 Welcome to the Why Vote tool. This tool, developed by the Right Question Institute, provides some simple steps to think about voting and its importance. This is a tool you can use to think about all kinds of elections taking place, at local, state and national levels. To do that, I will guide you through some simple steps. You can use a copy of the tool if you have one available, complete the steps using your telephone or a computer, or just grab a piece of paper and pen and follow my instructions. Let's first begin by taking a look at some government funded services. The services are listed in the tool in different areas, housing, income support, health care, jobs, adult education, neighborhoods, children and schools. Please think about which services are most important to you. Choose three services. You can choose more than one service in a specific area. Now let's look at the role of elected officials. Elected officials make decisions that affect all these services. By voting, you can have a say in who's making those decisions. Now think for a minute, why would you want to vote and have a say in who's making decisions about those services? Now let's think about some questions. What questions do you have about being able to vote in the next election? Ask as many questions as you can about being able to vote. Write down your questions so you will remember them. Let's spend about two minutes to come up with questions. Please write down all questions that come to mind. Thank you. You have done a lot of work in a short period of time. You thought about the services that are most important to you, the role of elected officials and how they can affect the services that are important to you. And why would it be important to vote? You also asked questions about being able to vote. Now please think about all the work you did and think about what did you learn? I hope that through the work you just did that you have seen the importance of voting and that you will vote in the next election. You might need specific information about registering and voting. For more information and help, please click the link below. Please also think about what you have learned and how you can use it further. Let others know about this tool, family members, friends, neighbors and how they can use it. Thank you.