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bomberqueen17:
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dancinbutterfly:
dukeofbookingham:
millennial-review:
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.
ONE LAST POINT, though:
if there is a race where it says, “Vote for any 2″, you DO NOT have to vote for two. (Or three, or whatever number.)
This may matter in a race like, say, the local one for town council– there are two Republicans running, and one Democrat, and two seats available, and it goes to whoever gets the most votes.
If you vote for the Democrat, then scratch your head and shrug and pick one of the Republicans too, then the Democrat is almost certain not to win, because so many people will have voted for the two Republicans.
In this specific kind of case, you are far better off, if you think the incumbent Republicans need to be shaken up (just, you know, to pick a random, you know, currently-applicable scenario that is actually this local race), NOT voting for one of them, but just picking the one Democrat and leaving the rest blank.
Apart from that, though, weigh in on every race and absolutely feel free to Google the candidates and take your time, if you get there and don’t know how to fill out your ballot. Just keep that in mind– you also can feel free not to vote in unopposed races, if you don’t like the candidate. Leave it blank, and then they can’t say later they had a mandate from the masses. You don’t have to fill out your whole ballot to have your say.
Often your local League of Women Voters website will have information on the candidates, but not always– in past years, this has often been true, and it has helped me a lot. LoWV is nonpartisan and mostly just really wants people to participate in government. (Though they have found themselves in opposition to the current régime, because the current national GOP party platform seems to be pretty sturdily anti-voting. That shouldn’t be partisan, and yet?)
bomberqueen17:
dancinbutterfly:
dinosaurrainbowstarfish:
prismatic-bell:
dancinbutterfly:
dukeofbookingham:
millennial-review:
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.
ONE LAST POINT, though:
if there is a race where it says, “Vote for any 2″, you DO NOT have to vote for two. (Or three, or whatever number.)
This may matter in a race like, say, the local one for town council– there are two Republicans running, and one Democrat, and two seats available, and it goes to whoever gets the most votes.
If you vote for the Democrat, then scratch your head and shrug and pick one of the Republicans too, then the Democrat is almost certain not to win, because so many people will have voted for the two Republicans.
In this specific kind of case, you are far better off, if you think the incumbent Republicans need to be shaken up (just, you know, to pick a random, you know, currently-applicable scenario that is actually this local race), NOT voting for one of them, but just picking the one Democrat and leaving the rest blank.
Apart from that, though, weigh in on every race and absolutely feel free to Google the candidates and take your time, if you get there and don’t know how to fill out your ballot. Just keep that in mind– you also can feel free not to vote in unopposed races, if you don’t like the candidate. Leave it blank, and then they can’t say later they had a mandate from the masses. You don’t have to fill out your whole ballot to have your say.
Often your local League of Women Voters website will have information on the candidates, but not always– in past years, this has often been true, and it has helped me a lot. LoWV is nonpartisan and mostly just really wants people to participate in government. (Though they have found themselves in opposition to the current régime, because the current national GOP party platform seems to be pretty sturdily anti-voting. That shouldn’t be partisan, and yet?)