Your Candidates. Your Health

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Candidates for Congress who will be on the ballot in November 2010 are invited to respond to the Your Candidates�Your Health 2010 questionnaire following the primary in their state or territory.

Each candidate will receive a letter explaining the initiative and a copy of the questionnaire. They are given the option of responding by fax, mail, e-mail or online at a secure website, www.yourcandidatesyourhealth.org. Each candidate is assigned a unique password so that only they can access their online questionnaire.

Candidates' answers appear as they entered them online. Responses received by fax, mail and e-mail are entered in the online system as submitted. Candidates' responses are only reviewed for inappropriate content (e.g., profanity). Candidates are contacted and given the opportunity to edit their responses if any content is deemed inappropriate. Responses received from candidates who are no longer running do not appear on this site.

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History
Research!America and its partners invited all 2006 candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to participate in the 2006 Your Candidates�Your Health voter education initiative. More than 1,650 candidates for U.S. Congress were invited by mail to respond to the 2006 Your Candidates�Your Health questionnaire. The results were presented in an easy-to-use Web site and were searchable by ZIP code, state and name.

In 2008, all presidential candidates were invited to respond to the Your Candidates�Your Health 2008 questionnaire. Candidates for Congress in November 2008 were invited to respond to a similar questionnaire following the primary in their state or territory.

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Cada candidato recibi� una carta explicando en qu� consiste la iniciativa y una copia del cuestionario. Se les dio la opci�n de responder a trav�s de fax, correo postal, correo electr�nico o e-mail, o directamente en l�nea a trav�s de un sitio Web seguro: www.yourcandidatesyourhealth.org. A cada candidato se le asign� una contrase�a para que s�lo ellos pudieran tener acceso al cuestionario en l�nea.

Las respuestas de los candidatos aparecer�n en el mismo momento en que las escriben en l�nea. Las respuestas recibidas por fax, correo postal, correo electr�nico o e-mail, fueron incorporadas en el sistema a medida que fueron siendo recibidas. Las respuestas de los candidatos fueron revisadas s�lo para que no incluyeran lenguaje inadecuado en el contenido (ejemplo: profanidades). Subsecuentemente, se contact� a los candidatos y se les di� la oportunidad de editar sus respuestas si se encontr� que el contenido no era apropiado. Las respuestas de los candidatos que han retirado sus candidaturas no aparecen en este sitio Web.

Historia
Research!America y sus socios colaboradores invitaron a todos los candidatos al Congreso y al Senado de los Estados Unidos a participar en la gu�a del votante Sus candidatos - Su salud 2006. M�s de 1.650 candidatos al Congreso fueron invitados por correo a responder al cuestionario de Sus candidatos - Su salud 2006. Los resultados fueron publicados en un sitio web f�cil de usar, el cual ofrec�a la posibilidad de hacer b�squedas por c�digo postal, estado, y por nombre.