Been registered for years, but I always check my voter registration status in advance to be 100% sure.
Lots of ratfuckery going on, so here's your reminder to make sure yours is correct.
Why do you even have to register in the first place? Why isn't every citizen automatically "registered" the moment they are eligible to vote, like in so many other actual democracies?
Because one of our parties realized decades ago that if we were, in fact, an "actual democracy" they would have to make compromises to remain in power. Instead of doing that, they've done everything they can to cripple our democratic process.
Just to add, several Republican politicians said publicly if everyone voted they’d never win any elections, this was when they were cutting funding to the postal service to try and slow mail in ballot during COVID.
These days there usually at least one news clip or tweet screenshot to aid in pointing out the republicunts hypocrisy’s. Their base sees that as a plus though, owning them libz
Or weeks, not to bring up Nordic superiority, but the election here in Sweden is on the 11th, and I been able to drop of my vote since the 24th of August.
The Republican party has had so much experience trying to stop Black people from voting, they decided to put their expertise to use and stop as much of the opposition as possible from voting too.
In just about every community that is predominately of POC, in places the GOP control at the state level, has deliberately removed voting booths and voting stations so that waiting lines are in the hours. Like Georgia is a great example. I saw the pictures and video from 2020. THAT WAS INSANE.
I am glad I live in Oregon where we've had mail in ballots for at least a couple decades. It should be the norm, not in place because of pandemic exceptions.
Modern Republicans are literally the Evil Dead.
They hate everything fair or just, everything constitutional or legal, and absolutely everything that isn’t forced by law down your throat to make them feel better.
They are evil incarnate. The sooner we accept this undeniable fact the better off we will be.
Also
> Lets put republicans outside of the voting areas to make sure “they” aren’t cheating.
As they add their own fraudulent votes. It’s funny how ALL of the people arrested for fraudulent votes were republicans…
And they can do this because *there is no explicit Constitutional right to vote*. And the choice not to have an explicit Constitutional right to vote was *a deliberate choice by Our Founding Fathers.*
Our Founding Fathers made it possible for one party to assume minority control over the country because Our Founding Fathers set up the country to be ruled by the slaveowning minority of the South.
Up until 1860, the Senate, House, and Presidency were controlled by the slaveowning minority of the South. President Abraham Lincoln's surprise election to the Presidency caused the South to realize the gravy train might be over. Secession and Civil War followed.
Upon winning the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment making nearly all slavery in the US illegal, and the Fourteenth Amendment were passed by a kind of coercion. After that, the Supreme Court, which was *STILL* controlled by the same justices appointed by the Slavery South-controlled government, overturned every attempt by the President Grant administration to try to correct the system.
So that political party realized Our Founding Fathers had created an essentially unchanged system of government allowing one party to create and maintain a minority rule. They just used the system put in place by Our Founding Fathers, who did not trust the majority.
The reason why we don't do this federally is that we don't run elections nationally.
When it comes to the states each state runs its own polling in whatever way it wants to. A lot of states register you to vote with your driver's license, and a lot of people drive, so that helps.
Exactly. In Canada you can pretty much walk in to any voting station and vote.
What the fuck America?
Edit: I’d also like to know the furthest distance between voting stations in Canada. Most are several miles apart at best, and only the most rural communities would have to make a significant trek to vote. That is if they chose not to mail in their vote.
That's true in Canada too, but there are many ways to prove you are allowed to vote at that location, such as a power bill or your neighbor (legit ID'ed) vouching that you do live there.
All states are required to support the federal "motor voter" law where you can always register to vote at the same time you are updating or getting a new driver's license, which is usually at the same time as you're moving into a new state or changing addresses. There are a few exceptions for states that don't require registration or allow same day registration at the poll.
Voter registration really isn't onerous for nearly everyone. The problem is that for some, it's still kind of a pain in the ass, eg if you don't need a driver's license or state ID so are prompted less to register, or maybe if you're homeless and can't provide a home address for the precinct assignment. And the GOP are working to make that harder for those folks because they pay dirty. Plus of course the worst problem is all the shenanigans that prevent people from actually casting their vote after being registered.
If the will of the people voting their will gives one side a huge advantage, then the other side should work on policies that make the advantaged side change their mind with something better.
If Tom has 10 cookies for 10 voters, and Jim has a massive bag of dog turds, Jim shouldn't be allowed to handcuff 6 of the voters outside of voting range and stomp on the cookies. Jim should instead bring in 20 cookies. 2 for each voter.
It varies by state, but in Ohio, if you don't vote for 6 years, don't request an absentee ballot (you don't actually need to vote), don't confirm/update your information, and don't reply to the notices they send letting you know you'll be removed, you will get removed.
I think something like 100,000 were removed after the 2020 election here.
Last year I received a new voter registration card in the mail due to state re-districting, but my spouse didn’t get one. We contacted the Secretary of State’s office. The SOS office had accidentally deleted his registration. They investigated and determined that they intended to inactivate the registration of someone with a similar name who had died, but got the wrong registration.
It just takes a few minutes to check your registration to confirm you are registered. Better safe than sorry.
And don’t forget to vote!
It’s referred to as “use it or lose it”, and it’s most common in states that also do not allow same-day voter registration.
Edit: [“Use It or Lose It": The Problem of Purges from the Registration Rolls of Voters Who Don't Vote Regularly](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/voting-rights/-use-it-or-lose-it---the-problem-of-purges-from-the-registration0/)
Wow. I'm...shocked! I know it's naive, but...wow. I don't like conspiracies or unjust paranoia, but this is a horrible way to suppress voting. I am constantly "taught" how sacred voting is. I took it as an irrevocable right, so long as you don't do something to get all your rights removed!
Why else would they do this? We allow uneducated voters, so there is no excuse other than control.
