#how to register to vote

[esoxwrites]

It's more important than ever, and it was already terribly important, to VOTE. VOTE, because it's the foundation of democracy: collective voices matter, and can overwhelm the shrieking fanatics. Go here to learn how to register, or *confirm* your registration is active (very important in current times), and to generally access voting information:

[doomdoomofdoom]

Kamala Harris does want "transgender surgery on illegal aliens that are in prison", btw.

So since Trumpists are getting mad enough about the jokes to actually cite their sources, I thought I'd put the source out into my left extremist commie faggot echo chamber, too.

The claim originates from an ACLU questionnaire she filled out for her 2020 presidential candidacy, specifically this section:

She wasn't given a new questionnaire for 2024, and has stated that while her policy on some things may have changed, her values had not. (This most likely means she moved more to the center to appease larger demographics and cut corners to reach compromises. The basic politician stuff.)

It boils down to this: If you're in prison, whether for "illegal" immigration or other crimes, you rely on the state to provide you with necessary amenities, like food and health care. Her argument isn't "hell yeah everyone in prison should get sex changes for free". It's "gender affirming surgery is a necessary medical procedure. If you are in the states care while this becomes necessary, the state should provide it." If you're outraged by your tax money being used on this, consider the massive amount of people being incarcerated in for-profit prisons, on your dime. Then ask yourself if maybe a prison reform might be in order.

Worth noting: In 2015, while Attorney General, Kamala Harris actually argued against providing gender-affirming surgery to an incarcerated trans woman, claiming that HRT and psychotherapy were sufficiently covering her medical needs. She has since obviously changed her stance and assumed responsibility. (I would like to take this moment to remind my fellow left extremist commie faggots that "willingness to learn and rethink your views" is infinitely more valuable than "perfect from the start and unwilling to listen to anyone")

Also found in the source: This image of Kamala Harris participating in the 2019 San Francisco Pride Parade, wearing what I believe to be a sequin rainbow embroidered denim jacket.

I encourage you to read the provided CNN article and the answers to the ACLU questionnaire, as they give great insight into her values.

TLDR: Based.

[musette22]

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[mugiwara-lucy]

Thanks for proving how racist you are, old man 😂

[here-comes-the-moose]

Echo in the rebellion: I’m a mom making a difference!

[iovealexivs]

i swear most of you people don’t even give primary candidates a CHANCE before jumping straight to biden. just perpetuating shit by making it worse. if you at least made a dent in the primaries public opinion could shift but i have not seen shit talking about that. people have just given up and assume it’s a trump vs biden round 3.

there ARE other candidates. this IS the month to be nominating them if you genuinely dislike biden. do research. i won’t tell you how to vote but if you care about ceasefire, if you care about rent going through the roof or student debt, about codifying roe v wade and lgbt rights, look elsewhere since biden has continuously not delivered.

[theharddeck]

it's not much but it's my current escapist daydream-yourself-to-sleep fantasy

may i present to you: whale watching in anacortes with bob floyd

you get up early to drive up from the city. he makes a thermos of tea, you pack some bagel sandwiches, just quietly moving around the shared kitchen, with just the light over the stove.

hours later you're on the boat and it's freezing. even though it's summer, the wind over the pacific is no joke, plus the boat's going pretty fast...you both knew it would be, but it's still a shock. bob keeps trying to give you his coat and you know that he will actually not be okay if he does, so you compromise by opening his coat and closing his arms around you, in front of him.

you can't hear each other over the wind and the boat's motor, but it's nice to be close and kind of quiet together

the first whale you see, you start crying. bob's behind you, so he can't see your tears, but he somehow knows. you feel his arms tighten around you, and his cold nose against your cheek as he reassures you that he's here, he sees it too.

he's all too happy to dart around to the other decks, for better views, and watches you amusedly as you burn through rolls of film, trying to capture the moments.

of course, you grab a few frames of him--looking quite rugged with his hair windswept and his cheeks flushed from the cold. He's squinting from how bright the sun is, and how sharp the wind is, but you know those'll be your favorites of the day.

the captain comes on the speaker to explain how you can tell when whales will breach and Bob listens with rapt attention. Sure enough, he starts spotting them and calling the captain and crew's attention so you can get closer--as close as conservation laws allow, of course; neither of you are interested in endangering the whales for a better view.

you keep waiting for it to get old, but it doesn't.

it's just the blue of the sea, the blue of the sky, and the excitement in Bob's blue eyes as you make memories on this excursion.

[agentperezbian]

I still don't like Taylor Swift but if she manages to prevent Trump from getting elected I'll be slightly less mean about her

[bomberqueen17]

civic duty

went to vote today. local elections, mostly uncontested.

it was so crowded, i did not expect that.

the man directly in front of me got mad when the people dispensing the ballots asked his name and then asked him to verify his address and date of birth. "That's personal information!" he exclaimed. "You have no right to ask me for that!"

"We have to verify your identity," the election worker said, stunned. "That's how this works."

"You're denying me my right to vote!" the man shouted.

