If you’re eligible to vote in the US, it’s time to do your civic duty and get to the polls before they close. This midterm is a really important election! Every vote counts!
If you need help voting, you’re welcome to message me for resources! Here are some great resource posts to start you out:
Remember: progress doesn’t happen unless you make every effort to enact it. Voting may not be the only avenue to change, but it’s something you can do right now.
It’s basically a national level issues guide. Highly recommend – esp if you’re “not that into politics” and want a quick summary of the big issues right now based on party leadership
Policies > Party
Just a few examples:
1. Do you want comprehensive background checks in order to buy a gun in America?
One hundred percent of the totalsponsors of Background Check Expansion Act are Democrats. The only way for this to happen is to vote for Democrats.
2. Do you want to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico?
While there are some Democrats who support “the wall,” 100 percent of the sponsors of the Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act are Republicans. The only way for this to happen is to vote for Republicans.
3. Do you want mandatory coverage for pre-existing conditions?
One hundred percent of those who voted for the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) were Democrats; 100 percent of the Democrats in Congress voted against the ObamaCare repeal endorsed by Donald Trump. Republicans have made numerous attempts to repeal ObamaCare since Trump took office, and voted dozens of times during the Obama administration. The only way for that to continue to happen is to vote for Democrats.
7. Do you want equal pay for women in America?
Of the 247 sponsorsof
the Paycheck Fairness Act, to close loopholes that prevent women from
receiving less than $1 for every $1 a man makes at the same work, 246
are Democrats. Only one is a Republican. The only way for that to happen is to vote for Democrats.
8. Do you want to get money out of politics?
There are 162 sponsors of the Government By the People Act; 29 sponsors of the Fair Elections Now Act; and 16 sponsors
of the We the People Democracy Reform Act, to reduce the role of money
and big money lobbyists in American elections and American politics. At
207 total, 206 are Democrats. Of the 217 totalsponsors of the DISCLOSE Act, to disclose the identities of corporate “dark money donors,” all are Democrats. The only way for that to happen is to vote for Democrats.
I saw this on Facebook and went to check my registration status, sure it was fine because I voted recently, but I put in the info and it said I’m not registered
PLEASE, especially if you’re a Black voter, check your registration status at vote.org
Know your status
Does your last name sound anything like Lopez, Martinez, or Rodriguez? Mine does. When I saw this post I checked my voter registration status online with my state. Despite registering just three months ago, I was no longer registered to vote, and I did not receive my ballot. If you live in a mail-in voting state and you didn’t get your ballot, contact your county election official/county clerk for a replacement.
Particularly if you live in Texas, please vote, just for the schadenfreude. Can you even imagine if Texas goes blue. Can you even imagine Ted Cruz losing. I’m getting giddy just thinking about the conservative meltdown. There is literally zero path to the Presidency for Republicans that doesn’t include Texas. If they have to sweat bullets for the next forever thinking that Texas might be a left-leaning state… guys, this just sounds like a fun time.
Vote for Beto for the schadenfreude.
Beto is fucking BEHIND!!! Get out there and VOTE!!!
Last I checked, Beto is behind by like 4%. That is already huge for a Democrat in Texas by my understanding, and that is only polling “likely” voters, which literally never includes young people. If people our age turn up to vote, it would definitely swing the election massively towards Beto.
Texans, please do it. For me.
update as of this morning nov 1: gap is closing, he holds only a 3 point lead 🎊
Actual human Ted Cruz is sweating actual human sweat over this!
I’m telling you, if young adult turnout in Texas is really high, Beto will win. It’s literally up to the twenty somethings whether or not we get to see Ted Cruz cry.
As someone who’s reported alt-right harassment and rhetoric on various
social media sites and been told “there’s nothing here that violates our
TOS,” seeing what RPGnet is doing is a welcome breath of fresh air.
Please, more social media sites need to do this.
This is censorship of free speech
Reminder to Right-Wing extremist snowflakes:
It’s only censorship when the government does it. Y’know, stuff your hypocritical politicians like to do.
Businesses get to do whatever they want within the law, as your hypocritical politicians have ensured.
Bravo, RPGnet. Let’s see more of this, other social networks!
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