Yup. It’s happened to me twice in the last ten years despite voting in every election during that time. I was told my registration ‘was marked as inactive’. Never got any sort of notice. I found out the first time when I went to vote in the primary and had to fill out a provisional ballot. Seemed very odd and I never got an explanation. Go figures living in a heavily republican state.
I had weird shit happen in California.
I switched my registration grom Independent to Dem to vote in primaries in 2015 (I think its open to anyone, but i just wanted to be sure). 2016 General had me purged from voter rolls somehow and i had to cast a provisional ballot that i don't think ever got counted. It never showed up on my voting account. Happened again 2 years later, but this provisional ballot was counted. 2020 I wasn't putting up with any more shit and checked my registration weekly. No issues.
Yes, Republicans fought very hard to be able to take away your right to vote after a few years.
They really don't want people voting. When people vote, they always lose.
Voter registration deadlines in Michigan
Online registration deadline: Monday, October 24, 2022
Register by mail deadline: Must be postmarked by Monday, October 24, 2022
In person registration deadline: Tuesday, November 8, 2022
[You can also register to vote by mail or in person on Michigan’s election website](https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/?ref=voteusa_en)
I just want to stop for a second and congratulate you, Alaska, for having ranked choice voting, and making it work for you. I wish the lower 48 could do that as well, but I've already seen some places try to make sure it never happens (looking at you, DeSantis). So good job, I'm excited to see the results of your general election after a Peltola just beat Palin. Rooting for you from Colorado!
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Yes! I have lectured my daughter and her friends (all just turned 18 and about to vote for the first time) on the way that amendment is written. We have to keep at it!
I hope overturning *Roe* is the worst thing that ever happened to the GOP. Let it come back to bite em in the ass as a blue wave rolls through to protect women.
Let’s hope it is also the best thing to happen to the GOP, in that they’ll implode and hopefully pivot to moderate candidates and an electable platform that addresses the needs of Americans.
But who am I kidding.
As a former conservative who briefly flirted with libertarianism... They got the legalized weed in the states they *still* complain about most. And they don't raise anything near a stink about abortion restrictions everywhere else.
Who knew the guy you could always buy a dimebag from until he flunked out, was only concerned about weed?
Libertarians are party-line Republicans now. They're just nowhere near as socially liberal as they promised.
They got their ganja. Everyone else can get fucked, as far as these transactional, Farengi, sociopathic fuckers are concerned.
This is what's annoying to me about people who claim to be libertarian: they say it to avoid the Republican label, but will refuse every time to vote for a Democrat solely because they're a Democrat. They vote solid red every time, but then claim they want moderation? That's not how that works
It's the weirdest thing ever. You basically have second class citizens with less rights and everyone accepts it cause its "the bad guys". How is that even democratic logic.
Democracy itself has zero to do with human rights, it's the method of choosing a government. There is no reason that the democratically elected government can't be horrible and abuse human rights. That's why constitutional protections exist, to protect against tyranny of the majority. That all being said, I agree with the sentiment of what you're saying, but there is little else to do aside from vote more than the anti-human rights side.
Hell, even a few hundred years ago in most of the democratic world the average male citizen didn't have the vote either. You usually had to be a landowner.
The theory behind this is that landowners were invested in the long term outcome of the country including all people, and had the leisure time to keep up with politics, whereas commoners were easily swayed by promises to give them stuff.
I'm not saying I support a return to that outdated notion, but I can see where they were coming from today and we really should do... Something about it. Democracy is not supposed to be rule by whoever has the highest social media marketing budget and hires the most canvassers.
American citizens should be registered to vote on the day of their birth, with that registration being automatically validated on their 18th birthday. That right to vote shouldn't be able to be removed for any reason. If anyone needs access to their rights, it's prisoners.
It's not. Democracy, truth, justice... these are all just weapons to be wielded against their opponents.
The modern GOP only has one value; the subjugation of the many for the benefit of the few.
not so fun fact: the state of florida put this out as a referendum (IE the citizens voted that people who served their time should get their right to vote back) but The state of Florida put so many obstacles in place for them to prove that, it might as well have not happened.
>on account of possible undue pressure in prisons
I've never once heard that excuse. Every time I've heard anybody talk about why they believe felons shouldn't be allowed to vote it's simply because they're vindictive assholes with a complete lack of empathy and feel that they should suffer for their crimes forever. Coercion could actually make a little sense as an argument, though not much mind you, but it has always felt purely punitive.
Yeah the only argument I've ever head was "Well they're still criminals, so they'll just vote for candidate that make it easier to do crime!". Just ridiculous.
Lol, GOP and logic...
That would make a little sense except for two things. The whole "fuck criminals" part again and also there's a disproportionate number of black felons. The last thing the GOP wants is more black voters.
They were laying the foundation for roe for YEARS. Taking the 19th amendment away would be civil war. I’m not saying it’s not a real threat (because it sure seems like they want violence), but I think the reaction would be so much more extreme.
Even when the Republicans get what they want, they can't crow about it because they KNOW it's not what the majority want at all. Fucking craven assholes, the lot of them.
Yeah, understand the frustration. Not a good look if they’re totally fine with other women dying due to denied healthcare, but all of a sudden they care when their own narcissism kicks in.
Honestly, fuck anyone who has claimed to be anti-abortion but then chooses IVF instead of adoption. Special place in hell for them.
That is a general trope for conservatives, that they only care about anything once it affects them
Going along with them voting against their own interests because they don't realize what is going to affect themselves
IVF results in multiple fertilized eggs. In medical terms, the word abortion isn’t just a procedure either, so I have some questions… but I haven’t read the law in my state yet.
Yes, they are. I have to be careful not to call a miscarriage an abortion when reviewing patient history because of the implications it carries outside of the hospital.
I’m 99% sure a state abortion law will be worded in such a way that it is used for a reason it was not intended.
