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BE A HERO. HELP GOTV IN ARKANSAS! We need your help on election day! 1.BE VISIBLE AT THE POLLS!

On Monday Nov 5th, take your signs and flyers and display them with pride 150 feet from your local court house, either from 8:30-10:30 am or 12:30-1:30 and/or 4:30 to 6:30 pm On Tuesday Nov 6th, bring out your signs and banners to hold them 150 feet from your local polling location 2. BE SEEN ABOUT TOWN! Grab a friend and a stack of flyers. Head over to your local college campus, library, grocery store or public space and hand out flyers on Monday. 3. VOICE YOUR OPINION!  Write a letter to the editor of your local paper. Americans for Safe Access has made it very easy to compose and send a letter to your editor. Please take a moment to visit this web page and send a letter to your local paper today:http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/182/letter/?letter_KEY=1458 4. RING THE PHONE BANKS! Help us reach likely voters by signing up to make calls to voters on our phone bank. We need your help starting now! If you are interested, please contact Hunter Holliman at [email protected] or visit FireDogLake's Phone Bank page here:http://fdl.platform.webstrong.com/dna/actions/phone_banks/call-voters-for-issue-5 5. SPREAD THE WORD! Tell all your friends to vote—Email, call, post on Facebook on Monday and Tuesday—and don’t forget to vote yourself! Join this event and invite your friends! https://www.facebook.com/events/344319535665146/ 6. OFFER A RIDE! Offer to give rides to folks in your neighborhood, at your church or local civic group. Encourage folks to get out and vote.  Need signs?  Email Hunter at [email protected] so we can arrange to drop some off with you!  DIY Campaign materials! Print your own flyers, signs, and t-shirts transfers! Download the here:  http://arcompassion.com/take-action/campaign-materials/ Local contacts for more information: • Gary Fults: 501-416-1274 • Ryan Denham: 479-966-7803

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This is the first ad from Arkansans for Compassionate Care (http://www.ARcompassion.com) in support of Issue 5. In this ad, Emily Williams, accompanied by her husband, Fayetteville City Attorney Kit Williams, describes how she benefitted from the use of medical marijuana during cancer treatments.

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THE ARKANSAS STATE FAIR STARTS TODAY!  Drop by to pick up materials or stay to volunteer!Help motivate the vote in the single most important public event before the election. Volunteer to take a shirt of two during one of the ten fair days

 to educate the Arkansas public on the compassionate truth of medical marijuana. The booth will be open from 11am to 10pm every day, October 12-21 and must be manned at all times.  If you haven't been able to help yet, now's the time!  Contact Gary Fults to schedule volunteer time: [email protected] [phone] HELP PROVIDE MATERIALS FOR THE FAIR! DONATE $5 for Issue 5! http://arcompassion.com/donate VOTE YES ON ISSUE 5! SCIENCE • COMPASSION • COMMON SENSE

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Montel Williams to Speak at AR Medical Marijuana Press Conference

SAVE THE DATE! OCTOBER 18, 2012

LITTLE, ROCK AR—Daytime Emmy award-winner, Montel Williams, will speak in Little Rock on behalf of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act on October 18, 2012. Details on time and location will be release early next week.

“I use medical marijuana to relieve the pain of multiple sclerosis. Marijuana eases my painful muscles spasms and lets me function in the high-pressure world of TV, without the debilitating side effects of legal narcotics. I’ve tried many expensive, powerful painkillers in my struggle with MS, and not one has afforded me relief — not to mention lucidity — like medical marijuana does.” —Montel Williams

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Vote YES on Issue #5, The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act!

On the web: http://arcompassion.com

Facebook: http://facebook.com/arcompassion

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Vote YES on Issue #5, The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act!

On the web: http://arcompassion.com

Facebook: http://facebook.com/arcompassion

CafePress: http://cafepress.com/arcompassion

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It's NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY! Make Your Voice Heard! Become a registered voter (or update your address if you’ve moved) in Arkansas. It is a quick and simple process, so do it right now! The last day to register to vote in the Stat

e of Arkansas for the 2012 General Election is: October 7, 2012. MULTIPLE WAYS TO REGISTER You can register by mail in just three steps: download, print, then mail (or drop-off the form at your county courthouse).  Start here: Download the Arkansas Voter Registration Form (English PDF:http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/elections_pdfs/voter/voter_reg_ap_ar.pdf ) Or register in person at one of these locations in your community: • County clerk’s office in your home county • State Revenue Office, Driver Services • Public library or Arkansas State Library • Public assistance agency • Disability agency • Military recruitment office • Arkansas National Guard HOW DO I KNOW IF I'M REGISTERED? Consider yourself registered when—and only when—you receive an acknowledgment from your county clerk. This could take several weeks, regardless of your method of application. Never assume you are registered to vote until you have received this acknowledgment. Call your county clerk after two weeks and inquire about the status of your application. Check your voter registration status online by visiting:http://www.voterview.org/. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS To register to vote in Arkansas, you must: • Be a U.S. citizen. • Be an Arkansas resident (residing in Arkansas at least 30 days prior to the first election in which you will vote). • Be age 18 or turn 18 on or before the next election. • Not be a convicted felon whose sentence has not been discharged or pardoned. • Not be presently adjudged as mentally incompetent as to your ability to vote by a court of competent jurisdiction. For more information on registering to vote in Arkansas, visit the Secretary of State’s website:http://www.votenaturally.org/registration.html

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Help fund the awareness campaign to "Vote YES on 5" for the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act. You get cool swag, we get a few dollars to help educate and spread the word. 

