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Oh hey I haven’t yelled about voting in a while

Reposting this because some of y’all need a reminding.

Another reminder:

VOTE YOUR WHOLE BALLOT.

A Democratic President does nothing if Congress is controlled by Republicans. Your local elections are important, too. (It took us 20 years, but you notice we don’t have issues with our sheriff out here in Phoenix now we’ve voted out Joe Arpaio.)

Don’t skip any. Look up names on your phone while you’re in the ballot booth if you have to. VOTE YOUR WHOLE BALLOT.

A PSA because a lot of people don’t know this:

You CAN take your phone into the ballot booth, no one will stop you. You CAN google names from inside the ballot booth, no one will stop you. The only time you can get in trouble is, in some states, if you take a photo of your ballot. You CAN also take a long time voting. There are lots of booths usually, don’t worry about the line if you need to think about anything.

Voting is not a high school exam. You’re allowed to bring your phone. Please do that in case there’s something on the ballot you don’t understand!

reblogging for the last bit because I didnt know it.

Also, you can look up who is on the ballot and what they stand for well before you make it into the ballot booth. You don’t have to wait to google the people or the issues until you’re standing in front of the choices, and you can absolutely bring your notes or a list of voting decisions you’ve already made in with you.

Your state’s .gov site should provide you with lots of info / links to info about your local elections.

There’s also sites like ballotpedia and headcount.org

And going to local town halls or whatnot to listen to your would-be representatives speak- which is something I *really* wish had been normalized for me when I was younger. Walking in the room for things like that shouldn’t feel like trespassing, because it’s absolutely a thing that’s open for you to join in on.

Maybe it would help to treat the research like a homework assignment, only one that’s actually going to have a real impact on your future? …And you don’t even have to write an essay or give a presentation on what you find out.