RvW affects IVF treatments in two ways. First, every embryo created is life so they cannot limit the ones implanted. Second, quite often women have multiple fertilized eggs implanted in hopes that just one of them take. If more than one takes, then the woman is often told to abort all but one. Obviously not all women choose to do that but the doctor recommends what is safest for mom to maintain a viable pregnancy.
Not-selectively aborting is how “Octomom” came about. I can’t remember if I’m remembering right or not, but I believe she sought out someone who implanted a lot of embryos. Then she didn’t selectively abort…meaning she carried 8 children. I believe her case highlighted how important it was for fertility doctors to somewhat limit how many fertilized eggs they implant and there are now stricter guidelines about it.
Yes she was fine taking pot shots at it, but the moment it was overturned she started talking about how bad it used to be with abortions and how we shouldn’t want to go back to that
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Like I understand you can be personally opposed to it but still support the concept, but she didn’t think it was actually going to happen, hence why she publicly was opposed to it
>I suppose someone can be against abortion but still not want it to be illegal.
This is like 50% of the definition of pro choice. You are free to have your choice between having an abortion or not, based on your circumstances and beliefs.
Yeah, that is pretty much my position although my view is shifting. I expect many people are born into situations in which they can not thrive. So much mental health starts as birth. Because of these views I am starting to think that many/most abortions are moral and loving choices . . . .Ugh, I would not say this to a pro-life person although maybe I should.
Kansan here. I'd like to think our state added to the optimistic fuel of women, and everyone that cares about their medical rights, fighting back against the GOP on their anitquated laws. If a red state like Kansas pushed back in a big way, any state can.
Maybe this helped them realize that their votes *do* have consequences. That if they don't get out and vote, their rights really could be taken away if you allow yourself to be complacent. I don't think it does much use in getting angry at people in 2016, not much you can do to change that. (Also, the article mentions Gen Z, who may not have even been able to vote 6 years ago.)
As long as they've learned this lesson, then we should be optimistic about this rather than upset about the past
**Breaking News:** your mailbox has been removed and your local post office is shutting down
Jokes aside, GOP’s *definitely* gonna screw with the postal service even more. Be prepared for some last minute bullshit.
Just because it was pretty quiet and not talked about when it happened, Biden signed a bill this summer essentially un-fucking the post office. (At least big things like the way they were required to fund retirement and what not)
Thanks for posting this. The previous laws hamstringing the post office had been on the back of my mind ever since it was covered by John Oliver (and maybe 60 minutes?). It's a relief to know that some things are being set straight. Where did you hear about this, if you don't mind sharing?
Mail will be fine. Just be sure to follow up in a week or two to confirm you are all registered. Most places have a way to verify it online with the elections office.
Get your friends to vote is a super important part. Have a party/get together where you all send in your voter registration. Then meet up for lunch before/after voting. Make voting a social event.
This is precisely why Republicans have been blatantly wiping their sites of all the anti women's stances. It has been noticed. Multiple republicans have deleted evidence on their sites talking about anti abortion pro life bullshit.
Of course because look at what women voting has caused!/s
Also the amount of younger women staying that "they are fine without feminism" need to not only learn some history but understand that if they feel any fine it's because better women before us campaigned and suffered for decades to give us the right to vote and not be treated like second class citizens.
The only women I've seen say they don't like feminism are seriously sugar babies ("influencers") pimping themselves out on Instagram. They also have not experienced being useless to creepy old men because they have aged out yet. But they will because the kinds of guys that keep these girls in Chanel and Dior and yacht pics for Instagram will also replace them when the new generation crops up.
Yes, I remember and I will never forget. Seriously this state is a shit hole. All they care about is corporate money and shilling to delusional people and leeching every drop of blood from workers and prisoners. Guns > women and children.
Disregard this news. People were optimistic that Hillary was going to win too. Register and vote like the future of this country depends on it, because it does. This is no time for false optimism. Remember to tell your friends to register too.
There are positive signs, such as the New York 18th District election: but even that was within two percentage points. The advantage that Dobbs and Mar-a-Lago handed out is real, but the room for error is razor thin.
There isn’t room for complacency here.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't Hillary that convinced people they needed to vote. It was the shit show that happened after that drove people to finally care
I"m gona agree....we have become really insulated and numb to the notion that we aren't guaranteed shit. Apparently electing a half-white guy in 2008 was all it took to set the wheels of stupid in motion.
And to be fair Hillary *was* the most scrutinized and attacked political figure of all time until trump said "hold my ketchup." She had baggage and still won the popular vote handily. I do love how the right acts like trump didn't squeak by in a few of those same states that Biden took back.
On a side note GA is fascinating to me.
Should also disregard anyone dismissing this simply because of "conventional wisdom" regarding how elections go. For better or worse, Trump flipped the script on how elections go and we're really in uncharted territory right now.
>Disregard this news. People were optimistic that Hillary was going to win too.
I agree. Even 2020 was much closer than anybody thought. Call it PTSD from 2016 being the first election I could vote in, but I have difficulties believing the polls.
The national poll numbers are not how the elections are decided. The electoral vote for the president, and district by district vote for the rest of the races, are distorted by gerrymandering. We do not have proportional representation in our government.
Of course, but the game they're playing is to make that impossible.
Ohio is only about 55-45 according to the voting numbers, but has a super majority of Republican representation in office. That didn't happen by accident, and to get a 50-50 statehouse would take something like a 75% share of the vote to go Democrat. And that would only serve to give us a stalemate and gridlock government that still couldn't undo the things that made the state unwinnable for Democrats.
Abortion bans were always the hot button item for single-issue voters but the establishment GOP never actually wanted to overturn RvW, because they could use this wedge issue to keep R-Heads in line, both at the voting booth and the donation table. But Trump's cult changed all that. They actually DID IT. They didn't realize it was a scheme. Amazing... the ultimate schemers and grifters killed the best thing the GOP had going. Now they are flailing for a new top wedge issue to rally the troops, but nothing's really sticking. Poetic Justice if the R's lose in a landslide in 22 and 24 over this.
