US members - Will you vote November 2018?

[Andrea]

Will you vote in the November 2018 elections? If so, why? If not, why?

I am not interested in how you will vote and I do not want to see ANY judgement posts from anyone. If you have an issue with a post or a poster, take it elsewhere.

I will vote in the November 2018. I did not vote in my younger days. I think I was in my mid 30’s when I started exercising my right to vote. It was then that I realized I shouldn’t complain if I didn’t at least vote. AND I so wanted the right to complain. :)

Tell me how you feel.

[Chad]

Absolutely!

I can't wait to vote these old white men out of power. I follow politics closely and I am sick of living in the 50's. I even convinced my mom to vote for progress.

[Orema]

Will you vote in the November 2018 elections? If so, why? If not, why?

I am not interested in how you will vote and I do not want to see ANY judgement posts from anyone. If you have an issue with a post or a poster, take it elsewhere.

I will vote in the November 2018. I did not vote in my younger days. I think I was in my mid 30’s when I started exercising my right to vote. It was then that I realized I shouldn’t complain if I didn’t at least vote. AND I so wanted the right to complain. :)

Tell me how you feel.

Yes, I’m voting. I vote because it makes a difference. I really believe that my vote counts. I also vote because the opposition doesn’t want me to vote. :)

I think voting should be mandatory or you get fined. And if you don’t pay the fine then it affects your credit report.

And, I think it’s okay for people to complain even if they haven’t voted. This is the U.S. and you get to bitch if you want to—even when you don’t vote.

Those are my thoughts on voting. Thanks for asking.

:bow:

[Gemme]

I will vote in the November 2018. I did not vote in my younger days.

…...

Tell me how you feel.


Same.

I got into it the more it began to affect my world vision. The younger we are, the more near sighted we are. As we age and, hopefully, mature....our horizon expands and we see more than just ourselves. We begin to actually feel the butterfly effect in our lives.

I will vote. I am concerned though. I saw this morning that some races that were close before this weekend with the more leveled-headed candidate (to me) ahead has switched. One by around 10%. That's scary. We need to take back our government and rights, otherwise we're going to learn more hateful and fearful ways of being ostracized.

[MsTinkerbelly]

In California it is pretty much going to be a Democratic win (for most contests), so there have been times I was tempted not to vote, both as a Republican (younger years) and then later as a Democrat.

It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking your (General you) vote doesn’t matter, but there have been votes won by a slim margin of hundreds, and if all of those people had stayed home....well you see what I mean.

Voting is a right, and if we do not exercise that right (as millions of people did NOT) in the last election, then you get Trump/Kavanaugh, lose your abortion/marital rights/voting rights (possibly), and have no right to complain anymore, because it will get you jailed for speaking out against the government. Far fetched? Remember Hitler?

Vote

[Kätzchen]

Good Morning and Happy Sunday Andrea (f)

Yes, I am voting.

I vote in every election cycle (General & Midterms). I am an registered Democrat. We receive our ballots and voting materials by mail. I never return my voter pack of votes by mail. I deliver my vote in person to my county elections office, before election date deadlines. I do it that way because in our state, your vote has to be received by your elections office BEFORE the deadline in order for your vote to be counted. Any ballots received after the deadline won't count, so I make double sure they have my voting materials before the state elections office deadline.

At stake in my home state, during midterm 2018 elections, we cast votes for who we want as Governor and an variety of seats up for re-election in the US House of Representatives (Democrats occupy most all seats, except for one). We also have several measures up for vote, as well.


For those of you who need to get registered to vote or want to check on the status of your voter registration, please click on the article link below, then click on your state: you will either be able to register online or find the location of the nearest Elections Office, so you can be registered in time for 2018 midterm elections. I believe the deadline to be registered to vote is not the same in every state. In addition, some states have been purging voters from state voting election office records. Please (Please!) make sure your voter's/voting registration is in tact.





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[girl_dee]

I’m not sure why anyone would think it is an option. Our voices count. Women suffered and died for the right, all over the world. Can you imagine having to move out of your home and leave your children if you joined the movement? It happened, and much worse.

Many places still do not allow women to vote, at least safely.

My mom never voted. She voted for the first time in her life (almost 80) against #45 at my urging. Times have changed and I find it confounding that there are women who still do not vote.

I honestly believe if men had their way today, that we would not be allowed to vote. We MUST vote. These images are not that long ago, in the grand scheme of things.

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[JDeere]

Yes i will vote as i have voted since i was 18.

[CherylNYC]

Yes. I vote in every single election, every single time.

