Your family is the only thing standing in the way of Woke DC’s takeover of America.

Casting our light—and my vote—with you,

Autumn Leva,
Senior Vice President, Strategy

As Christians, we are called to let our light shine in an increasingly dark culture. One of the easiest ways we can do that is to engage in every election, selecting Godly men and women to represent us at all levels of government. Godly leaders won’t be perfect, but they will be more likely to pass policies that will be good for everyone, people of faith and otherwise.

Far too many Christians fail to vote every year and many churches don’t have the time or resources to set up registration drives.

To make all that easier, we have designated October as Voter Registration Month and we are offering a set of FREE and convenient voter tools to help you and your church not only register voters but also make it easier to vote in the upcoming election!

We have created a One-Stop-Shop for all things related to voting in the November election.

You can:

• Find out whether you are registered/check your registration status
• Register to vote
• Apply for an advance ballot
• Learn how to vote early
• Find contact information for your local election officials

Click HERE to try it now.

Once you have checked on your own registration, we encourage you to take this resource to your church.

Please consider sharing it there and even holding a voter registration drive before your state registration deadline passes — and those are coming soon — some as soon as Sunday, October 9th. (You will need to check on your state’s registration deadline date, but you can use the map below to learn more about what week in October your state registration deadline occurs.)

Here’s what you need to know to get started:

1. 25 million Christians didn’t vote in the last presidential election – and an estimated 15 million aren’t even registered.

As Christians, we are called to be engaged in our communities for their good (Jeremiah 29:7) and to fulfill our civic obligations (Romans 13). Voting is a way we can live out both of those Biblical commands!

Sadly, millions of Christian Americans aren’t registered to vote – so it’s no wonder that atheists are the most politically active “religious” group in our country. How can you help change this trend? Help members of your church get registered by hosting a voter registration event between now and your state deadline!

To make it easy, we’ve designated October as Voter Registration Month. Check the map below because some registration deadlines might be as early as October 9th. (Below we indicate what week in October each state deadline occurs – be sure to find out the exact date your state cuts off voter registration.)

Even if users are registered, they can use our voter tools to explore convenient options for early voting or voting by mail (absentee and advance voting).

 

2. Hosting a voter registration event at your church is an easy, legal, and biblical way to ensure your church members are registered to vote in time for the election!

Voter registration events are simple when you use our short, downloadable guide.

As you consider how to ask your church leadership about hosting the registration, here are a few things you might share with them:

1. • Voting – and voter registration – are biblical! (see #1 above)
   • Voter registration is legal! The IRS allows your church to host a non-partisan voter registration. More details in our downloadable guide.
   • It can be as direct or passive as your leadership is comfortable with (though the more direct, the better the outcomes). Find tips our downloadable guide.

3. It’s easy.

This year, we’re offering multiple free and easy-to-use tools to set up your voter registration event.

First, if you need to register to vote, check your registration status, or request an absentee ballot, visit our one-stop-shop at https://familypolicyfoundation.com/vote. Share the link with friends, and of course church members at your voter registration event!

Next, to help make your voter registration event as smooth as possible, we’ve created a step-by-step guide complete with the “why” and the “how” from beginning to end.

You can even make use of our custom QR code to help people directly start the registration process right away! All the details are in our guide.

This election, it’s critical that Christians show up to the polls to elect leaders who will “seek the welfare of the city” (and the nation!). Will you help us make sure they are ready to do that?

Sincerely,

Robert Noland
Director of Audience Engagement

 

 

Voter Registration Sunday is this Sunday – that’s 48 hours till our second designated date to help local church members register and get ready to vote! If you didn’t get a chance to participate in Voter Registration Sunday in September, now is a great time to participate.* Of course, any Sunday is a good Sunday for voter registration – but many states have registration deadlines as soon as this Monday, so we encourage you to participate soon.

*Be sure to check that your state is still doing mail registrations. Our easy-to-use guide includes a list of states with early registration cutoffs for your convenience.