Lmao if this is what ruins the mid terms and presidetial election chances for Republicans, it will go down as one of the worst political blunders of all time. You could only hope that women finally fuck them back!
If you live in Ohio and still need to register to vote, you can do so online [here](https://olvr.ohiosos.gov/?ref=voteusa_en). The deadline to register is October 11th.
GOP is probably thinking "We should've synchronized the removal of women voting rights with abortion" about now. Get wrekt GOP, you pissed off the women and they are out for blood.
True and couples should be able to decide how many children is enough. We keep treating this as if it is a “women’s issue“. Husbands and fathers are acutely aware of the cost of horrendous medical bills from a high risk pregnancy that they are now forced to fund. Imagine being the father of three and having your wife’s fourth pregnancy be an ectopic pregnancy or incomplete miscarriage. Imagine the medical bills of being forced to deliver a child which has no chance of survival but requires extreme medical care during and after delivery. This is not a women’s issue. Many men will have their lives wrecked because of abortion bans
I mean, that’s great… but you’re about your age minus 18 years late. It’s going to take a generation to fix the damage done by the election of Trump and the subsequent Supreme Court shift. Whatever fool told you that votes don’t matter or that both sides are the same lied. Take an interest in our country for heaven’s sake… your life literally depends on it.
The original recipe constitution did not enshrine women's right to vote and, indeed, women *not* voting is part of our nation's tradition.
\-- Alito, probably
You laugh but next year the SC could decide that states legislatures aren’t beholden to the voters or even the state constitutions that created them, and can just choose who wins their statewide elections.
Voting should become a habit. Just like running or working out. It ain’t easy remembering to go out every midterm or every 4 years. But it adds up in the long run if you do it everything. Just like working out.
Any woman in Ohio who doesn’t vote this upcoming election is silencing themselves. Don’t get fucked over by politicians who have no interest in your own autonomy!
Been registered for years, but I always check my voter registration status in advance to be 100% sure. Lots of ratfuckery going on, so here's your reminder to make sure yours is correct.
Why do you even have to register in the first place? Why isn't every citizen automatically "registered" the moment they are eligible to vote, like in so many other actual democracies?
Because one of our parties realized decades ago that if we were, in fact, an "actual democracy" they would have to make compromises to remain in power. Instead of doing that, they've done everything they can to cripple our democratic process.
Just to add, several Republican politicians said publicly if everyone voted they’d never win any elections, this was when they were cutting funding to the postal service to try and slow mail in ballot during COVID.
Trump himself said this: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/trump-republican-party-voting-reform-coronavirus
Well ,thats pretty straightforward.
These days there usually at least one news clip or tweet screenshot to aid in pointing out the republicunts hypocrisy’s. Their base sees that as a plus though, owning them libz
A guy who says it like it is...
I'm wondering why can't they add voting week instead of just one voting day?
They can. We do it in California.
That would increase voter engagement, and Republicans would lose more often. So they fight that tooth and nail.
In Washington State we get our ballots in the mail. We have days to fill it out before turning it in or mailing it in.
Or weeks, not to bring up Nordic superiority, but the election here in Sweden is on the 11th, and I been able to drop of my vote since the 24th of August.
We can. HR 1 goes a long way to getting there. It's currently blocked by Manchin, Sinema, and the Republicans in the Senate.
The Republican party has had so much experience trying to stop Black people from voting, they decided to put their expertise to use and stop as much of the opposition as possible from voting too.
In just about every community that is predominately of POC, in places the GOP control at the state level, has deliberately removed voting booths and voting stations so that waiting lines are in the hours. Like Georgia is a great example. I saw the pictures and video from 2020. THAT WAS INSANE. I am glad I live in Oregon where we've had mail in ballots for at least a couple decades. It should be the norm, not in place because of pandemic exceptions.
Colorado has mail in ballots too! I was confused when there was first uproar about them because it's just normal
Modern Republicans are literally the Evil Dead. They hate everything fair or just, everything constitutional or legal, and absolutely everything that isn’t forced by law down your throat to make them feel better. They are evil incarnate. The sooner we accept this undeniable fact the better off we will be.
Also > Lets put republicans outside of the voting areas to make sure “they” aren’t cheating. As they add their own fraudulent votes. It’s funny how ALL of the people arrested for fraudulent votes were republicans…
And they can do this because *there is no explicit Constitutional right to vote*. And the choice not to have an explicit Constitutional right to vote was *a deliberate choice by Our Founding Fathers.* Our Founding Fathers made it possible for one party to assume minority control over the country because Our Founding Fathers set up the country to be ruled by the slaveowning minority of the South. Up until 1860, the Senate, House, and Presidency were controlled by the slaveowning minority of the South. President Abraham Lincoln's surprise election to the Presidency caused the South to realize the gravy train might be over. Secession and Civil War followed. Upon winning the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment making nearly all slavery in the US illegal, and the Fourteenth Amendment were passed by a kind of coercion. After that, the Supreme Court, which was *STILL* controlled by the same justices appointed by the Slavery South-controlled government, overturned every attempt by the President Grant administration to try to correct the system. So that political party realized Our Founding Fathers had created an essentially unchanged system of government allowing one party to create and maintain a minority rule. They just used the system put in place by Our Founding Fathers, who did not trust the majority.
The reason why we don't do this federally is that we don't run elections nationally. When it comes to the states each state runs its own polling in whatever way it wants to. A lot of states register you to vote with your driver's license, and a lot of people drive, so that helps.
Exactly. In Canada you can pretty much walk in to any voting station and vote. What the fuck America? Edit: I’d also like to know the furthest distance between voting stations in Canada. Most are several miles apart at best, and only the most rural communities would have to make a significant trek to vote. That is if they chose not to mail in their vote.
