#ballot box

[presaugust]

Dr. Ratthi: #1 Man

[whenweallvote]

Happy World Smile Day! Nothing makes us smile wider than seeing you all make your voices heard at the ballot box throughout election season. 😁

Make sure you are registered and ready to vote RN at WeAll.Vote/register. Don’t forget to tag us in your I Voted selfies @whenweallvote after you hit the polls this month! 🤳🏽

[my-midlife-crisis]

[jackass-democrats]

Never Trust a democrat.

[hebrewbyinbal]

Watching the New York elections closely.

As always, there is an opportunity for Hebrew language learning!

[reasonsforhope]

"Two years ago, the biggest battles in state legislatures were over voting rights. Democrats loudly — and sometimes literally — protested as Republicans passed new voting restrictions in states like Georgia, Florida and Texas. This year, attention has shifted to other hot-button issues, but the fight over the franchise has continued. Republicans have enacted dozens of laws this year that will make it harder for some people to vote in future elections. 

But this year, voting-rights advocates got some significant wins too: States — controlled by Democrats and Republicans — have enacted more than twice as many laws expanding voting rights as restricting them, although the most comprehensive voter-protection laws passed in blue states. In all, 39 states and Washington, D.C., have changed their election laws in some way this year...

Where voting rights were expanded in 2023 (so far)

Unlike two years ago, though, we’d argue that the bigger story of this year’s legislative sessions was all the ways states made it easier to vote. As of July 21, according to the Voting Rights Lab, [which runs an excellent and completely comprehensive tracker of election-related bills], 834 bills had been introduced so far this year expanding voting rights, and 64 had been enacted. What’s more, these laws are passing in states of all hues.

Democratic-controlled jurisdictions (Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island and Washington) enacted 33 of these new laws containing voting-rights expansions, but Republican-controlled states (Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming) were responsible for 23 of them. The remaining eight became law in states where the two parties share power (Nevada, Pennsylvania and Virginia).

That said, not all election laws are created equal, and the most comprehensive expansive laws passed in blue states. For example: 

New Mexico adopted a major voting-rights package that will automatically register New Mexicans to vote when they interact with the state’s Motor Vehicle Division, allow voters to request absentee ballots for all future elections without the need to reapply each time and restore the right to vote to felons who are on probation or parole. The law also allows Native Americans to register to vote and receive ballots at official tribal buildings and makes it easier for Native American officials to get polling places set up in pueblos and on tribal land.

Minnesota followed suit with a law also establishing automatic voter registration and a permanent absentee-voting list. The act allows 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote too. Meanwhile, a separate new law also reenfranchises felons on probation or parole.

Michigan enacted eight laws implementing a constitutional amendment expanding voting rights that voters approved last year. Most notably, the laws guarantee at least nine days of in-person early voting and allow counties to offer as many as 29. The bills also allow voters to fix mistakes on their absentee-ballot envelopes so that their ballot can still count, track the status of their ballot online, and use student, military and tribal IDs as proof of identification. 

Connecticut became the sixth state to enact a state-level voting-rights act, which bars municipalities from discriminating against minority groups in voting, requires them to provide language assistance to certain language minority groups and requires municipalities with a record of voter discrimination to get preclearance before changing their election laws. The Nutmeg State also approved 14 days of early voting and put a constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot that would legalize no-excuse absentee voting.

No matter its specific provisions, each of these election-law changes could impact how voters cast their ballots in future elections, including next year’s closely watched presidential race. There’s a good chance your state amended its election laws in some way this year, so make sure you double-check the latest rules in your state before the next time you vote."

-via FiveThirtyEight (via FutureCrunch), July 24, 2023

[carldoonan]

This Voting Li’l Voter says: “Vote!!”

(Primary day here in Florida. Sometimes voting democrat here feels like tossing my ballot directly into a furnace, but I still do my part voting on the smaller stuff too.)

[digitalwizard01]

What was the ballot box arsonist even trying to accomplish? Washington and Oregon have been safe blue since the 80s, like it's still heinous election interference but what did they think a couple drop boxes were gonna flip the states red? Congrats dumbass you caught yourself a federal offense for literally nothing

[veinvv]

filling out my ballot with a genshin impact pen

hopefully i don’t lose the 50/50 on the presidential banner ☝🏻

[davidaugust]

Voter’s Creed

by David August (in homage to the USMC)

This is my vote. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

My vote, without me, is useless. Without my vote, I am useless. I must cast my vote true.

My vote and myself know that what counts in this is not the ink we use, the noise of our slogans, nor the social posts we make. We know that it is the votes that count. We will vote.

My vote and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemies. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory.

[whenweallvote]

On This Day in 1913: The 17th Amendment was ratified, giving VOTERS the power to elect U.S. Senators instead of letting the state legislatures decide.

As women and people of color won the right to vote, they took their power to the ballot box and voted for Senators that better represented the diversity of our country.

The power should be in the hands of the people. ✊🏽

Exercise YOUR power at the ballot box this year. Register to vote at weall.vote/register.

[nando161mando]

“The ballot box is where movements go to die. We give our energy to the living struggle”

#anarchy

[zenerrocksmc]

(I’m also working on potentially uploading all of them unlisted and with the chapters set up, just shoot me a message for the link)

[hebrewbyinbal]

Here’s Language, Elections, and Responsibility

This year’s presidential election is not just a significant moment for Americans—it holds importance for Israelis and people all over the world. To combine a language lesson with this crucial time, I created some watercolor art to teach you how to say key election-related words in Hebrew: elections, party (political party), ballot box, country, and state.

Why? Because language is everywhere, and the moments happening around us are always an opportunity to learn something new! While we’re learning, let’s remember the privilege and responsibility we have to vote. Our voices matter—not just for ourselves, but for future generations and for communities across the globe.

Swipe through the images, and as you say each word in Hebrew, remember the power that lies in your hands (and ballot!). ✍🏼🗳

[chambertomb]

I reserve rights to final judgement