{"id":37457,"date":"2018-10-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/"},"modified":"2018-10-23T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:00:00","slug":"vote-for-kids-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote For Kids!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>It\u2019s election season in Alaska! It\u2019s important to get out and vote, and we encourage you to vote with the needs of young children in mind.\u00a0<br \/>\n    \n<\/p>\n<p>If children were able to vote, what issues do you think they would care about?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fair wages for early childhood professionals?<\/strong> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Financial assistance for families struggling with early care and education costs?<\/strong> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Healthy and safe early care and education programs for all children?<\/strong> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Investing in\/supporting children and families?<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But children are not able to vote. That&#8217;s why we need you to vote for them. Follow these steps to get started:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Register to Vote<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Did you know that you have to be registered to vote at least 30 days prior to an election in order to vote in that election?<\/p>\n<h3>Deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 general election has now passed!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voterregistration.alaska.gov\/\">Click here<\/a>to register to vote in the next election, or to update your registration online. It\u2019s fast<br \/>\n    and easy! All you need is your current Alaska driver\u2019s license or State ID. There are also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elections.alaska.gov\/Core\/voterregistration.php\">other ways<\/a>    to register to vote. Not sure if you\u2019re registered? Check <a href=\"https:\/\/myvoterinformation.alaska.gov\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Know the Candidates<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Learn more about Alaska\u2019s candidates running for office and where they stand on early childhood education issues by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elections.alaska.gov\/Core\/candidatelistgenr.php\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n    We encourage you to attend candidate forums, read candidate surveys, and ask questions about issues affecting young children. You can find more information<br \/>\n    and data about early childhood in Alaska at <strong>thread\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/index.cfm\/Community\/Be-a-Voice\">Action Center<\/a><\/strong>,<br \/>\n    or search for the hashtag <strong>#VoteForKidsAK<\/strong> on social media.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Go Vote!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myvoterinformation.alaska.gov\/\">Click here<\/a> to find your polling place location, absentee application status, or ballot status. If<br \/>\n    you would rather vote by mail, you can request a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elections.alaska.gov\/Core\/votingbymail.php\">ballot by mail<\/a> and send it in<br \/>\n    at least 10 days before Election Day. Anyone can request a ballot by mail \u2013 you don\u2019t need a reason. Learn more about voting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elections.alaska.gov\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Join <strong>thread <\/strong>this election season and commit to Vote For Kids. <\/h2>\n<p>#VoteForKidsAK<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/voteforkids\">Visit Vote For Kids on Facebook<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[27],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37457","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry","news_tags-alaska"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vote For Kids! - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vote For Kids! - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s election season in Alaska! It\u2019s important to get out and vote, and we encourage you to vote with the needs of young children in mind.\u00a0 If children were able... Read more &raquo;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Thread\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/\",\"name\":\"Vote For Kids! - Thread\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-23T16:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-23T16:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"thread News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Vote For Kids!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/\",\"name\":\"Thread\",\"description\":\"Connecting early care and education to Alaska\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vote For Kids! - Thread","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Vote For Kids! - Thread","og_description":"It\u2019s election season in Alaska! It\u2019s important to get out and vote, and we encourage you to vote with the needs of young children in mind.\u00a0 If children were able... Read more &raquo;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/","og_site_name":"Thread","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/","url":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/","name":"Vote For Kids! - Thread","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-10-23T16:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-23T16:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/vote-for-kids-3\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"thread News","item":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Vote For Kids!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/","name":"Thread","description":"Connecting early care and education to Alaska","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"ab-block-post-grid-landscape":false,"ab-block-post-grid-square":false,"gb-block-post-grid-landscape":false,"gb-block-post-grid-square":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"msiadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"It\u2019s election season in Alaska! It\u2019s important to get out and vote, and we encourage you to vote with the needs of young children in mind.\u00a0 If children were able... Read more &raquo;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thread-blog\/37457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thread-blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/thread-blog"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=37457"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=37457"},{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=37457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}