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See the questionnaire and letter sent to all congressional candidates
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Sustainable design. Livable
communities. Affordable housing. Health care reform.
For 150 years the AIA and its members have advocated for policies
and programs that benefit the built environment and the practice of
architecture. This coming election year is no different as the AIA
launches a positive, proactive issues agenda that speaks to the
values all architects hold dear.
The 2008 election will be one of the most hotly contested in years.
It marks the first time in nearly a century that neither a sitting
president nor vice president is running. And with such a slim
margin in both the House and Senate, each political party has a lot
to gain...or lose. This creates a unique opportunity for the AIA
and its 83,500 members to play an active role in advocating for the
profession at the national level and raise the profile of our
issues in the coming debate.
DesignVote08 is a nonpartisan program to get architects and
their supporters front and center in the 2008 campaign. Supporting
the AIA's strategic goal of promoting citizen architects and civic
engagement, and coordinating with AIA components at the national,
state, and local levels, DesignVote08 will empower AIA members
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Place the AIA's public policies and issues before the presidential candidates and political parties
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Organize and cosponsor candidate forums in their home states
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Raise the AIA's visibility at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
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Volunteer for presidential and Senate campaigns
. . . and more. This is your chance to help shape the election and the national agenda on the built environment for years to come.
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Learn more about the issues that the AIA is pursuing in the 2008 election by viewing the DesignVote08 Agenda for our Nation's Communities.
How Can I Get Involved in the 2008 Election?
Register to vote
Vote
Absentee in November
Information on your state's registration,
absentee voting, and polling locations
Learn more about the issues and presidential
campaigns
Sign up for The DesignVote Note, a weekly insider's newsletter on the races with tips on how you can get involved, by sending an e-mail to designvote@aia.org with the subject line, Sign Me Up.
Congressional Candidate Questionnaires
The AIA is urging its members to work with congressional campaigns to fill out this questionnaire on key issues affecting architects and the built environment. The AIA will not endorse or otherwise express opinions on candidates for federal office; we will, however, make the responses of all responding candidates available to our members and the general public.
For all responses on the questionnaire to date, click here.
To learn how you can be the key contact for a congressional campaign, contact the Design Vote team.