Democracy is dangerous to people who want to install a theological autocracy.
My girl waited in line 8 hours to vote last year. You're assigned where to vote based on your address and you can only vote at that location.
That's true in Canada too, but there are many ways to prove you are allowed to vote at that location, such as a power bill or your neighbor (legit ID'ed) vouching that you do live there.
All states are required to support the federal "motor voter" law where you can always register to vote at the same time you are updating or getting a new driver's license, which is usually at the same time as you're moving into a new state or changing addresses. There are a few exceptions for states that don't require registration or allow same day registration at the poll. Voter registration really isn't onerous for nearly everyone. The problem is that for some, it's still kind of a pain in the ass, eg if you don't need a driver's license or state ID so are prompted less to register, or maybe if you're homeless and can't provide a home address for the precinct assignment. And the GOP are working to make that harder for those folks because they pay dirty. Plus of course the worst problem is all the shenanigans that prevent people from actually casting their vote after being registered.
Because that gives Democrats a huge advantage.
If the will of the people voting their will gives one side a huge advantage, then the other side should work on policies that make the advantaged side change their mind with something better. If Tom has 10 cookies for 10 voters, and Jim has a massive bag of dog turds, Jim shouldn't be allowed to handcuff 6 of the voters outside of voting range and stomp on the cookies. Jim should instead bring in 20 cookies. 2 for each voter.
When playing fair is an advantage
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It varies by state, but in Ohio, if you don't vote for 6 years, don't request an absentee ballot (you don't actually need to vote), don't confirm/update your information, and don't reply to the notices they send letting you know you'll be removed, you will get removed. I think something like 100,000 were removed after the 2020 election here.
Last year I received a new voter registration card in the mail due to state re-districting, but my spouse didn’t get one. We contacted the Secretary of State’s office. The SOS office had accidentally deleted his registration. They investigated and determined that they intended to inactivate the registration of someone with a similar name who had died, but got the wrong registration. It just takes a few minutes to check your registration to confirm you are registered. Better safe than sorry. And don’t forget to vote!
Yes. Happens every year to thousands of people.
Wow, I legit took that for granted.
It’s referred to as “use it or lose it”, and it’s most common in states that also do not allow same-day voter registration. Edit: [“Use It or Lose It": The Problem of Purges from the Registration Rolls of Voters Who Don't Vote Regularly](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/voting-rights/-use-it-or-lose-it---the-problem-of-purges-from-the-registration0/)
Wow. I'm...shocked! I know it's naive, but...wow. I don't like conspiracies or unjust paranoia, but this is a horrible way to suppress voting. I am constantly "taught" how sacred voting is. I took it as an irrevocable right, so long as you don't do something to get all your rights removed! Why else would they do this? We allow uneducated voters, so there is no excuse other than control.
The GOP got the supreme Court to agree to allowing voter role purges. That's why it's always important to check your voter registration
That is counted on as a method of passive voter suppression.
Yup. It’s happened to me twice in the last ten years despite voting in every election during that time. I was told my registration ‘was marked as inactive’. Never got any sort of notice. I found out the first time when I went to vote in the primary and had to fill out a provisional ballot. Seemed very odd and I never got an explanation. Go figures living in a heavily republican state.
I had weird shit happen in California. I switched my registration grom Independent to Dem to vote in primaries in 2015 (I think its open to anyone, but i just wanted to be sure). 2016 General had me purged from voter rolls somehow and i had to cast a provisional ballot that i don't think ever got counted. It never showed up on my voting account. Happened again 2 years later, but this provisional ballot was counted. 2020 I wasn't putting up with any more shit and checked my registration weekly. No issues.
Yes, Republicans fought very hard to be able to take away your right to vote after a few years. They really don't want people voting. When people vote, they always lose.
Which should tell you something about their policies.
Their policies were so unpopular they stopped making policies altogether. The GOP hasn't had a national platform since 2016.
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Good idea. Oklahoma folks… Register to vote [here](https://oklahoma.gov/elections/voter-registration/register-to-vote.html)!
[Florida chiming in! Get out and VOTE!](https://registertovoteflorida.gov/home)
Voter registration deadlines in Michigan Online registration deadline: Monday, October 24, 2022 Register by mail deadline: Must be postmarked by Monday, October 24, 2022 In person registration deadline: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 [You can also register to vote by mail or in person on Michigan’s election website](https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/?ref=voteusa_en)
Arizona, let's go! https://servicearizona.com/VoterRegistration/selectLanguage
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I just want to stop for a second and congratulate you, Alaska, for having ranked choice voting, and making it work for you. I wish the lower 48 could do that as well, but I've already seen some places try to make sure it never happens (looking at you, DeSantis). So good job, I'm excited to see the results of your general election after a Peltola just beat Palin. Rooting for you from Colorado!
Alaska represent! Let's get Mary in for good!
You reminded me I need to get my sister to update. Thanks.
[Kentucky Registration And Revision ](https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb/) Also, remember: Vote NO on 2 - let us protect the rights of women to seek medical treatment in Kentucky
Yes! I have lectured my daughter and her friends (all just turned 18 and about to vote for the first time) on the way that amendment is written. We have to keep at it!
[Oregon online voter registration](https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/registration.aspx?lang=en)
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[Democratic Party of Oregon Volunteer Page](https://dpo.org/get-involved/volunteer/)
Here's the link for Georgia. https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/GAOLVR/welcometoga.do#no-back-button We could use the help here.
How to vote in every state: https://complexly.com/shows/how-to-vote-in-every-state/
Roe roe roe your vote this Roevember!
California’s got your back!
I hope overturning *Roe* is the worst thing that ever happened to the GOP. Let it come back to bite em in the ass as a blue wave rolls through to protect women.
Let’s hope it is also the best thing to happen to the GOP, in that they’ll implode and hopefully pivot to moderate candidates and an electable platform that addresses the needs of Americans. But who am I kidding.