[Uli]

I will definitely be voting in November. I think I may have skipped the first presidential election I was eligible to vote in and it definitely took me nearly a decade to make voting in non-presidential elections a priority. But, I am currently and have been all in for all opportunities to vote in the past 10 or so years.

[tantalizingfemme]

I will be voting. I have voted in every election since I was 18. I bring my 24-year-old son to the voting booth with me now, while he is home, to instill the importance.

[Martina]

I am 60. I have missed one primary ever. I was sick. I vote in person. I know in some cases it's a cultural thing, but I don't understand not voting. One thing I am looking forward to voting for is the amendment that will return voting rights to convicted felons in Florida. Every citizen who wants to vote should have that right. I wish we had the day off as a National Holiday, every November.

[Femmewench]

Of course I will be voting. If the Democrats don't get control of the House and Senate, I fear what will come given that the three branches of government responsible for maintaining balance of power would have no intention of doing so. I only hope the Democrats treat the Republicans more kindly than they've been treated.

[Ender]

I'm not American, but I really hope everyone votes this November.

[Andrea]

Buuummmmpppp!!!!

[candy_coated_bitch]

Yes, of course!!!!!

[theoddz]

Hell YES, I WILL vote.......just as I've voted in every election since I turned 18.

Now that I'm in Texas, I have every intention of being a part of turning this prominently red state BLUE....or at least, purple!!! :winky::thumbsup:

~Theo~ :bouquet:

[Andrea]

I love hearing from all of you. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[WheatToast]

I love hearing from all of you. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.


I'm looking forward to voting!

[FireSignFemme]

I have conflicting feelings about it, but yes I do vote.

[Martina]

A month from today!!!!

[Andrea]

A month from today!!!!

CA has early voting so I will probably walk over to a voting station and submit my mail in ballot next weekend.

Then hold my breath.

[Lyte]

Yup. :koolaid:

[Vincent]

I am 60. I have missed one primary ever. I was sick. I vote in person. I know in some cases it's a cultural thing, but I don't understand not voting. One thing I am looking forward to voting for is the amendment that will return voting rights to convicted felons in Florida. Every citizen who wants to vote should have that right. I wish we had the day off as a National Holiday, every November.

I'm in Australia,we vote on a Saturday and voting is compulsary,you are fined if you dont vote,unless you have a valid reason,although our conservitive party would like to change it.
although you do have to register and a lot of younger gernerations are not registering.

funny thing is the Liberal party,IE "our conservitives",wanting a postal vote om marriage equality,so of course the younger lot had to register to vote"so now a whole younger gerneration are registered and will have to vote in election.

oh yeah and marriage romped in 70%-30%

so it was a win win

bloody idiots

[Andrea]

I'm in Australia,we vote on a Saturday and voting is compulsary,you are fined if you dont vote,unless you have a valid reason,although our conservitive party would like to change it.
although you do have to register and a lot of younger gernerations are not registering.

funny thing is the Liberal party,IE "our conservitives",wanting a postal vote om marriage equality,so of course the younger lot had to register to vote"so now a whole younger gerneration are registered and will have to vote in election.

oh yeah and marriage romped in 70%-30%

so it was a win win

bloody idiots

How much is the fine if you don't vote, Vincent? Are you billed?

[Martina]

High turnout has historically favored Dems. Hence the Republicans' effective efforts to suppress the vote. Everyone on the left has been hoping demographics are going to be the death knell of Republican power. But traditionally most Latinx and Asian folk don't vote. And among registered voters, their turnout is the lowest. But if they were to vote in greater numbers, I don't think the effect would be as strongly in the favor of Dems as they hope. There are many many conservative Latinx. The evangelicals tend to vote like white evangelicals; whereas African American evangelicals do not. There are many conservative Asian voters as well.

Youth from every background can be counted on to vote in a more liberal way, but they're not voting. It's so hard to predict turnout among younger voters. You hear about enthusiasm and increased registration, but that does not always translate into turnout.

[Vincent]

How much is the fine if you don't vote, Vincent? Are you billed?
I think its like $50-$100 dollars
they usually send out a letter,from the AEC "Aust electoral commision"
we also still use paper ballots
no machines YET

[Orema]

Voter Registration Deadline for Every State

https://goodblacknews.org/2018/10/10/the-voter-registration-deadline-for-every-state/

(The information above has been culled from headcount.org (https://www.headcount.org/deadlines-dates/), but some of headcount’s links aren’t working.)

[Andrea]

Annnnddddd another bump!!

