#vote.org check it out

[yellowsharpie]

LETS!!! GET!!! SERIOUS!!! ABOUT!!! LOCAL!!! ELECTIONS!!! FOOLS!!!

[hoodiefox]

Sorry for the political spam, guys. I'm just terrified; and reminding people to vote is the only microscopic semblance of control I've got. 😎

[potofsoup]

Oh look, it seems like there's a Republican-led movement to purge voter rolls in the lead-up to the election! It's almost as if your vote matters and they don't want you to vote! Anyway, I whipped up a quick map (based on this) that shows when the voter registration deadline is in each state. There are a few deadlines coming up in the next week or so.

If you live in a state that regularly purges voter rolls for infrequent voters (the orange ones in the first map), or if you moved recently, it's good to check if you're still registered to vote.

Vote.org makes it super easy to check your registration: https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/

Just put in your address and DOB and they'll tell you whether you're registered. (And they give you a quick link to register online if it turns out that you're not! Only the 9 states in white on my map don't have online registration, and for those they provide instructions on how to do it via mail or in person.) If you want an extra verification, find your state's election website and double-check there.

So yeah, give yourself peace of mind -- do a quick check. :)

[marvelsmostwanted]

Today in 🍂✨October surprises✨🍂

• Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Labor Julie Su quietly assisted in winning labor rights for dockworkers, ending a strike that could have had catastrophic economic consequences. (10-4-24)

• In Springfield, Ohio, where Haitian migrants have been blamed for the disappearance of local animals with Trump claiming “‘migrants are walking off’ with geese in the town” and “they’re eating the dogs” - a lie also promoted by JD Vance, Ohio’s own sitting Senator, with no evidence - it turns out that the missing geese were actually the victims of a 64-year-old white man who was hunting illegally. (10-3-24)

• A Trump-appointed federal judge blocked Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan again after another judge reinstated it earlier this week. (10-3-24)

• Republicans and crazy Facebook uncles everywhere have spent this week spreading disinformation about the FEMA response to Hurricane Helene, including AI photos of Trump standing in floodwater and wild claims that Biden is sending money to undocumented immigrants. In reality, the Biden-Harris administration has provided substantial emergency assistance and both Biden and Harris have visited the region. Meanwhile, it turns out that Trump was the one who redirected money from disaster relief to send to ICE during his presidency. Shocker. (10-4-24)

• Seriously, though, Trump is not who you want to call in an emergency. Before allowing disaster relief to reach victims of wildfires in California, then-president Trump forced aides to show him an electoral map to see if he had voters there. He evidently intended to withhold the aid if he found out it was going to mostly Democratic voters. This would be a career-ending scandal in any other political era but alas, we are living in this one. (10-3-24)

• Finally, far-right extremist and Oklahoma superintendent of schools Ryan Walters intends to put Bibles in public schools, which is already disturbing, but in a stunning display of corruption, the only ones that meet his specifications are the so-called “Trump Bibles” that include the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. They go for $60 apiece and Trump gets fees from each one. (10-4-24)

No, wait, I’m going to say that one again:

In Oklahoma, taxpayers’ money will be used to put Trump Bibles in public schools. Their money will go directly to Trump. Not a joke!!! Not an exaggeration!!!

…Surely the voters who are still undecided are lying, right?? Right?!

30 days until Election Day.

Go to vote.org for a sample ballot, early voting dates, and more. Seriously, we have to win.

[mellxncollie]

happy nov 5/destiel day!

americans (usa) please please please go vote if you haven't already. check out vote.org to find your nearest polling place.

