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Date Posted: 07:42:34 10/30/07 Tue
In reply to:
Kirstin Snow, Mrs American Dream 2007
's message, "LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!" on 09:25:01 10/29/07 Mon
>Hi, Everyone. It's that time of year again- no, not
>Halloween- election time! Many of us don't exercise
>our individual civic freedom- the right to vote- in
>primary elections for a plethora of reasons. I'm
>sending out this gentle reminder to vote next Tuesday
>because I've been working my platform of civic
>awareness and voting since my Miss America days in the
>early 90s. Local elections give us the best
>opportunity to let our voice be heard on issues that
>impact us close to home. Don't be fooled into thinking
>your vote doesn't count- several recent elections have
>been decided by just one vote! And consider this...the
>US ranks 68th in the WORLD for women's political
>leadership- a pathetic statistic. Finally, the US
>population is 52% female... yet less than 20% of our
>elected officials are women. How can a country move
>forward when over half its population is left behind?
>Don't sit out this election... go VOTE, and take your
>kids with you! Statistics show that first-time voters
>are life time voters, so get your kids interested in
>the process now! (and maybe by the time they're old
>enough to vote, we'll have worked out all those silly
>bugs in the voting machine process! :) Below are more
>stats if you're interested... I also encourage you to
>visit thewhitehouseproject.org, a nonprofit,
>nonpartisan site about women in leadership and
>politics. There's great stuff on there for girls, too!
>We're defending freedom across the globe, so the least
>we can do here is honor our own right to vote! Don't
>let it go to waste!
>
>In 2007, 86 women serve in the U.S. Congress. Sixteen
>women serve in the Senate, and 70 women serve in the
>House. The number of women in statewide elective
>executive posts is 76, while the proportion of women
>in state legislatures is at 23.5 percent.
>
>Congress: women hold 86, or 16.3%, of the 535 seats in
>the 110th US Congress — 16, or 16.0%, of the 100 seats
>in the Senate and 70, or 16.1%, of the 435 seats in
>the House of Representatives. In addition, three women
>serve as Delegates to the House from Guam, the Virgin
>Islands and Washington, DC.
>
>Statewide Elective Executive: In 2007, 77 women hold
>statewide elective executive offices across the
>country; women hold 24.4% of the 315 available
>positions. Among these women, 48 are Democrats, 26 are
>Republicans, one is an independent, and 3 were elected
>in nonpartisan races.
>
>State Legislature: In 2007, 1,734, or 23.5%, of the
>7,382 state legislators in the United States are
>women. Women hold 423, or 21.5%, of the 1,971 state
>senate seats and 1,311, or 24.2%, of the 5,411 state
>house seats. Since 1971, the number of women serving
>in state legislatures has more than quintupled.
>
>Women in Statewide Elective Executive Office 2007 – 77
>women of 315 = 24.4%
>9 Governors
>11 Lieutenant Governors
>4 Attorney Generals
>12 Secretaries of State
>11 State Treasurers/Chief Financial Officers
>6 State Auditors
>4 State Comptrollers
>8 Chief State Education Officials
>2 Commissioners of Insurance
>1 Commissioner of Labor
>2 Corporation Commissioners
>5 Public Service Commissioners
>1 Public Regulation Commissioner
>1 Railroad Commissioner
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