#count every vote

[welcometoqueer]

If you voted by mail in a swing state, go online, track your vote, make sure you were counted.

Votes are still being counted, but if you live in Philly, Detroit, Milwaukee, Maricopa County (AZ), etc, call your local elections official and ask for a recount by hand

If your vote went from "recieved" to not counted, call your local elections office today.

If your vote in AZ was rejected, make sure you call in order to cure your ballot.

If voted in person, also call your elections office and request a recount by hand.

You're only going to have this opportunity for a short time.

Check your ballot status:

Find and contact your local election official:

[azeutreciathewicked]

IMPORTANT: 1200 BALLOTS FROM PHILADELPHIA HAVE ALREADY BEEN REJECTED DUE TO VARIOUS ERRORS. Voters need to check with their elections office or at the site above (for Philadelphia) to ensure that their ballot was not rejected. If it was rejected, they need to contact their elections office ASAP for options to ensure their vote can be counted. Other Pennsylvania voters should proactively check with their elections offices NOW as well since some counties ARE NOT REQUIRED TO INFORM VOTERS THAT THEIR BALLOT WAS REJECTED. Pennsylvania ballot tracker here: https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/BallotTracking.aspx If you know anyone in Pennsylvania who is eligible to vote, check on them and help them out.

[g4zmaintechtv]

Catholic

[zimshan]

Attention Pennsylvania voters!

Senator Bob Casey’s race is now at a margin of 0.53%.

An automatic recount in PA is triggered with a margin of 0.5%. That’s a difference of 0.03% or a little over 2,000 votes. We need to make sure every ballot is counted here, and there’s thousands of uncounted ballots right now due to voter error.

Did you mail in a ballot? Check to see it was accepted here:

If it says anything other than accepted/counted/etc, your ballot needs your attention. A mistake in filling it out means that your ballot will not count unless you “cure” it. Check your county’s curing policies:

See full instructions for curing by county here.

You have until November 12 to cure your ballot in PA.

Do you know someone who mailed in a PA ballot? Please pass these links on to them. You may be the difference between their vote counting or not in a super close race.

Everyone else, you can help PA voters cure their ballots. If you live in Pennsylvania, you can help canvass in your county (see links in this thread). If you are in another state, you can sign up to call voters and help them cure by phone.

Want to help another state? Sign up for a shift through November 19.

[jjskiaraa]

You know what I cannot wait for? The day we have an election and we don’t have to say vote like your life depends on it because it does. This man has seeped into every facet of our lives for almost TEN years. Think about that. With one simple vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz he’s cooked-forever, and we won’t have to deal with that urgency again. We can have real policy debates and make actual progress again, once he is gone for good. So let’s do this thing one last time let’s vote like our lives depend on it and get back a better politic.

[potofsoup]

i love your fourth of july comics every year but this years feels extremely optimistic about biden’s abilities in the face of him letting roe get overturned and funding a gen*cide at worst or letting it happen at best by taking the bare minimum of regulatory action… i mean can he really be trusted at all anymore to do the right thing or act in line with the people’s demands? and how do we know the people behind project 2025 won’t just rig the election again to get in under false pretenses?

Hihi! Thank you for reading and enjoying my July 4th comics every year! I am in a non-US airport en route to a month-long trip in a place with sketchy internet, so sorry in advance for sloppiness in my response (and potentially going radio silent).

But:

I don't think he "let" Roe get overturned, since that was the Supreme Court's overwhelming conservative majority, which really started with Mitch McConnell refusing to approve Obama's appointee and forcing it into a 2016 election issue. The fact that Trump got to appoint 3 Supreme Court Justices is what got us here.

Re: Biden and the Israel/Hamas war ... on the one hand, there's definitely more that he could have done, but on the other hand, they are a whole other country over there. It's Hamas that initiated the Oct 7 attacks and took the hostages. It's Netanyahu and his right-wing government who decided to retaliate to such extreme extent. Biden can talk about how he would really like Netanyahu to stop fighting and step down, but at the end of the day that's not his call, any more than he can stop the Sudan fighting that is near-genocidal either.