[cannibaldaughter]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO HAVE IF YOU PLAN ON VOTING IN THE US ELECTION (November 5th, 2024):

IF you don’t have a way to get to your polling place both Uber and Lyft are offering 50% off of trips to your polling place! For Lyft you can use their code VOTE24 and on uber there will be a space on the app that says “Go Vote!” that will show you all the available promotions you can use to get to your polling place.

if you don’t know what your polling place is you can go to vote.org/polling-place-locator and check the voter registration logs in your state OR you can google “polling place locator” and there should be a widget that will show you where to go if you enter in your address (NOTE: ENTER YOUR PERMANENT ADDRESS, I.E the address on your drivers license or the address that you put down when you registered to vote)

If English is not your first language or primary language, you can ask for a translator to assist you or you can ask one of the workers at your polling place if they have non-English language ballots (this is only available in some states and counties but it is a good idea to ask regardless)

IF YOU LIVE IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING STATES, YOU MUST HAVE A PHYSICAL GOVERNMENT ISSUED I.D TO VOTE:

Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming

USE THIS SITE TO FIND OUT IF YOUR STATE HAS SAME DAY VOTER REGISTRATION -> https://www.rockthevote.org/how-to-vote/same-day-voter-registration/

USE THIS SITE TO FIND OUT IF YOUR STATE REQUIRES YOUR EMPLOYER TO GIVE YOU TIME OFF TO VOTES -> https://ballotpedia.org/Time_off_work_for_voting

UNDER THE READ MORE I HAVE LINKS TO VOTER GUIDES FOR EVERY STATE + WASHINGTON D.C. THAT HAVE INFORMATION ON THE POSITIONS OF EACH CANDIDATE AND SUMMARIES OF BALLOT MEASURES YOU WILL BE VOTING FOR/AGAINST - YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BRING YOUR PHONE INTO THE BOOTH SO USE THESE AS A GUIDE!

Alabama Voters Guide from Alabama Reflector -> https://alabamareflector.com/voter-guide/2024/

Alaska Beacon’s 2024 voter guide -> https://alaskabeacon.com/voter-guide/2024/

Arizona 2024 voter guide -> https://www.azvoterguide.com/

Arkansas Voter Guide from the Arkansas Advocate -> https://arkansasadvocate.com/voter-guide/2024/

California Voters Guide from the League of Women Voters of California (Available in Multiple Languages) -> https://cavotes.org/easy-voter-guide/

Colorado Voters Guide from Colorado Public Radio -> https://www.cpr.org/2024/10/14/vg-2024-colorado-voter-guide-to-the-2024-election/

Connecticut Voter Guide from Connecticut Insider -> https://www.ctinsider.com/projects/2024/elections/ct-election-2024-voter-guide/

Delaware Voters Guide from Delaware Journalism Coalition -> https://www.dejournalism.org/2024-voter-guide-for-delaware/

Florida Voter Guide from League of Women Voters Florida -> https://lwvfl.org/vote2024/

Georgia Voters Guide -> https://thegeorgiavoterguide.com/

Hawaii Voting Information from Vote411 -> https://www.vote411.org/hawaii

Idaho Voters Guide from Idaho Capital Sun -> https://idahocapitalsun.com/voter-guide/2024/

Illinois Voters Guide -> https://illinoisvoterguide.org/

Indiana Voters Guide from Vote411 -> https://www.vote411.org/indiana

Iowa Voters Guide from Iowa Public Radio -> https://www.iowapublicradio.org/political-news/2024-09-18/iowa-ballot-2024

Kansas Voters Guide from BallotReady -> https://www.ballotready.org/us/kansas

Kentucky Voters Guide from Kentucky Election Org -> https://www.kentuckyelection.org/

Louisiana Voters Guide from The Louisiana Illuminator -> https://lailluminator.com/voter-guide/2024-louisiana-voter-guide/

Maine Voters Guide from Maine Morningstar -> https://mainemorningstar.com/voter-guide/2024/

Maryland Voters Guide from Maryland Matters -> https://marylandmatters.org/voter-guide/2024/

Massachusetts Voters Guide from CBS News -> https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/whats-on-2024-election-ballot-massachusetts/

Michigan Voters Guide from the Michigan Voters Information Center -> https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/publicballot/index

Minnesota Voters Guide from the Minnesota Star Tribune -> https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-2024-voters-guide-whos-running-where-they-stand-on-the-issues/601147912

Mississippi Voters Guide from the Mississippi Clarion Ledger -> https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2024/10/31/mississippi-voter-guide/75894837007/

