Hey so friendly reminder about voting and elections that I haven’t seen going around yet but is SUPER IMPORTANT.
Watch what you wear and say while you’re waiting in line for the voting booth/at the polls. It is against federal law to do anything that might be considered campaigning once you’re there, and since we know that voter suppression is the name of the game this election, there will be people looking for ANY reason to remove you from the polling place. And they will nitpick. You have a shirt with a artistic picture of donkey on it? You’re visibly supporting the Democrats, you’re disqualified from voting. Want to wear a Black Lives Matter shirt? Not there you don’t. They’ll call it intimidation and kick you out. Pins, buttons, stickers, none of it. Wear the most bland, plain clothes you can imagine.
And then keep your mouth shut. Even the slightest hint of discussion about which candidate you’re voting for can get used against you. Don’t assume the people around you are safe to discuss it with. You might be overheard. There WILL people watching for these things, hoping to get rid of anyone they can. Voter suppression isn’t just about making registration impossible. It happens at the polling stations too. Be smart, be bland, be quiet, and make sure your vote gets in.
Also- and I have seen this mentioned but it bears repeating- DO NOT TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR BALLOT. EVER. It’ll also disqualify your vote. Take a selfie when you’re out of their with your fun little sticker.
this post is a fucking joke right ?
nope, it is illegal to campaign near a voting station and taking pictures of your ballot is illegal in many states. I think it might even be illegal to take pictures around the voting place at all. The extent to which “campaigning” is interpreted allows for easy voter suppression.
Also some states forbid cell phone use around the polling area. Not just speaking on a cell phone, but using it–like to consult a list of candidates you’ve typed up to remember who to vote for when you’re filling out your ballot. Write your notes on paper like it’s the dark ages. Don’t give them any excuse to suppress your right to vote.
If you don’t believe the midterm elections are important, since Trump is still in office:
Remember near the end of Obama’s presidency, when people were complaining that he couldn’t get anything done because congress was standing in his way, blocking his nominees and keeping his goals from turning into legislation?
That’s because in the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans gained control of the Senate, and as a result held both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Obama was still president. But Republicans had congress, and that gave them power.
Imagine if every time Trump wanted to put out a new travel ban, or give ICE more power to go after families, or roll back environmental protections, or protections for trans people against discrimination, he had to face the level of resistance in congress that Obama did.
Whether a democratic congress would oppose Trump out of principles or simply out of partisanship, they would make life harder for him.
If you are angry about the Trump administration you can take a lot of power away from him by voting Democrat in the midterm elections tomorrow.
hey followers I’m sick af but I’m sure as shit going to drag myself out to vote democrat tomorrow and you all need to, too
Vote because you want to prevent increasing violence, vote to protect people who need to be protected, vote out of sheer unmitigated spite. Whatever your reasons, JUST VOTE.
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