Here’s what you need to know:

1. It’s biblical – and legal!
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   The Bible commands us to fulfill our civic duties (Romans 13) and to seek the welfare of the city – or nation! (Jeremiah 29:7). Voting is a practical and important way to do both of those things. God commands us to honor our authorities, and in America we are privileged to be able to weigh in on who those authorities should be. Each Christian in America should participate in voting!
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   Additionally, hosting a non-partisan voter registration at church is IRS-approved. Our quick guide provides more detail.
2. It’s easy.
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   This year, we’re offering multiple free and easy-to-use tools to set up your Voter Registration Sunday.
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   First, if you need to register to vote, check your registration status, or request an absentee ballot, visit our one-stop-shop at https://familypolicyalliance.com/vote. Share the link with friends, and of course church members on Voter Registration Sunday!
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   Next, to help make your Voter Registration Sunday process as smooth as possible, we’ve created a step-by-step guide complete with the “why” and the “how” from beginning to end.
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   Finally, we’ve made a scannable QR code that you can share with church members or friends who want to start the registration process! Copy the image here, or find two sizes (postcard and poster) in our guide.
3. It can make a difference.
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   Did you know? It’s estimated that over 25 million Christians didn’t vote in the last presidential election in 2016. Even more troubling is the latest data showing that atheists are the most politically active “religious” group in America.

We need your help to turn the tide in this election.

Life is on the ballot – not our own lives, but those of the unborn.

It’s time for the Church to engage in a big way. Will you help make that happen?

Sincerely,

Meridian Baldacci
Policy and Communications Strategist

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” -Genesis 1:27

Dear Friends—

On behalf of our team at Family Policy Alliance of New Mexico, I am pleased to provide for you our Election 2020 Pro-Life Candidate Slate. This nonpartisan resource guide lists our pro-life candidates running for:

• The U.S. Senate
• The U.S. House of Representatives
• The New Mexico State Senate
• The New Mexico State House of Representatives

When you vote on or before November 3rd, we encourage you to #VoteProLife by supporting these men and women on the ballot. Imagine this — a pro-life majority delegation representing us in Washington D.C. and pro-life majorities in our State Legislature. Friends, we can make this vision a reality!

This is how you can help:

3. #VoteProLife by supporting these men and women when you cast your ballot by mail or in-person. If you are not yet registered to vote, please click here to visit our Voter Registration Page and get started. Once registered, you can use our system to request an absentee ballot. If you are already registered to vote, you can also use our tool to check your registration status and request an absentee ballot.
4. Please click here to download our Election 2020 Pro-Life Candidate Slate. Feel free to print as many copies as you would like and distribute them to family members, friends, pastors, and co-workers. You can also simply forward this email to them.
5. Please share our Election 2020 Pro-Life Candidate Slate on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Instagram by sharing this link: fpaofnm.com/voteprolife.

Together, we can restore a culture of life in our state and nation. We have used our voices. Now we must use our votes.

 Let’s vote like lives depend on it — because they do!       

Vince Torres
President & Executive Director

 

Special thanks to our friends at National Right to Life Victory Fund and Right to Life Committee of New Mexico for their research and endorsement information. Please note, in order to be included on this slate, candidates had to (1) receive the endorsement of the National Right to Life Victory Fund (NRLVF); or (2) receive the endorsement or recommendation of Right to Life Committee of New Mexico (RTLCNM); or (3) have a pro-life voting record. Paid for by Family Policy Alliance of New Mexico.

 

(Click HERE or on images below to download larger, printable version.)

