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Greetings Film Florida Members, Stakeholders, and Friends,

Ballots are being mailed to voters in Florida, early voting begins soon and election day is Tuesday November 3, 2020. While the Presidential Election gets most of the attention, voting for the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives is extremely important for our industry. Now is the time for all eligible voters to familiarize themselves with the candidates to determine who will best represent us and our industry in the state legislature.

If you have questions about candidates for the Florida House and/or Florida Senate, feel free to reach out to us by e-mailing to [email protected]. Give us your full home address including zip code and we will offer factual, objective information that we have gathered in our conversations with the candidates to help you be the most educated voter possible.

We encourage you to engage with your local candidates; you can call their office, send a letter or email and even volunteer for a campaign, which is a great way to get access to discuss issues important to you and our industry. You can get information about registering to vote, voting locations, and candidate information at the Florida Division of Elections website.

If you would rather do the research yourself, we recently hosted a webinar teaching people how to engage candidates and legislators to educate them on the importance of the film, television and digital media production industry in Florida. The webinar included how to find out what Florida Senate and Florida House District you live in and/or work in, how to find the contact info for your current State Senator and Representative, how to find out who is running for Florida Senate and Florida House seats in your district, how to find contact info for the different candidates, how to communicate with candidates to ask them questions and/or request a meeting, how to engage candidates to ensure your voice is heard, and more. Click the image below to watch the webinar.

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Film Florida is a non-partisan organization supporting all candidates and parties. Per our by-laws, we cannot advocate for or endorse candidates or political parties. However, we do believe it is our responsibility to understand how candidates feel about our industry. With many new faces seeking to join the Florida Legislature, we have been actively reaching out to each new candidate for the Florida House and Senate, introducing them to Film Florida and asking them to share their thoughts on Florida's film, television and digital media industry.

These last weeks before Election Day are an important time for all voters to take advantage of every available opportunity we have to get our questions answered by the candidates. Voting is the one time when we all have an equal say in standing up for the issues and priorities that matter most to us and our community.

Film Florida encourages you to cast your vote in the general election in November!

Regards,
Gail Morgan
President, Film Florida