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Time to Vote NFIB’s New State Member Ballot

Time to Vote NFIB’s New State Member Ballot

January 3, 2024 Last Edit: July 20, 2024

NFIB state member ballots are now available. All NFIB members can now vote their ballots on which key issues NFIB should make a top advocacy priority.

NFIB state member ballots are published in two rounds, the first half was published Nov. 30, 2023, and the second half on Jan. 4, 2024. The members in the following states can now vote their ballots: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. If you live in a state besides the ones listed, your ballot is also available now, having launched in November.

NFIB depends on your vote to take positions on the laws, rules, and proposals that will impact small businesses in your state. Unique among business associations and other groups, the lobbying positions NFIB takes in state capitals as well as Washington, D.C., are based on what its small business-owning members say are important to their ability to own, operate, and grow their businesses.

Each state ballot includes a selection of major issues that matter to Main Street – such as cashless payments, pay transparency, childcare funding, tax relief, and more. Each question has a paragraph of background, as well as arguments for and against the proposed action. On each issue, small business owners can vote “yes,” “no,” or “undecided.” When a position gains significant majority support, then that state’s advocacy team makes it a high priority. NFIB’s advocacy teams are singularly focused on advancing small business interests in all 50 state capitals and Washington, D.C.

NFIB’s member ballot system has been the same constant and foundational element of our work for more than 75 years. Our policy is One Member, One Vote: every member gets one vote on the key issues, both state and federal, with no exceptions. This democratic system ensures that the voices of all small businesses are heard on the issues that matter to them. NFIB members typically vote on key issues in two ballots each year on the federal and state policy positions NFIB should take.

“One Member, One Vote drives the many ways our state directors and their teams serve America’s small business owners in all 50 state capitals,” said Tim Goodrich, Vice President of State Government Relations. “We’re grateful for NFIB members’ engagement with each ballot – it enables NFIB to best serve as the voice of small business across the nation.”

NFIB’s ballots are only available to NFIB members. If you aren’t an NFIB member, join today to vote on your state’s ballot. The NFIB membership sign-up process takes only a few minutes and filling out the ballot takes just a few minutes more – but it will shape NFIB’s efforts and impact for months to come.

NFIB is committed to holding lawmakers accountable and encouraging them to put the needs of small business owners first in state capitals across the country.

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