SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR BALLOT

Rochester, N.Y.-- Tomorrow, millions of Americans will head to their local polling places to cast ballots for local, state and federal candidiates. We hope you’ll be among them. There is no action you can take this year more important than voting for fair-minded officials.

Elections have consequences. We've seen it time and again. Our work to elect more fair-minded members at all levels of government allow us to expect fairness, opportunity and equality for all working families. And fair-minded legislators have been the key to passing healthcare reform, consumer protections in banking, and passing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 that helps level the playing field for women at work.

Our detractors want to roll back the clock-- that means rehashed fights about posting of the Ten Commandments, citizenship, and voting standards, enforcement of anti-civil rights and anti-gay legislation, regulating Wall Street and big banks, access to contraception, the legality of the clean-water and emissions standards, the minimum wage, and of course, the dismantling of Social Security.

It means a diminished state of our democracy and the elimination of vital public services in your community.  Tea Partiers and uber-conservative voters want to move the political fulcrum rightward and backward. Independents and political moderates need to take notice and vote for sanity and decency.  And if this doesn't motivate us to get out and vote, I don't know what will.

Polls will be open in New York tomorrow from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.

If you vote in Monroe County, you can find your polling place by clicking here.

If you have questions about voting or if you face any difficulties in casting your ballot, contact the Election Protection hotline by calling 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).