[Martina]

Three weeks. I talked to a guy today a few years older than I am. Lives near me in a red county of a purple state. He's hoping for a big blue wave, he said. It's nice to meet strangers here and find they aren't predictably conservative. He has a history of union membership. The longer I live and observe life under capitalism, the more I think that nothing is more important in creating a decent life and decent communities than our unions.

[Martina]

Three weeks. I talked to a guy today a few years older than I am. Lives near me in a red county of a purple state. He's hoping for a big blue wave, he said. It's nice to meet strangers here and find they aren't predictably conservative. He has a history of union membership. The longer I live and observe life under capitalism, the more I think that nothing is more important in creating a decent life and decent communities than our unions.

If the Dems do win the House, I will start making calls in support of anyone but Pelosi for Speaker.

[Andrea]

Lots of unheard from members. Who else is voting and why? Who else is not voting and why?

[Kätzchen]

I received my voter's guide in the mail, last week, and I also received my ballot by mail. Today, I'm going to fill out my ballot and personally deliver it to the elections office tomorrow.

We have a lot at stake, here in my state (Oregon).

There is an GOP candidate that is running against our democratic incumbent, Governor Kate Brown. That person has voted down laws on books, prior to running as an gubernatorial opponent of Brown. Although we have many seats held by Democrat's elected to office, it's important to make sure this person is not elected (Brown's GOP opponent). We, in our state, do not take it for granted all the good work accomplished by elected democratic officials in office.


For those not aware, the largest county (by population count) in our state, Multnomah county, is the only reason we have democrats elected to office. By and large, Oregon is an red state, if it were not for the largest representation of democratic voters in Oregon. We call ourselves the "Pale Blue Dot" (referencing Carl Sagan).

[JDeere]

Lots of unheard from members. Who else is voting and why? Who else is not voting and why?

Still waiting to vote here on my end. For many things on the ballot.

[Kätzchen]

I turned in my ballot earlier today and tonight, because not much good news can be found online, I turned to YouTube and low and behold, the Today News Feed just uploaded the live stream video of Obama's Vegas address, to voters in Nevada. I'm watching it right now, it's about 40 minutes long, but it is contagious and inspirational and he drives home some very important ideas about what's at stake during mid-term elections, in just a couple of weeks.

It's just the shot in the arm I needed tonight.

Three Cheers for Barack Obama! :fireworks: :fireworks: :fireworks:


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[cathexis]

After watching his plea for people to vote...hell yes. I was going before the speech, anyway. That President could lead me anywhere. I think Obama was the best President during my lifetime.

[Martina]

Two weeks. I so am pulling for my state's progressive candidate for governor, Andrew Gillum. I will vote Democratic otherwise, with less enthusiasm, because the alternative is worse. I am disgusted that Pelosi will be Speaker again just because she raised a lot of money. Fuck her. One of the few good things that has come out of 2016 is the Progressive challenge to mainstream Dems. Not successful yet, but being heard. That's better than before.

[Medusa]

I went and did early voting today and also signed up for the Vote Van for several days until Election Day.
The Vote Van picks up people around my county and drives them to the polls if they dont have a ride.


Folks - If you have any spare resources or time, please consider helping get people to the polls to vote. Especially older folks, People of Color, and poor folks who can't afford public transportation. Uber and Lyft are doing free and reduced rides in several places but they don't cover a lot of rural areas and we have GOT to get people to the polls by every means necessary.

VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT...because it DOES.

[easygoingfemme]

I'll be voting and driving folks to vote. I have my work van reserved for the day and have been making sure that everyone who moves into the buildings that I manage has the opportunity to register to vote at their new address.

[Martina]

Turnout really is everything. I donated. That's all I could do. I hear Gillum is working hard on the ground game, so I believe my money has been well spent.

[Martina]

So I read that turnout among Republicans in early voting has been very high. I don't know what I'll do if the Dems don't take the House. I am not sure I can guarantee my continued sanity.

[Kätzchen]

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The live broadcast on CBS just ended, but what an powerful call to VOTE!


So much at stake out in Wisconsin, as is in every single state of the US.



*** Bump Bump Bump! ****

[Martina]

I did early in person voting today. I always vote in person and usually on actual election day. It's a ritual or a tradition. I do not trust mail in ballots anyway.

But I got a robocall which mentioned early voting. I googled to find out where and headed out.

It felt good to do something after such a horrible hate-filled week. I truly believe Trump's racism gives these people confidence to act.