There are only 3 days left until the first Voter Registration Sunday! Are you ready? Here’s what you need to know:

1. 25 million Christians didn’t vote in the last presidential election – and an estimated 15 million aren’t even registered.As Christians, we are called to be engaged in our communities for their good (Jeremiah 29:7) and to fulfill our civic obligations (Romans 13). Voting is a way we can live out both of those Biblical commands!Sadly, millions of Christian Americans aren’t registered to vote – so it’s no wonder that atheists are the most politically active “religious” group in our country.How can you help change this trend? Help members of your church get registered by hosting a Voter Registration Sunday!To make it easy, we’ve designated both September 20 and October 4 as Voter Registration Sundays.* September 20 is just three days away, so be sure to take action now if you plan to participate then!If you live in AK, MT, RI, SC, or UT, you will need to participate in September to meet your state’s voter registration deadline. We also strongly encourage you to consider this option if you the following states, because these states require registrations to be postmarked immediately after the October date: AR, AZ, FL, GA, HI, IL*, IN, KY, LA, MS, NM*, NV*, OH, TN, TX.(*state deadline falls on 10/6. All other listed states’ deadlines are 10/5. For both cases, we encourage you to choose September or to postmark/urge congregants to postmark registrations immediately on 10/5 should you choose the October option.)
2. Hosting a Voter Registration Sunday at your church is an easy, legal, and biblical way to ensure your church members are registered to vote in time for the election!
   Voter Registration Sunday is simple when you use our short, downloadable guide.As you consider how to ask your church leadership about hosting the registration, here are a few things you might share with them:
   1. Voting – and voter registration – are biblical! (see above)
   2. Voter registration is legal! The IRS allows your church to host a non-partisan voter registration! More details in our downloadable guide.
   3. It’s easy and can be as direct or passive as your leadership is comfortable with (though the more direct, the better the outcomes). See below for more details!
3. You can design your Voter Registration Sunday to meet your church’s needs.
   Whether your church is meeting online, in person but contactless, back to normal, or some combination of the three, there’s a Voter Registration Sunday tool for every need! Just be sure to ask your church leadership ahead of time and ensure that the date(s) you host are before your state’s registration deadlines (see above).

You can even make use of our custom QR code to help people directly start the registration process right away! All the details are in our guide.

Want to learn more and help spread the word? Visit our Facebook event and respond “interested” or “going” and you’ll get all the updates you need! Share the event with friends so they can host the registration at their own church, plan to participate at your church, or even register themselves through our online tool!

This election, it’s critical that Christians show up to the polls to elect leaders who will “seek the welfare of the city” (and the nation!). Will you help us make sure they are ready to do that?

Sincerely,

Meridian Baldacci
Policy and Communications Strategist

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.” –Proverbs 29:2

Dear Friends—

On Sunday, September 20 and Sunday, October 4, churches across New Mexico and America will unite for Voter Registration Sunday.

Is your church one of them?

Our country has a crisis of low voter turnout and Christian voter turnout is no exception to this. It is estimated that over 25 million Christians did not vote in the 2016 election, and an estimated 15 million Christians are not even registered to vote.

While there is no verse in the Bible which states, “thou shall vote,” God’s Word does challenge us as followers of Christ to influence our communities for our own good and, more important, for the good of others (Jeremiah 29:7; Galatians 6:10). We can do that in part by voting – not principally as Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, or Independents – but as Christians.

Voting is one of our greatest rights as citizens of the United States and it is also our responsibility as Christians. As good stewards of God’s blessings, Dr. Wayne Grudem writes that “every Christian citizen who lives in a democracy has at the very least a minimal obligation to be well-informed and to vote for candidates and policies that are most consistent with biblical principles.”

This November, we have the opportunity to elect leaders — from the White House in D.C., to the State House in Santa Fe — who will determine our future on several critical issues including protecting babies in the womb, preserving our First Amendment rights, strengthening the family, and extending care and compassion to those in need.

Step one in this effort is voter registration and we hope you and your church will join us.

Here is what you can do!

1. Share this information with your pastor and/or church leaders.
2. Save the dates – Sunday September 20 and Sunday, October 4 – or select some other date that works for your church. Some churches choose to have voter registration available for multiples Sundays and services leading up to the election. (Please note, the deadline in New Mexico to register online to vote is October 6.)
   