So, to come to your question #1: "Can he really be trusted at all anymore to do the right thing or act in line with the people’s demands"?

For me, it's a resounding YES. Guyz, he has passed so much good domestic policies. My spouse works in green energy and the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act halved his anxiety and gave him legitimate hope. The tumblr post I linked to in my comic has links to many of the other great things that Biden has done. Tbh I voted for him in 2020 because "a moldy onion is still better than Trump", and I've been pleasantly surprised. Like how he tried to cancel student loans, the Supreme Court overturned it, and then he came back 6 months later with a different way to do it that didn't lead to a court challenge.

Is he perfect? Hell no. There's tons of stuff that I wish he did more about, or he went further on, but also he's just one guy heading one branch of government who is heading into an election year. (Just like FDR promising not joining WWII, while behind the scenes doing all the Lend-Lease Act stuff). And "the people" have lots of demands, many of them conflicting.

I'd also like to push at the unspoken part of your question... "Can he really be trusted to do the right thing..." compared to whom? Because right now the answer is "compared to Trump." And compared to Trump... I don't even trust Trump to respect the results of a legitimate election. Heck, he might just take his favorite state secrets, sell them to the highest bidder (or just show them off to someone for funzies), and then claim Presidential immunity. A decent Democrat who got stuff done vs someone who probably wants to pardon himself and all his friends and do Project 2025 stuff is not even on the same level. (Do I wish that there was a viable Democratic alternative to Biden? Sure! But who?) Heck, at this point -- imagine if it's Kamala Harris vs. Trump. Who would you vote for?

As for your question #2: "How do we know the people behind project 2025 won’t just rig the election again to get in under false pretenses?"

We don't. But also what can we do besides showing up to vote?

Actually, I need bullet points for this:

The 2022 midterm elections brought in fewer-than-expected election-deniers into crucial electoral offices at the state level, which means that hopefully most state electoral boards will continue to have integrity

Yes, voting is harder but at least we can still vote. So it's about getting out there and getting your vote counted. For some states, it involves waiting in 8 hour lines. For some states, it involves bringing 2 forms of ID. Document. Track. Make sure it's dropped off in a real ballot box and not a fake one. Don't believe messaging that the voting is happening on a different day or location, etc.

A 50.1% majority is easily challenged. A 55% majority, less so. Which means getting people out to vote.

The more people know about and think about the reality of a second Trump term (versus being disappointed by a Biden term), the more they will be motivated to vote against Trump.

Finally, let's be real here: I'm braced for a 2nd Trump term. That said:

I'm still going to go and vote for Biden, because the only way to prevent a 2nd Trump term is to vote.

A Trump term where either the House or Senate is controlled by the Democrats will be *very* different from a clean Republican sweep.

Even with a clean Republican sweep on the federal level, States have so much more power now, and voting the state level stuff will help shore up Democratic goals for the future. States get to draw voting districts however they want. States get to decide on abortion policies. If you live in a deep Red state, there still might be things to vote for that make it easier to live in now, and turn it purple a few elections down the line.

So at the end of the day, it's "Vote AND". Vote and keep living your best life. Vote and tell others about Project 2025. Vote and have hope. Even if Trump wins, at least you'll have voted against him. Vote and stay to build up a progressive wave for the next election.

[smegmafactory4ever]

[destielmemenews]

2024 Presidential Election Results

A single, frequently updating post that will have the result of each state, in alphabetical order, as they come in. Check in often for updates!

