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How You Can Get Involved and Help Elect Ann Marie to Congress…
Who is Ann Marie Buerkle?
A native of Auburn, New York, Ann Marie is an accomplished nurse and attorney working in health care, mother of six and grandmother of eleven. Ann Marie has taken a leave of absence as an Assistant Attorney General for New York State to run. As an owner of a small business for over twenty years, Ann Marie knows that high taxes, ever expanding government giveaways, and exorbitant energy costs are driving businesses and jobs from Upstate New York. As our congressman, Ann Marie will fight to change that.
What does Ann Marie stand for?
First and foremost, Ann Marie will be the jobs congressman Upstate New York so desperately needs. Ann Marie is a social conservative, supporting a traditional definition of marriage and opposing abortion. She believes in maintaining a strong national defense. Ann Marie knows that real, sustained economic growth won’t result from government handouts and corporate bailouts, but from building upon the previous Republican tax cuts, supporting incremental, meaningful health care reform that controls costs and improves access, and providing new domestic sources of energy. As a Member of Congress, Ann Marie will focus on jobs and the economy, controlling deficits and spending, and ending the federal government overreach with health care and cap and trade legislation.
What ballot lines will Ann Marie have?
Ann Marie is the endorsed candidate of the Republican, Conservative, Independence Party.
How can I help?
It’s not too early to get involved in Ann Marie’s campaign. Please consider:
- • Volunteering as a block captain or campaign organizer in your neighborhood or community.• Hosting a meet and greet for friends, neighbors, and associates at your home or business.
• Joining Ann Marie’s fundraising team or making your own donation.
• Writing a letter to the editor in support of Ann Marie and her positions.
• Calling local talk radio programs to promote Ann Marie’s campaign and positions.
• Signing up for Ann Marie’s regular emails at www.buerkleforcongress.com and forwarding it on to your friends, relatives, and neighbors who live in NY-25.
• Notifying Ann Marie of events and gatherings in your community that she should attend.
• Recruiting others to join Ann Marie’s team.
• Registering to go door to door, staff a campaign table, or help out on campaign mailings.
• Starting a phone/email tree to spread Ann Marie’s message.
• Verifying your voter registration and ensuring your close friends and family are registered to vote in NY-25.
• Assisting elderly family members, friends, and neighbors in filling out an application for voting by mail (absentee ballot) and assisting them in completing the ballot once delivered.
Who should I contact to help out on Ann Marie’s campaign? How can I register as a volunteer?
- • To sign up in Ann Marie’s volunteer database, register using the form below.• To host an event or to invite Ann Marie to an already scheduled event in your community, contact Caroline at 315-415-7025 or caroline@buerkleforcongress.com.
• To sign up for Ann Marie’s regular campaign email update, fill out the upper right hand form on this page.
Where can I submit a letter to the editor in support of Ann Marie?
- • The Post-Standard (Syracuse)
250 word limit
Be sure to include your name, address, and daytime phone number for verification purposes
Online: letters@syracuse.com
Mail: The Post-Standard, Letters to the Editor, P.O. Box 4915, Syracuse, NY 13221-4915
Fax: 315-470-3081
- • Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)
175 word limit
Be sure to include your name, address, and daytime phone number for verification purposes
Online: dceditpage@DemocratandChronicle.com
Mail: Letters to the Editor, Democrat and Chronicle, 55 Exchange Blvd., Rochester, NY 14614
Fax: 585-258-2356
- • Daily Messenger (Canandaigua) / Messenger Post Weeklies (Monroe County)
400 word limit
Submit online via the MP website at: http://www.mpnnow.com/opinions. Click on “Write a Letter to the Editor” on top banner. This page will pop up for submission: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEFLQUd3SzFjZXZwVnBIYjMzQ1Z2RlE6MA
Mail to: MP Now, Letters to the Editor, 73 Buffalo Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424
- • Finger Lakes Times (Geneva)
300 word limit
Be sure to include your name, address, and daytime phone number for verification purposes
Online: editor@fltimes.com. Be sure to put “Letter to Editor” in subject line.
Mail: Finger Lakes Times, Letters to the Editor, 218 Genesee St., Geneva NY 14456
Fax: 315-789-4077
- • The Citizen (Auburn)
- • Eagle Weeklies (Onondaga County)
- • Wayne County Star
500 word limit
Be sure to include your name, address, and daytime phone number for verification purposes
Online: editor@wayuga.com. Be sure to put “Letter to Editor” in subject line.
- • Times of Wayne County (Wayne County)
Submit online via the website at http://www.thetimesofwaynecounty.com. Click on “Submit a Story” on top banner.
You may also email a submission to waynetimes@aol.com. Be sure to include your name, address, and daytime phone number for verification purposes
- • Rochester Business Journal
200 word limit. In general, letters should be submitted in response to articles or other information published in the RBJ. Letters must be exclusive to the RBJ.
Be sure to include your name, address, and daytime phone number for verification purposes
Online: rbj@rbj.net. Be sure to put “Letter to Editor” in subject line.
- • Central New York Business Journal
How can I call talk radio to promote Ann Marie?
- • The Jim Reith Show on WSYR – AM 570 (Syracuse)
Weekdays from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Call in line is 315-421-9797
To send a comment to Jim during the show, email him at thejimreithshow@570wsyr.com
- • The Bob Lonsberry Show on WHAM – AM 1180 (Rochester)
Weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Call in line is 585-222-1180
To send a comment to Bob during the show, email him at bob@lonsberry.com