3. Visit our voter registration webpage to make sure you are registered to vote, then share the link with friends and family members.
4. Download this short, accessible guide for hosting a voter registration at your church. The guide includes printable postcards and posters with a QR code that individuals can scan to start the voter registration process.
5.  Host your Voter Registration Sunday!

Thank you for joining us in this effort as we seek the welfare of our nation and love our neighbors through civic engagement.

Sincerely,

Pastor Vince Torres
President & Executive Director

P.S. If you are not yet registered to vote, simply scan the QR code below using your phone’s camera to get started!

 

 

It’s estimated that over 25 million Christians didn’t vote in the last presidential election in 2016. Even more troubling is the latest data showing that atheists are the most politically active “religious” group in America.

This means that while believers sit on the sidelines, the groups selecting the country’s political leaders are those who would be all too happy to throw religious freedom rights in the wastebasket, take the lives of more babies in the womb, and bring further harm to families. It’s no wonder some leaders pass laws that directly contradict God’s Word.

Believe us—we know politics can be messy. Our calling every day is to engage with government in a manner worthy of the Gospel. But we also know that our system of government is another mission field in which the Body of Christ must engage.

Not every believer may be called to serve in this mission field as an elected leader. But every believer is called to engage. If we truly believe that biblical values bring about good for everyone—both believers and nonbelievers—then how can we not cast a vote for leaders who will best advance these values and pass laws that do the most good to protect religious freedom, life, and families?

That’s why it’s critical that we reach those 25 million Christians.

At Family Policy Alliance, we’ve set aside 2 Sundays where you can help us do that. We are asking you (and other individual believers) to help us get Christians who aren’t registered to vote registered, and to help register as many Christians as possible in churches during two Voter Registration Sundays!

We know of many cases where half the church members or more are not registered in a given church! Will you help us reach those 25 million?

Join us on one or both Voter Registration Sundays:

Sunday, September 20^th

If you live in AK, MT, RI, SC, or UT, you will need to participate in September to meet your state’s voter registration deadline. We also strongly encourage you to consider this option if you the following states, because these states require registrations to be postmarked immediately after the October date: AR, AZ, FL, GA, HI, IL*, IN, KY, LA, MS, NM*, NV*, OH, TN, TX (*state deadline falls on 10/6. All other listed states’ deadlines are 10/5. For both cases, we encourage you to choose September or to postmark/urge congregants to postmark registrations immediately on 10/5 should you choose the October option) 

Sunday, October 4^th 

How can you participate? It’s easy:

1. Visit our voter registration webpage to make sure you’re registered to vote, and share the link with friends and family!
2. Download this short, accessible guide to hosting a voter registration at your church and be sure to share with your church leadership so your church can participate! The guide also includes printable postcards and posters with a QR code that individuals can scan to start the voter registration process!
3. Join our Facebook event, and send an invite to your pastor, church members, and pastors/believers at other churches so they can join too! The page features all the must-know information, including the guide and a direct link to register to vote!
4. Host your registration! Full details in our guide.

Not sure about starting a registration at your church? Whether you’re wondering about it yourself, or not sure how to talk to your pastor, we encourage you to watch and share this video on social media and especially with your church leadership and other church members:

 Brothers and sisters in Christ, let’s be faithful to God’s call – by voting!

For citizenship worthy of the Gospel,

Autumn Leva
Vice President, Strategy

 

This weekend marks Citizenship Sunday – the kickoff of a national voter registration drive prior to the November election.

In 2008, millions of voters stayed home, giving the final count to Barack Obama and four more years of progressive policies that have taken aim at life, family, marriage and religious freedom.

We can take steps to make sure that doesn’t happen in 2016.

The drive begins on September 18 and runs until the day voter registration ends in your state. You can register to vote and find other information about polling places, absentee voting, and early voting where you live. Family Policy Alliance is encouraging people to share this information with family and friends and on social media.

“Now, more than ever, we need people to go to the polls,” said Paul Weber, president and CEO of Family Policy Alliance. “There are so many down-ticket races and issues on the ballot this year that need our attention. Simply bowing out is not an option.”