Your Vote Matters!
Election Day is November 3, 2020
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Excerpts on voting from the ELCA social message on Government and Civic Engagement in the United States: Discipleship in a Democracy (Adopted June 2020 by the ELCA Church Council)
Lutherans ask one simple but all-encompassing question: is the neighbor being served? U.S. Lutherans have learned that their neighbors are best served by a government in which supreme earthly power is held publicly by the people and they are governed by representatives chosen in fair elections in which each person is assured of their vote. This church also strongly affirms voting, guided by faith-based values, as an exercise in citizenship. Efforts to restrict access to voting should be condemned and resisted. Lutheran civic engagement arises both from a concern about disorder and injustice and from hope about what government can accomplish for the neighbor. We do so to act against destructive consequences but also for fair and compassionate governance. The ELCA is called as a church body to discern nonpartisan means of civic engagement. We recognize that our siblings in faith can, in good conscience, reach different conclusions as to how to best serve our neighbor in complex circumstances. This recognition is healthy for us as a church and as residents of this nation, as we enter into conversations. Although we may disagree about the best ways to achieve the public good, we do not disagree about our shared responsibility to seek it. It is the proper task of the church, however, to declare that government, citizenship, and public service are gifts to be exercised with integrity and respect for the well-being of human communities. They are not entitlements to be clawed after or obstacles to be avoided or eliminated. |
Voter Resources
Vote California: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/
Register to Vote or sign up to be a poll worker: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/election-2020/
Check to see if you are registered: https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/
ELCA Voter Guide: http://lutheranpublicpolicyca.org/2020-voter-guide
League of Women Voters of California: https://lwvc.org/vote/elections/ballot-measures
What’s on the Ballot: https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-november-2020-ballot-propositions-final-list/
Links to all of the above can be found on the Mount Cross Peace & Justice Website: https://sites.google.com/view/mcpj/upcoming-events
Vote California: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/
Register to Vote or sign up to be a poll worker: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/election-2020/
Check to see if you are registered: https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/
ELCA Voter Guide: http://lutheranpublicpolicyca.org/2020-voter-guide
League of Women Voters of California: https://lwvc.org/vote/elections/ballot-measures
What’s on the Ballot: https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-november-2020-ballot-propositions-final-list/
Links to all of the above can be found on the Mount Cross Peace & Justice Website: https://sites.google.com/view/mcpj/upcoming-events