Help make history in the South! http://arcompassion.com

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A pair of scientists at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco has found that a compound derived from marijuana could stop metastasis in many kinds of aggressive cancer, potentially altering the fatality of the disease forever.

"It took us about 20 years of research to figure this out, but we are very excited," said Pierre Desprez, one of the scientists behind the discovery, to The Huffington Post. "We want to get started with trials as soon as possible."

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The new campaign logo! Visit the new Arkansans for Compassionate Care web site: http://arcompassion.com 

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Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act • DIY Campaign Materials

Ok, folks, we know you're chomping at the bit to help! You can now find downloadable materials for our campaign right here: http://arcompassion.com/take-action/campaign-materials/ Print your own posters, banners, t-shirts, mugs, etc!  Print as many of these as you want to give away, but please don't sell anything without written permission—even if you're raising money for the cause.

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Arkansas Qualifies Medical Marijuana for the Ballot!!

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ONE DAY SIGNATURE DRIVE TO PUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA ON THE ARKANSAS BALLOT! Join us on July 28th to sign the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act in a city near you. We're collecting signatures every day of the week, but this one day, we'll be set up in 30 or more locations across the state between 10 am and 6pm to make it extra easy for you to sign the petition. Join this event to receive news on locations near you. Would you like to help get signatures? We're paying $1.75 per signature plus bonuses! Sign up at http://arcompassion.org/volunteer. Invite your friends and share everywhere! For location information, visit our website here:  http://arcompassion.org/arcompassionday

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ARKANSAS MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT HAS ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO QUALIFY FOR THE INITIAL BALLOT COUNT! 

Congratulations Compassionate Arkansans!

We cleared the first hurdle with enough signatures for the July 6th initial ballot count!

As great as it is to have reached this first goal, usually as many as 50% of all ballot signatures are invalidated after this first turn-in—whether its because of an illegible name, an unregistered voter, or an incorrect notarization.

DOUBLE THE COUNT TO ENSURE THE NOVEMBER BALLOT!

Luckily, the state accounts for this and allows us to continue collecting signatures while they count our first batch. This gives us an extra 4 weeks to get another 30k VALID signatures (or roughly 60k signatures) to make up for all the ones that are thrown out. 

SIGNED PETITIONS ARE STILL VALID AFTER JULY 6

If you still have petitions, DON'T THROW THEM OUT! Make sure to get them to us, even if it's after July 6th! (And you'll still earn money for each signature PLUS bonuses!)

We're one important step closer to having a medical marijuana program in Arkansas! Keep up the great work! We're almost there!

Let's double the count between now and August and ensure we'll make the final ballot!

SIGN • VOLUNTEER • DONATE • SPREAD THE WORD

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LAST TWO WEEKS TO MAKE INITIAL BALLOT COUNT! HELP OUT & EARN MONEY DOING IT! We just received news that we have more money to allocate to signatures and bonuses! Which is great, because we need just under 10k signatures in the next two weeks to make the initial count. Here's the new plan. With only two weeks left, you still have plenty of time to earn, earn, earn! Signatures MUST be turned in by July 5, 2012 at noon to be eligible for bonuses! Share with your friends. The more people who earn, the more we ALL win! Want to volunteer? Sign up here:http://arcompassion.org/volunteer  Or call:  Gene Remley: [phone] Melissa Fults: [phone] Gary Fults: [phone] or Voice Mail/Text: [phone]

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4 EASY WAYS TO BE AN ARKANSAS MEDICAL MARIJUANA HERO

1. SIGN the petition.  Make sure you're registered to vote first! If you're not, we'll help you. Places to Sign: http://arcompassion.org/places-to-sign-the-petition 2. VOLUNTEER to collect signatures.  Earn money while you do it! You could earn $3k this month! http://arcompassion.org/volunteer 3. DONATE a few greenbacks.  Every little bit helps—a lot! You can also purchase a t-shirt of bumpersticker! http://arcompassion.org/store or make a donation here: http://bit.ly/zspEHb 4. SPREAD THE WORD.  Tell everyone you know about us. Then ask them to tell everyone they know. Share our events, news and infographics to really pump up the volume! On the web: http://arcompassion.org/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/arcompassion Tumblr: http://arcompassion.tumblr.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/arcompassion

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Happy 420, Arkansas! Next year, we hope we'll be celebrating the new Arkansas Medical Marijuana program!!