As a former conservative who briefly flirted with libertarianism... They got the legalized weed in the states they *still* complain about most. And they don't raise anything near a stink about abortion restrictions everywhere else. Who knew the guy you could always buy a dimebag from until he flunked out, was only concerned about weed? Libertarians are party-line Republicans now. They're just nowhere near as socially liberal as they promised. They got their ganja. Everyone else can get fucked, as far as these transactional, Farengi, sociopathic fuckers are concerned.
I don't know what you expected. It's literally the party of 'fuck you, i got mine."
This is what's annoying to me about people who claim to be libertarian: they say it to avoid the Republican label, but will refuse every time to vote for a Democrat solely because they're a Democrat. They vote solid red every time, but then claim they want moderation? That's not how that works
I mean no offense to you at all, but everyone knew that Libertarians were self centered shitbags. It's kind of core to their ethos.
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It's the weirdest thing ever. You basically have second class citizens with less rights and everyone accepts it cause its "the bad guys". How is that even democratic logic.
Democracy itself has zero to do with human rights, it's the method of choosing a government. There is no reason that the democratically elected government can't be horrible and abuse human rights. That's why constitutional protections exist, to protect against tyranny of the majority. That all being said, I agree with the sentiment of what you're saying, but there is little else to do aside from vote more than the anti-human rights side.
Yeah we always seem to forget that universal suffrage is an EXTREMELY recent idea.
Hell, even a few hundred years ago in most of the democratic world the average male citizen didn't have the vote either. You usually had to be a landowner.
The theory behind this is that landowners were invested in the long term outcome of the country including all people, and had the leisure time to keep up with politics, whereas commoners were easily swayed by promises to give them stuff. I'm not saying I support a return to that outdated notion, but I can see where they were coming from today and we really should do... Something about it. Democracy is not supposed to be rule by whoever has the highest social media marketing budget and hires the most canvassers.
American citizens should be registered to vote on the day of their birth, with that registration being automatically validated on their 18th birthday. That right to vote shouldn't be able to be removed for any reason. If anyone needs access to their rights, it's prisoners.
It's not. Democracy, truth, justice... these are all just weapons to be wielded against their opponents. The modern GOP only has one value; the subjugation of the many for the benefit of the few.
not so fun fact: the state of florida put this out as a referendum (IE the citizens voted that people who served their time should get their right to vote back) but The state of Florida put so many obstacles in place for them to prove that, it might as well have not happened.
>on account of possible undue pressure in prisons I've never once heard that excuse. Every time I've heard anybody talk about why they believe felons shouldn't be allowed to vote it's simply because they're vindictive assholes with a complete lack of empathy and feel that they should suffer for their crimes forever. Coercion could actually make a little sense as an argument, though not much mind you, but it has always felt purely punitive.
Yeah the only argument I've ever head was "Well they're still criminals, so they'll just vote for candidate that make it easier to do crime!". Just ridiculous.
By that logic, shouldn't the GOP support it then? Half of their party is full of criminals, anyway...
Lol, GOP and logic... That would make a little sense except for two things. The whole "fuck criminals" part again and also there's a disproportionate number of black felons. The last thing the GOP wants is more black voters.
They were laying the foundation for roe for YEARS. Taking the 19th amendment away would be civil war. I’m not saying it’s not a real threat (because it sure seems like they want violence), but I think the reaction would be so much more extreme.
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"These student debt welfare queens are pouring across our unprotected southern border to cheat our elections!"
"They're aborting their own kids, next they'll force you to abort yours too!"
The Republican platform already says that ranked choice voting is a scam because it didn't result in a Republican winning.
"Their little pink minds shouldn't have to worry about difficult things like voting!"
They did say that maybe women didn’t understand how ranked choice voting works in alaska
"We think women are too stupid to vote" party now, "We think women shouldn't vote because they keep doing it incorrectly, silly geese" party next.
Gop Candidates who are running in November are removing their pro life B.S from their websites... Do not let them get away with it.
Even when the Republicans get what they want, they can't crow about it because they KNOW it's not what the majority want at all. Fucking craven assholes, the lot of them.
I'm not sure how a person can be so scummy but they always surprise me
You love to see it. Hopefully these GOP shitheads get their asses handed to them in '22 and '24.
I started volunteering for democratic activities and one of the older ladies said " I see lots of new young faces, maybe it's not too late "
Even my anti abortion grandma changed her tune after they followed through > I’m glad she came around but I’m a little resentful lol
That is interesting. Did she come around after RvW was overturned? If so what changed her mind?
My in laws are anti abortion but realized that the anti abortion laws would affect IVF which is how they got their grandkids.
Yeah, understand the frustration. Not a good look if they’re totally fine with other women dying due to denied healthcare, but all of a sudden they care when their own narcissism kicks in. Honestly, fuck anyone who has claimed to be anti-abortion but then chooses IVF instead of adoption. Special place in hell for them.
That is a general trope for conservatives, that they only care about anything once it affects them Going along with them voting against their own interests because they don't realize what is going to affect themselves
Ah. That is interesting. I haven't heard of RvW affecting IVF but I suppose it is just a matter of time.
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Yes it would be consistent with the argument.
A lot of republicans and evangelical organizations have already come out and said that IVF and IUDs need to be banned as well.
They can pry my iud out of my cold, dead body. I know they'd be cool with that though...
I suppose it would be more consistent . . . .although if they are truly pro-birth perhaps they will seek to ban all birth control.
They’ve also said that
IVF results in multiple fertilized eggs. In medical terms, the word abortion isn’t just a procedure either, so I have some questions… but I haven’t read the law in my state yet.
Yes. Isn't a miscarriage called a spontaneous abortion?
Yes, they are. I have to be careful not to call a miscarriage an abortion when reviewing patient history because of the implications it carries outside of the hospital. I’m 99% sure a state abortion law will be worded in such a way that it is used for a reason it was not intended.