CURRENT ELECTORAL VOTES, 270 TO WIN

🟦Harris: 226

🟥Trump: 312

Alabama - 🟥Trump

Alaska - 🟥Trump

Arizona - 🟥Trump

Arkansas - 🟥Trump

California - 🟦Harris

Colorado - 🟦Harris

Connecticut - 🟦Harris

Delaware - 🟦Harris

Florida - 🟥Trump

Georgia - 🟥Trump

Hawaii - 🟦Harris

Idaho - 🟥Trump

Illinois - 🟦Harris

Indiana - 🟥Trump

Iowa - 🟥Trump

Kansas - 🟥Trump

Kentucky - 🟥Trump

Louisiana - 🟥Trump

Maine - 🟦Harris (district 1)(at large) 🟥Trump (district 2)

Maryland - 🟦Harris

Massachusetts - 🟦Harris

Michigan - 🟥Trump

Minnesota - 🟦Harris

Mississippi - 🟥Trump

Missouri - 🟥Trump

Montana - 🟥Trump

Nebraska - 🟥Trump (district 1 and 3) 🟦Harris (district 2)

Nevada - 🟥Trump

New Hampshire - 🟦Harris

New Jersey - 🟦Harris

New Mexico - 🟦Harris

New York - 🟦Harris

North Carolina - 🟥Trump

North Dakota - 🟥Trump

Ohio - 🟥Trump

Oklahoma - 🟥Trump

Oregon - 🟦Harris

Pennsylvania - 🟥Trump

Rhode Island - 🟦Harris

South Carolina - 🟥Trump

South Dakota - 🟥Trump

Tennessee - 🟥Trump

Texas - 🟥Trump

Utah - 🟥Trump

Vermont - 🟦Harris

Virginia - 🟦Harris

Washington - 🟦Harris

Washington, D.C. - 🟦Harris

West Virginia - 🟥Trump

Wisconsin - 🟥Trump

Wyoming - 🟥Trump

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[notbecauseofvictories]

just came off my shift as an election judge and I honestly think we should make people do this. I support abolishing the draft, and I even think that jury duty can get complicated, but everyone in the country should be forced to learn about election procedure, then have to sit around for 14 hours and practice being customer service for democracy. I think that would fix us.

[textless]

Two sides of the same sign (which is mine). Cochise County, Arizona, October 2024.

[softcitrus2345]

Sorry guys I won't be posting for a while

I was gonna make a post talking about the last month or so and how I didn't have internet for a while but it's back now and I can post again but nope

Not happening

Kind of paralyzed right now

It's hard to draw kink shit when my rights are being taken away before I ever got the chance to transition

I don't know when I'll be back.

I'm sorry.

[firestorm09890]

Ventus didn’t even break top 10 in regular pat’s poll which I think really made it hit how I’m not getting the same thing out of this series as most others (I mean, obviously, look at everything I’ve ever made, but still). you’re not intrigued by the guilt of someone who found themselves in a position they’d always wanted… at the expense of someone else? the ramifications of those desires being carried out in the most violent way possible by something that mostly isn't you, but partially is? and what happens to a person when that darkness is forcibly removed, and the consequences of layers and layers of repressed memories? you gave Goofy 120 more votes than him???

[sage-lights]

for my u.s. folk!! please make sure you’re registered to vote this year!! if courtmangela says to register, you register!!!!!!!!

[dollsinvogue]

Barbie for president!

Transcription:

YOU COULD SAY I'M A LOBBYIST, BUT THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT I'M ALSO A FRIEND, A SISTER, A DAUGHTER, AND MOST OF ALL, AN AMERICAN. (And I'm not just saying that because I'm thinking of running for office one day) I went to the rally last night, and my mind is still reeling. Women have been making such progress. Whoo! And all the speeches have been inspiring. I'm glad I registered to vote this year. Each vote counts, you know.

[justyourlocalplaguedoctor]

Everybody, I am begging you, vote blue. I have not felt such primal fear that every time I think about it I have to sit down so as not to throw up. I have never been one to experience anxiety like this, and certainly not in such an extreme that I am reduced to curling up on the floor and trying to ride out the pain it causes.

This election is important. It is terrifying. I have worked so hard to find myself, to give myself the body that I want, to get myself the care that I want, and to help my fellow queers in their journeys as well.

I do not want to be forced to detransition. I do not want to hide who I am. I do not want to live in fear, and for my friends and for my family to live in fear. You have power. Do not throw it away, do not underestimate it. Do not lie down and accept defeat. How can you win if you do not fight?

Get. Out. And. Vote.