Missouri Voters Guide from Missouri Channel 8 News -> https://www.komu.com/news/elections/november-2024-voters-guide/article_9ef3fa62-8cbf-11ef-903d-2bc40682f247.html

Montana Voters Guide from Montana Free Press -> https://apps.montanafreepress.org/election-guide-2024/

Nebraska Voters Guide from Flatwater Free Press -> https://voterguide.flatwaterfreepress.org/

Nevada Voters Guide from Vote411 -> https://www.vote411.org/nevada

New Hampshire Voters Guide from Seacoast Online -> https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/03/seacoast-nh-election-2024-voter-guide-candidates-where-to-vote/75988328007/

New Jersey Voters Guide from Ballot Ready -> https://www.ballotready.org/us/new-jersey

New Mexico Voters Guide from Source New Mexico -> https://sourcenm.com/voter-guide/2024/

New York Voters Guide from Times Union -> https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2024/new-york-voter-guide-general-election/

North Carolina Voters Guide from NCVoterGuide -> https://ncvoterguide.org/

North Dakota Voters Guide from The North Dakota Monitor -> https://northdakotamonitor.com/voter-guide/2024/

Ohio Voters Guide from The Ohio Capital Journal -> https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/voter-guide/2024/

Oklahoma Voters Guide from The Oklahoma Voice -> https://oklahomavoice.com/voter-guide/2024-oklahoma-elections/

Oregon Voters Guide from The Oregon Capital Chronicle -> https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/voter-guide/2024-general-election/

Pennsylvania Voters Guide from BallotReady -> https://www.ballotready.org/us/pennsylvania

Rhode Island Voters Guide for Rhode Island Current -> https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/voter-guide/2024/

South Carolina Voters Guide from Vote411 -> https://www.vote411.org/south-carolina

South Dakota Voters Guide from South Dakota Searchlight -> https://southdakotasearchlight.com/voter-guide/2024/

Tennessee Voters Guide from Tennessee Lookout -> https://tennesseelookout.com/voter-guide/2024-election/

Texas Voters Guide from Vote411 -> https://www.vote411.org/texas

Utah Voters Guidefrom The Utah News Dispatch -> https://utahnewsdispatch.com/voter-guide/2024/

Vermont Voters Guide from BallotReady -> https://utahnewsdispatch.com/voter-guide/2024/

Virginia Voters Guide from The Virginia Mercury -> https://virginiamercury.com/voter-guide/2024-virginia-voter-guide/

Washington Voters Guide from Cascade PBS -> https://www.cascadepbs.org/voter-guide/washington-statewide-voter-guide-2024

Washington D.C. Voters Guide from WTOP News -> https://wtop.com/dc-election/2024/10/dc-2024-general-election-voter-guide-everything-you-need-to-know/

West Virginia Voters Guide from Mountain State Spotlight -> https://mountainstatespotlight.org/west-virginia-2024-voter-guide/

Wisconsin Voters Guide from My Vote Wisconsin -> https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Whats-On-My-Ballot

Wyoming Voters Guide from WY VOTE -> https://wyvote.vote/

[voidingintotheshout]

Hey, just so you know, USA today is predicting that Trump is going to win the election in the United States that’s happening less than a month away. So if you don’t want a second Trump term, you might want to make sure that you’re registered at vote.org and to find out where your polling place is and all that other good stuff. It is a very big gamble to assume Harris has this in the bag. Even if she’s not your ideal candidate, the possibility that we may have Donald Trump is very real. Thus, this is the time that you need to really take stock of, if you’re not already definitely voting for Harris, are her negatives worth risking a second Donald Trump term because someone is going to become president and it very well might not be Kamala. Please vote. 

[roboticchibitan]

I've been thinking about voter suppression since yesterday. Specifically about ID requirements to vote, because I got a notification in the mail yesterday that my license expires on my birthday and it's going to cost $129 to renew. And according to the DOL I can get a reduced fee card for $25 but it's unclear if this is a license or just an ID card. When I look around the DOL website it refers you to the department of social and health services but a search of their website turns up NOTHING about this program so I can't figure out if I can get a license for a reduced fee.

