TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction............................................................................................... 3
Educate Yourself and Others...................................................................... 5
Before You Start: Legal Issues................................................................... 7
Engage the Candidates.............................................................................. 9
Encourage All People to Register and Vote.............................................. 11
Get Your Concerns Before the Media....................................................... 18
Keep in Touch with Elected Officials........................................................ 21
Include Election Activities in Your Worship............................................. 22
This publication is also available in Spanish: Las Elecciones Son Importantes:
Manual para Participar in las Elecciones.
Bread for the World
Bread for the World is a collective Christian
voice urging our nation’s decision makers
to end hunger at home and abroad.
By changing policies, programs, and
conditions that allow hunger to persist, we
provide help and opportunity far beyond
the communities where we live.
Bread for the World Institute
Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and strategies
to end it. The Institute educates opinion leaders, policy makers, and the public
about hunger in the United States and abroad.
As nonprofit organizations, Bread for the World Institute and Bread for the
World do not endorse particular candidates or a political party.
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