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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p>In a world where every day is a holiday – there’s National Doughnut Day, Pi Day (honoring the number 3.14 and celebrated by eating pie), and Talk Like a Pirate Day (that one is international) – a group of organizations came together and decided that surely one of these days should be dedicated to voter registration.</p>
<p>They designated a day and proceeded to register over 300,000 voters in their first such effort – on the fourth Tuesday of September in 2012.</p>

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<p>As the medical director of Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, I speak with a lot of women about reproductive and sexual health. Whether I am talking to patients at our health centers or community events, I’m often told that having a gynecological health exam is one of the least favorite things a woman must do. So when September comes around, and it is both National Ovarian and Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, no one ever seems terribly excited.</p>