates to respond to our questions so that voters have as much information as possible!
Voters deserve to know where candidates stand on important cannabis issues to successfully fill out their ballots. Kentucky NORML does not speak on behalf of candidates. Instead, we provide all candidates an opportunity to answer cannabis reform's most pressing questions, in their own words. Allowing candidates to speak directly to you, the voters, through our online voters’ guide platform, ensures that the candidates’ views are accurately represented (words matter!).
Even after multiple contacts from KYNORML volunteers across the state, we have candidates who have not yet responded to our questions – which is why we need your help! When a candidate does not respond to our questions, the voters the candidates hope to serve do not get the information they need before casting their ballots.
Help us encourage candidates to respond to our questions so that voters have as much information as possible!
How can you help keep Kentucky voters informed?
Step 1: Go to the Smoke the Vote Website to check if your candidates answered our questions.
Step 2: If your candidate(s) has answered our questions, thank them!
Step 1: Go to the Smoke the Vote Website to check if your candidates answered our questions.
Step 2: If your candidate(s) has answered our questions, thank them!
You can send them a message on social media or even write a letter to them via email or post. All of their information is available through the Smoke the Vote Website.
Sample Tweet/Facebook Post:
Thank you @[candidate] for responding to @KentuckyNORML Cannabis Voter Guide so that Kentucky voters can be informed before casting their vote! 🗳️ #KYNORMLVoterGuide #SmoketheVote
Sample Tweet/Facebook Post:
Thank you @[candidate] for responding to @KentuckyNORML Cannabis Voter Guide so that Kentucky voters can be informed before casting their vote! 🗳️ #KYNORMLVoterGuide #SmoketheVote
Step 3: If your candidate(s) has NOT answered our questions, call on them to do so as soon as possible!
Write your candidates today and urge them to answer Kentucky NORML's Candidate Questionnaire! The Primaries are in May and the General Election on the 2nd Tuesday of November (Current Election Dates can be found here). In many areas, voting has already begun. With Election Day mere weeks away, voters deserve information about their candidates before filling out their ballot.
Sample Tweet/Facebook Post:
As a voter, I want to hear where my candidates stand on cannabis issues. That’s why I’m calling on @[candidate] to respond to @KentuckyNORML Voter Guide so Kentuckians can be informed before casting our ballot! #KYNORMLVoterGuide #SmoketheVote
Note: This is an opportunity to encourage and persuade candidates to respond, so please be respectful but direct in your messages. When candidates know that voters care about something, it is in their best interest to respond!
If you or one of the candidates you reach out to have any questions, you can contact us at info@kynorml.org
Sample Tweet/Facebook Post:
As a voter, I want to hear where my candidates stand on cannabis issues. That’s why I’m calling on @[candidate] to respond to @KentuckyNORML Voter Guide so Kentuckians can be informed before casting our ballot! #KYNORMLVoterGuide #SmoketheVote
Note: This is an opportunity to encourage and persuade candidates to respond, so please be respectful but direct in your messages. When candidates know that voters care about something, it is in their best interest to respond!
If you or one of the candidates you reach out to have any questions, you can contact us at info@kynorml.org
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