Not only that, but there's two types of ID cards in Washington, regular IDs and "enhanced" IDs. An enhanced ID is required for re-entry into the US at land and sea border crossings. Starting in 2025 it'll also be required for domestic air travel. Even if I were to get this discounted card, which may or may not be a license, if I want it to be an enhanced ID I'd have to pay an extra $7 for each year it's valid. Washington does 6 and 8 year ID cards. So if I want to be able to go anywhere by plane, I am paying at least $67 for an ID card that, again, I cannot tell if it's actually a license or just an ID.

I really wish a percentage of that $129 went towards a fee waiver for enhanced driver's licenses. I would gladly pay for that. Because this is outrageous. I could get a passport for that much money.

And you know, to me, if I just needed an ID to vote and nothing else, $25 is doable. But to some people it's not. The most vulnerable people in society shouldn't have to choose between eating and being able to vote.

Requiring ID for voting is a form of voter suppression that affects the most vulnerable in our society. The people who need the most help. Not to mention the fact that voter ID laws disproportionately affect people of color.

Expand voting access! Enable voting by mail! And while we're at it, incorporate ranked choice voting!

If you want to support efforts to expand voting access, vote.org is a bipartisan independent charity organization working on that front. They score highly on charity navigator. They also have an easy tool to double check that you are still registered to vote because there's a history of people's registrations being purged. So it's good to check and I recommend you do.

[mystardustmelodyyy]

@remotewatch HQ’s Election Countdown Day 6: Law Students

Hand to god, it began purely as an academic partnership. Splitting note-taking responsibilities and checking each other’s work, that sort of thing. Sure, Jack was absurdly pretty, but the addictive spike in positive instructor feedback after you’d been reviewing each other’s writing for a bit had much more to do with it. When you started fucking after your study sessions, then before, then doing as much as you could before the ten minute break timer went off between subject blocs, it was pretty easy to justify. Literally getting fucked to sleep six nights a week made it nigh impossible to stay up worrying about what concepts would screw you over on an exam. The more time you spent letting Jack’s tongue lave over you and the longer you let him say he needed to coax you on his fingers before stretching you out over his dick like taffy, the more you struggled to worry about much of anything.

If you had to put a date on it, Halloween was around when you realized a change was going to be necessary.

The whole night had actually been going swimmingly: an Anything But Human dress code for your friends’ potluck was by far the least contrived of the season, and you’d started designing your honeybee costume the second you got wind of it. At your request that he please select a corporeal, non political costume for one party, Jack grabbed some wire, pliers, and black yarn from your craft basket and whipped up a cat ear headband to match the first all black outfit his eyes landed on before he’d headed over.

You, on the other hand, spent the last hour leading up to the party thoroughly saturating two powder puffs in gold spray glitter for your behind the knee curbiculae, leaving him to meticulously glue gold rhinestone smatterings to the black velvet of your dress and taking care to push his head back whenever it dipped too close to the fresh E6000.

Things only started to go south when you had to bend down to draw on Jack’s whiskers with your eyeliner. His patience lasted almost long enough for you to reapply your lipstick and kiss the tip of his nose pink before one finger was curling under your swooping low, gold marabou-trimmed neckline.

“I’m glad I didn’t let you talk me into going commando with a catsuit-“ he murmured, nuzzling his nose over your chest “it would be a real problem when you look this good.”

Soon enough, your legs were hooked securely over his shoulders and any lingering stressors were steadily eroded away with each full-weighted, eyelid-fluttering thrust of Jack’s hips.

When you eventually get out the door, it’s already sunset, and the fading daylight reveals comically dense patches of your pollen glitter reaching from Jack’s shoulders clear down to his navel. That good for nothing spray adhesive hadn’t held shit in place; you’d be amazed to discover any sparkle left behind your knees the way he’s bathed in it.

“This is exactly what I’m talking about! We look like a couple of perverts, and we’re late!” you frantically swat at his chest trying to clear some of the glitter, only working it deeper into the weave of his sweater.