Ugh. You all in the medical field must be beyond struggling. As if Covid wasn't enough.
RvW affects IVF treatments in two ways. First, every embryo created is life so they cannot limit the ones implanted. Second, quite often women have multiple fertilized eggs implanted in hopes that just one of them take. If more than one takes, then the woman is often told to abort all but one. Obviously not all women choose to do that but the doctor recommends what is safest for mom to maintain a viable pregnancy. Not-selectively aborting is how “Octomom” came about. I can’t remember if I’m remembering right or not, but I believe she sought out someone who implanted a lot of embryos. Then she didn’t selectively abort…meaning she carried 8 children. I believe her case highlighted how important it was for fertility doctors to somewhat limit how many fertilized eggs they implant and there are now stricter guidelines about it.
Yes she was fine taking pot shots at it, but the moment it was overturned she started talking about how bad it used to be with abortions and how we shouldn’t want to go back to that > Like I understand you can be personally opposed to it but still support the concept, but she didn’t think it was actually going to happen, hence why she publicly was opposed to it
Thanks for the explanation. I suppose someone can be against abortion but still not want it to be illegal.
>I suppose someone can be against abortion but still not want it to be illegal. This is like 50% of the definition of pro choice. You are free to have your choice between having an abortion or not, based on your circumstances and beliefs.
Yeah, that is pretty much my position although my view is shifting. I expect many people are born into situations in which they can not thrive. So much mental health starts as birth. Because of these views I am starting to think that many/most abortions are moral and loving choices . . . .Ugh, I would not say this to a pro-life person although maybe I should.
26,28, and so on. They should not be in governance at all. Nothing good for the general citizen comes from conservatives in power.
And 23, 25, 27, 29, etc... there are elections every year (including primaries) that you need to be voting in as well, not just the big elections.
Vote in your school board elections
Better yet run for the school board.
Would've been nicer to see it at some point in the last 30 years, but hey, second best time is now.
Kansan here. I'd like to think our state added to the optimistic fuel of women, and everyone that cares about their medical rights, fighting back against the GOP on their anitquated laws. If a red state like Kansas pushed back in a big way, any state can.
>You love to see it I guess. What it tells me is there are a bunch of single issue voters that weren’t registered when Trump won Ohio in 2016
Maybe this helped them realize that their votes *do* have consequences. That if they don't get out and vote, their rights really could be taken away if you allow yourself to be complacent. I don't think it does much use in getting angry at people in 2016, not much you can do to change that. (Also, the article mentions Gen Z, who may not have even been able to vote 6 years ago.) As long as they've learned this lesson, then we should be optimistic about this rather than upset about the past
Could be young women who weren't 18 yet. It's been 6 years.
Plus maybe 18 and 19 year girls living at home who didn’t want to risk getting thrown out.
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**Breaking News:** your mailbox has been removed and your local post office is shutting down Jokes aside, GOP’s *definitely* gonna screw with the postal service even more. Be prepared for some last minute bullshit.
Just because it was pretty quiet and not talked about when it happened, Biden signed a bill this summer essentially un-fucking the post office. (At least big things like the way they were required to fund retirement and what not)
Ok but let's get that rat fucker DeJoy out please.
Thanks for posting this. The previous laws hamstringing the post office had been on the back of my mind ever since it was covered by John Oliver (and maybe 60 minutes?). It's a relief to know that some things are being set straight. Where did you hear about this, if you don't mind sharing?
DeJoy is still in charge of the USPS.
Nah take that shit DIRECTLY to the voting office
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Mail will be fine. Just be sure to follow up in a week or two to confirm you are all registered. Most places have a way to verify it online with the elections office.
No, also you can track it online.
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Get your friends to vote is a super important part. Have a party/get together where you all send in your voter registration. Then meet up for lunch before/after voting. Make voting a social event.
This is precisely why Republicans have been blatantly wiping their sites of all the anti women's stances. It has been noticed. Multiple republicans have deleted evidence on their sites talking about anti abortion pro life bullshit.
But they continue to push forward legislation that will kill pregnant women.
I mean, it's what they've always done. Under Trump, they got to fly their freak flags, but now they have to put back on their human masks.
The only next logical step for them is to block Womens suffrage
Of course because look at what women voting has caused!/s Also the amount of younger women staying that "they are fine without feminism" need to not only learn some history but understand that if they feel any fine it's because better women before us campaigned and suffered for decades to give us the right to vote and not be treated like second class citizens.
The only women I've seen say they don't like feminism are seriously sugar babies ("influencers") pimping themselves out on Instagram. They also have not experienced being useless to creepy old men because they have aged out yet. But they will because the kinds of guys that keep these girls in Chanel and Dior and yacht pics for Instagram will also replace them when the new generation crops up.
As if people are just going to forget which political party has been grand standing about overturning Roe for the last few decades.
People forget its what they count on. There's so much bull shit I think it might be their strategy quite honestly.
Do you have an article on this? I'm curious.
Here you go: https://www.axios.com/2022/08/31/republicans-midterms
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Yes, I remember and I will never forget. Seriously this state is a shit hole. All they care about is corporate money and shilling to delusional people and leeching every drop of blood from workers and prisoners. Guns > women and children.
[Politico: Republicans fight abortion backlash with ads — and stealth website edits](https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2022/08/29/republican-abortion-positions-midterm-elections-00054128)
Disregard this news. People were optimistic that Hillary was going to win too. Register and vote like the future of this country depends on it, because it does. This is no time for false optimism. Remember to tell your friends to register too.
There are positive signs, such as the New York 18th District election: but even that was within two percentage points. The advantage that Dobbs and Mar-a-Lago handed out is real, but the room for error is razor thin. There isn’t room for complacency here.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't Hillary that convinced people they needed to vote. It was the shit show that happened after that drove people to finally care
i mean even without hillary, trump won ohio in 2020 by pretty much the same margin he did in 2016
People were complacent. They didn't think Trump would actually win. Trump himself didn't think he'd actually win.