"We-- have to figure out which voter you are," the election worker said. "I don't need to see ID or anything, i just need you to confirm for me which address you're at, and then which person by that name that resides at that address, so I can see if that matches our rolls, so I can make sure I'm dispensing a ballot to the right person."

"I was trained as an election worker!" the man shouted. "I know you have no right to demand personal information from me!"

"Well i can't give you a ballot if I can't verify which voter you are," the election worker said.

"I'm calling the cops!" the man shouted.

"By all means," the election worker said, "but please step outside to do so. I recommend you call the downtown cops, not just the emergency line, as they'll be more knowledgeable."

So the man went outside. I gave the workers my name, my address so they could find me, and confirmed my date of birth, since it seemed perfectly reasonable to me that often more than one person with the same name might reside at a particular address, and they gave me my ballot and I went and voted. When I went outside the man was still on the phone, yelling. "They have no right to demand personal information of me!"

That information is public record, my dude. And it's how they registered you to vote in the first place. And it's how you're organized in the voter rolls.

[lissy-strata]

"Sometimes the only choices you have are bad ones, but you still have to choose." - The Doctor

A message for all Americans of voting age: You don't have to like Biden, you don't even have to approve of any of his actions.

But if you choose to protest by NOT VOTING this year, you lose any right to call yourself an ally or progressive.

"But Biden-!" Doesn't fucking matter. If Trump or any Republican candidate wins, not only will the genocide in Gaza continue, but it will get worse. Not only will it get worse, but now the stage will be set for the far-right to install an authoritarian theocracy.

You know what's worse then genocide or an old guy? The fascist hell that the GOP wants to force upon us.

Go read up on Project 2025.

This isn't a game where you can refuse to play until you get a better outcome. You can't protest or petition your way to the perfect candidate. One of these people will be elected whether you vote or not.

There is no way NOT to participate, as not voting for Biden is the same as supporting Trump. (Doesn't matter what you say, that's exactly what it amounts to.)

Neither candidate is good.

YOU STILL HAVE TO CHOOSE.

[sadgirlautumn]

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[gobbluthbutagirl]

well she’s not gonna get it. Explode

[mugiwara-lucy]

So given Jill Stein wants to talk smack to Kamala Harris and a certain vocal minority wants to bash her and say Third Party candidates are the most moral (not saying they all aren’t!), I figured why don’t we just go over the main three Third Party Candidates that everyone talks about, shall we?

First off we have Jill Stein and her connections to Putin have long since been exposed:

And people love to say how she’s Anti-Genocide but she not only supports Russia genociding Ukraine but wants to pull America out of NATO (you know the reason we even have ALLIES in the first place?!):

Next up is Cornel West who not only owes half a MILLION in back taxes and child support:

And he ALSO wants to pull us out of NATO and supports Isreal too:

And lastly is RFK Jr who is not only a prolific Anti-Vaxxer, but also declined to take down a Confederate Soldier, played with a DEAD ANIMAL BODY AT 60 and was exposed to LITERALLY be a way to help Trump get back in the office:

But yeah they’re the most moral candidates, right? 🥴

In this election; Third Party votes along with Non-Votes ARE in of effect votes for Trumps. Indirect ones but still so PLEASE vote Blue for everyone you all know and love.

Thank You 🙏

[annalyticall]

"The older you get the more conservative you get" take is funny to me because I've been the complete opposite

[keefechambers]

i was hoping to have a piece for work done for this but tumblr hates links anyway so i'll just get on my soapbox without the full force of local journalism on my side i guess

anyway there's a demonstrated, organized, concentrated effort by right wing political groups masquerading as concerned parent groups to overrun municipal and local elections for things like school board candidates

yeah, you know those right wing parents complaining about gender queer and lawn boy and the existence of gay people in a classroom setting? it's absolutely an organized, funded republican psyop

they're trying to flip shit red at the local level in even the bluest areas and they'll succeed a lot of the time because people do not pay attention to local elections

regardless of your own (earned) cynicism about broader federal elections and how much good they do or do not do, not voting is not the solution. i understand the burn out of hearing from out of touch liberals whose only solution ever seems to be saying "vote" and then doing nothing when elected, but here's the thing -- voting is a solution in tandem with other solutions, not just the be all end all.

all that to say: while your life may not drastically change based on who wins your state's senate seat or who is in your house of representatives, it WILL drastically change if your entire city counsel or all of your county commissioners are now suddenly Christian nationalist/Qanon/culture war crusaders.

Elected positions like judge, sheriff, school board members, board of elections members, etc. are elections that people pay absolutely no attention to but actually have some kind of foundational impact on your day to day lives. These elections can be decided by margins of dozens of votes and when bad actors are in the background drumming up controversy and support based on anti-LGBTQ or anti-immigrant hysteria or even just straight up conspiracism (QAnon adherents are targeting secretary of state positions), it can and will affect people.

So yeah, go out and vote. but hone in on those smaller local elections too. sweeping federal change might be difficult to get in the short term, but your cities could be harmed in the short term because the fact is that the right wing is better organized and more unified in their intentions than anyone from the center over and that gives them an advantage in smaller races.

pay attention to who is running for your city council and your local school board. tell your friends and family, too. seriously!

[the-punk-zone]

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