“We’ll fit right in!”

“No, I’m serious! We really need to set some ground rules or something because this is getting ridiculous.”

✨✨✨✨✨

I’m sure you’ve all seen these by now 🤭. I know we talk a lot of the Harris Walz campaign specifically but Jack makes a good point- there are so many other candidates and propositions on your ballot that are just as important. For example, it is vital for us to secure as many GOP seats as possible. Vote.org has a great feature where you can enter your information and get a preview of your ballot to prep for when you vote for real.

Stay informed and stay mobilized, my beautiful heauxs! 👏🏽🩵💋

[fulfillpurpose]

Out-of-kink reminder:

If you're in the US - and especially if you live or vote in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin - vote for Kamala Harris on Tuesday, November 5th. (Or before!)

If you're not registered to vote yet, you can still register in Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, and Wisconsin - check out vote.org to find out how.

I love writing fiction about forced breeding, but unfortunately, Republicans actually exist, and really do want to bring about unfathomable depths of horror in the name of being "pro-life". Roe v. Wade was overturned because Trump got to appoint three Supreme Court justices, and that won't be the end of it if he gets another shot.

I know many people reading this are sickened by the idea of voting for Harris because of the Biden administration's failure to restrain Netanyahu and his cronies from committing atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon, and I sympathize - but unfortunately, one of two people is going to be president in 2025, and on this issue as with every other, Trump is far worse. (Netanyahu himself clearly wants Trump to win.) In my view, voting is always tactical - a little bit of power to push towards the world you want, even if you'll end up far from it. There's no power in throwing up your hands and declaring that both candidates are too terrible to touch.

And finally, as a practical note: if you like my writing, consider that I and many other kinksters will probably be in absolutely no mood for it for quite a while if the election goes badly. Vote, in the name of perversion!

[transit-fag]

Hey, Amtrack!

I hope this isn't a weird ask but you have a large following and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind reminding folks who can vote in the US electon this November to check their registration and voter deadlines. I know several states like Ohio has unregistered thousands of people on technicallity rules the goverments seemingly pulled out of their asses.

I'm watching my NYS registration like a hawk on Vote.org but others can go to this website

https://www.usa.gov/voter-registration-deadlines

To know when their state closes registration.

People who have moved this year or had a name change or basicically any minor legal change to their legal IDs like a driver's licence seem to be affected and of course their old fashioned changing up districts particularly for neighborhoods that are made up in majority by folks of color.

Thanks!

Voting is always important to do, even if you have issues with the presidential canidates, you should vote in the local, state, and Congressional elections

So make sure you're registered to vote

[drill-teeth-art]

Hey there! I wanted to put together a post for people here in the USA to give you some tangible steps for supporting Palestine including links to resources for them.

If you're not registered to vote or you're not sure whether or not you are, you can go here to vote.org. You can check whether or not you're registered AND register on there. You have the right and power to vote, and you should use it!

Here you can find out who your state representatives are at house.gov using your zip code. This website will include a link to your representatives' website, and I highly recommend going there as well to see what their stances are, especially right now on Palestine. Their website should also include contact information. You should check your senators' sites and stances as well.

You should call your state representatives and senators and voice your support for Palestine.

You should condemn the violence against Palestinians perpetrated by Israel and state your disgust and anger with the USA allowing and supporting Israel in carrying out these atrocities.

You should specifically state you will not vote for candidates that will not support Palestine through legislation.

You can choose which companies you give your money to! Please check here for what brands BDS is encouraging consumers to boycott for supporting Israel. And participate in the boycott!

Here is a post providing a simple to do email campaign to voice your support for Palestine it only takes a minute.

Here are trusted organizations that you can donate to.

And importantly, please stay as informed as you can. Listen to activists. It is from multiple activists I follow and check their pages regularly that I learned these steps to making an impact. Voice your support for Palestine. Call your reps. Boycott brands. Keep up with the people who are informed and can inform you on your best course of action to support Palestine.