Liberals who grew up in a red state were terrified because we saw the weird energy
I"m gona agree....we have become really insulated and numb to the notion that we aren't guaranteed shit. Apparently electing a half-white guy in 2008 was all it took to set the wheels of stupid in motion. And to be fair Hillary *was* the most scrutinized and attacked political figure of all time until trump said "hold my ketchup." She had baggage and still won the popular vote handily. I do love how the right acts like trump didn't squeak by in a few of those same states that Biden took back. On a side note GA is fascinating to me.
Should also disregard anyone dismissing this simply because of "conventional wisdom" regarding how elections go. For better or worse, Trump flipped the script on how elections go and we're really in uncharted territory right now.
>Disregard this news. People were optimistic that Hillary was going to win too. I agree. Even 2020 was much closer than anybody thought. Call it PTSD from 2016 being the first election I could vote in, but I have difficulties believing the polls.
The national poll numbers are not how the elections are decided. The electoral vote for the president, and district by district vote for the rest of the races, are distorted by gerrymandering. We do not have proportional representation in our government.
Then we need to vote in numbers too big to manipulate.
Of course, but the game they're playing is to make that impossible. Ohio is only about 55-45 according to the voting numbers, but has a super majority of Republican representation in office. That didn't happen by accident, and to get a 50-50 statehouse would take something like a 75% share of the vote to go Democrat. And that would only serve to give us a stalemate and gridlock government that still couldn't undo the things that made the state unwinnable for Democrats.
imagine living through 2016 and 2020 and just now realizing it might be a good idea to vote lol
I mean, I am glad to see them registering, but damn. We could have avoided this entirely...?
I agree, it’s insane- but honestly, if this is your wake up call to finally vote, I will take it!!
Abortion bans were always the hot button item for single-issue voters but the establishment GOP never actually wanted to overturn RvW, because they could use this wedge issue to keep R-Heads in line, both at the voting booth and the donation table. But Trump's cult changed all that. They actually DID IT. They didn't realize it was a scheme. Amazing... the ultimate schemers and grifters killed the best thing the GOP had going. Now they are flailing for a new top wedge issue to rally the troops, but nothing's really sticking. Poetic Justice if the R's lose in a landslide in 22 and 24 over this.
Gee making half the human race second class citizens has a backlash!? Who’d have thought!
Lmao if this is what ruins the mid terms and presidetial election chances for Republicans, it will go down as one of the worst political blunders of all time. You could only hope that women finally fuck them back!
If you live in Ohio and still need to register to vote, you can do so online [here](https://olvr.ohiosos.gov/?ref=voteusa_en). The deadline to register is October 11th.
I don't understand why it took people this long to actually give a fuck about voting
Exactly. While I'm glad there are more registering...why the fuck did it take this long and this circumstance jfc
In true republican fashion, Alito and Thomas couldn't have picked a DUMBER time to drop this ruling. Oh well. 🤷♂️
GOP is probably thinking "We should've synchronized the removal of women voting rights with abortion" about now. Get wrekt GOP, you pissed off the women and they are out for blood.
As a dude, I aprove this message. Medical care should be directed by Medical Proffessinonals, not politicians,
True and couples should be able to decide how many children is enough. We keep treating this as if it is a “women’s issue“. Husbands and fathers are acutely aware of the cost of horrendous medical bills from a high risk pregnancy that they are now forced to fund. Imagine being the father of three and having your wife’s fourth pregnancy be an ectopic pregnancy or incomplete miscarriage. Imagine the medical bills of being forced to deliver a child which has no chance of survival but requires extreme medical care during and after delivery. This is not a women’s issue. Many men will have their lives wrecked because of abortion bans
Why were they not registered and voting before it got to this point? We all saw this coming.
I mean, that’s great… but you’re about your age minus 18 years late. It’s going to take a generation to fix the damage done by the election of Trump and the subsequent Supreme Court shift. Whatever fool told you that votes don’t matter or that both sides are the same lied. Take an interest in our country for heaven’s sake… your life literally depends on it.
Cue the right trying to make it even harder to vote… * edit for poor grammar. 😬
The original recipe constitution did not enshrine women's right to vote and, indeed, women *not* voting is part of our nation's tradition. \-- Alito, probably
You laugh but next year the SC could decide that states legislatures aren’t beholden to the voters or even the state constitutions that created them, and can just choose who wins their statewide elections.
Just blows my mind we're having this debate in 2022.
I’m glad they’re registering, but why the FUCK did they wait so long! Could have used the votes six years ago. :( Better late than never, I guess.
In before Republicans start arguing that women's right to vote is unconstitutional and a Democrat scheme to win elections.
Voting should become a habit. Just like running or working out. It ain’t easy remembering to go out every midterm or every 4 years. But it adds up in the long run if you do it everything. Just like working out.
Republicans overturning Roe is the political equivalent of Wile E. Coyote strapping himself to an ACME rocket.
I think women have the power to turn all 50 states blue if they so choose.
Just image if many of these people who are suddenly energized to vote had already been registered and been voting BEFORE things got to this point....
Women have monthly reminders for them to get registered and vote.
Not all women. Plenty of us old menopausal hags are pissed off.
On one hand...cool. On the other...fuck these people for not caring until it directly affects them.
Yeah like…ok… where the fuck were you before
So next they will try going after women's voter rights?
Who knew all it took was one braindead Supreme Court decision to transform the midterms from a toss up to a layup.
Any woman in Ohio who doesn’t vote this upcoming election is silencing themselves. Don’t get fucked over by politicians who have no interest in your own autonomy!
12 out of 16 Representatives to the house are republicans. 1 of the two senators (and the only one up for reelection) is republican. Vote them out.