I greatly appreciate people adding additional resources to this post if they're so inclined and additional tips or criticism of my advice as well is welcome if there's something I missed or should change.

[traegorn]

How do I find out about local elections? I only ever hear about them when they're done? Also do I have to fill out the whole ballot for it to he counted, like if the only person to vote for in 1 category i don't agree with can I not vote for that guy and have the rest of the ballot be? counted?

So when they are is going to depend on where you live. Like Ballotpedia might have some information but Vote.org has a notification thing you can sign up for. Your state may have more specific resources too (like Wisconsin has MyVote).

Honestly what you really want to do is use your local resources. Check your city and county websites, as well as pay attention to your local news. Everywhere is different, so I can't give you a single solution -- but none of this is really hiding once you know where to start looking.

[meganwhalenturner]

Voting Registration is ending soon in many states.

Please register and please double check your registration.

Find out now where you are supposed to vote and make a plan to get there.

[akgerhardt]

Last message for the election:

- If you have any issues, you can call or text the voter protection + assistance hotline 24/7 and after-hour messages will be returned as soon as it reopens: 8666878683 (866 OUR VOTE)

- Sites like http://vote.org may help you navigate all of this.

- If you mailed a ballot, please check to make sure it was received: http://ballottrax.com

If it wasn't or it was rejected, most places will let you cast a provisional ballot at your polling place. I recommend bringing ID.

If you haven't mailed it yet, please drop it off instead or hand it in at your polling place to vote traditionally, and if you do still want to vote with the mail-in, please follow its instructions carefully.

- Each county has different rules about voting, and red states keep introducing all sorts of legislation that makes it difficult to keep track of, so please check in advance in case your state now requires ID, the polling place has relocated, its hours changed, you can't wear or do certain things, etc. A decent polling place will let everyone who is in line by closing time vote.

- There will be judge races and amendments (many for protecting/restoring queer + repro rights) in some areas- you can look up a sample ballot beforehand or just "[your county name] 2024 primary candidates and propositions" and then see who endorses them (or message me and I'll look it up).

- VoteRiders provides free rides to everywhere involved in voting, and they'll pay any fees. There's others, too, like http://rideshare2vote.com for blue voters and http://ridetothepoll.com (The Lyft code LWV2024 is a last resort because they're limited.)

- You can find virtual and in-person volunteer opportunities for blue campaigns across the country at http://mobilize.us and https://volunteerblue.org/take-action-ballot-cure that continue after 11/5 in some states!

- Lastly, if you're planning on abstaining or writing "uncommitted," please check out VoteSwap as an alternative- someone in a fully red state will trade with you so that you don't hazard ushering in Project 2025.

Please feel free to repost anywhere.

[poisonpercy]

Important notes for U.S. Americans planning to vote on Election Day (November 5)

Several states allow you to register to vote at the polls on Election Day. Those states include Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia (D.C.), Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. If you would like to double check if your state allows same day registration, you can check here

Same day voter registration may not be available at your assigned polling place, so make sure to check with your local election office to see where same day voter registration is available

Make sure you know what you need to bring to vote. You can check the requirements for your state at vote.org or at rockthevote.org. These sites can also help show you what will be on your ballot and where your polling place is

Make sure you know your state’s polling place hours on Election Day. You can check out ballotpedia.org for the polling place hours in your state. I have also added some graphics with polling hours by state

Remember, if you are in line to vote when the polls are supposed to close, stay in line. As long as you stay in line, you have the right to vote

If you make a mistake on your ballot, ask for a new one

If the polling machines are down at your polling place, ask for a paper ballot

If you experience a problem at the polls or have any questions about voting, call the Election Protection hotline at:

866-OUR-VOTE (English language hotline)

888-VE-Y-VOTA (Spanish language hotline)

888-API-VOTE (Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and Tagalog hotline)

844-YALLA-US (Arabic language hotline)

301-818-VOTE (ASL video hotline)

If your name is not on the voter registration list, ask for a provisional ballot and follow up with your elections office to ensure your ballot was counted. To learn more about provisional ballots in your state, you can check out ballotpedia.org