[Esme nha Maire]

I hope folk in the USA won't mind me posting a link to today's XKCD webcomic, which is relevant: https://xkcd.com/2067/

(For those that aren't aware, the creator of XKCD, Randall Munroe, is an awesomely intelligent person with a great (and eclectic) sense of humour - and a great sense of social responsibility. Because some of his cartoons contain stuff that's obscure, fans created "Explain XKCD" - todays can be found here: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2067:_Challengers)

[Femmewench]

I love early voting! Walked in, helped right away, voted and out in about 7 minutes.

[Femmewench]

I don't live in TX, so I can't vote for him. I love this!

https://www.facebook.com/texansforbeto/videos/298485054319900/

[Lyte]

Texas f'ing blows when it come to anything but in person voting. I've friends all over the country who vote early and/or by mail. Texans can't vote by mail unless one of the following applies...


be 65 years or older;
be disabled;
be out of the county on election day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance; or
be confined in jail, but otherwise eligible.


Oh yeah... Beto's killin' it! I've never seen anyone work so hard to get elected! Dude's been going nonstop for days... weeks... months!

I don't live in TX, so I can't vote for him. I love this!

https://www.facebook.com/texansforbeto/videos/298485054319900/

[Andrea]

Rene and I walked with Rollie the Big Dog today to deliver our completed and sealed voter ballots to our neighborhood polling place.

Thinking of wearing my I Voted sticker to work on Monday.

[girl_dee]

Voted!!!!!!!!!

[JDeere]

I voted.

Just had to be super careful since the news story about the voting deals changing votes if you vote a straight ticket.

I do mine individually.

[tantalizingfemme]

Down to the wire and we have been phone banking and canvassing here like crazy. Below is a link that some may find interesting that keeps the poll information up to date. Some of these are neck and neck. Get out and vote!!

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/?fbclid=IwAR1V86q5nBnjWxBRmjfU3VvXBMJSKbef9WEtgXJ_ ct1uQaXhVQfpY7aKjtk

[Orema]

Need help with voting? Can’t find where to vote? Get answers here:

https://www.nass.org/can-i-vote

https://www.nass.org/can-i-vote/find-your-polling-place

[Martina]

Watching CNN. There look to be long lines at some voting places!!

[Martina]

East coasters, ignore the rain. You won't melt.

[easygoingfemme]

Voted :)

Now available at work to drive folks to their voting places throughout the day.

[girl_dee]

Watching CNN. There look to be long lines at some voting places!!

Yes and that is why some people opt to vote by absentee. I wish we had voting days off from work. At least 1/2 day off to vote would be show how important it is.

I am so glad to see lots of people voting!

[CherylNYC]

I had an unexpected day off today so after I voted this morning I headed over to the campaign headquarters for a really good Dem candidate who is vying to unseat a really bad Republican incumbent in the NY State Senate. I was impressed with the diversity of the HUGE volunteer army filing in and out of his headquarters. I phone banked a bit, but DAMN this bronchitis is pernicious. It was all I could do to keep from hacking up a lung. I didn't want to try canvassing in the rain, either. I made myself useful driving people around instead. It was awesome. I'm reasonably certain the post-election gathering I opted not to attend will turn into a victory party any minute now, but my energy was flagging and I've had more than my fill of humans for the day. I'm getting cozy at home and watching the newsfeed.

[Martina]

Yes and that is why some people opt to vote by absentee. I wish we had voting days off from work. At least 1/2 day off to vote would be show how important it is.

I am so glad to see lots of people voting!

We should make it easier, but unless you are truly sick or out of town, I can't imagine why you'd risk it. 75000 votes invalidated in Florida, and the Senate race may come down to the difference of a few thousand. I think it's a massive mistake to vote absentee. It allows another person to lay hands on your ballot.

[CherylNYC]

We should make it easier, but unless you are truly sick or out of town, I can't imagine why you'd risk it. 75000 votes invalidated in Florida, and the Senate race may come down to the difference of a few thousand. I think it's a massive mistake to vote absentee. It allows another person to lay hands on your ballot.

I feel the same way. At this point we're so polarized that I suspect too many election officials would play games with my vote and not think twice about it.

[Chad]

My gut is in knots where is the blue wave? I did my part. Ugh

[tantalizingfemme]

Democrats got the house!

[girl_dee]

Democrats got the house!

I KNOW!! SO EXCITED!

[theoddz]

This was recorded/broadcasted before the 2018 midterm election. It's something to really think about, in relation to the bigger picture.

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~Theo~ :bouquet:

[~ocean]

right now TRUMP is giving a news conference about the mid's election ~ OMG he's a Bafoon !

[Lyte]

Oh happy day!!


:koolaid:



Democrats got the house!

[Lyte]

I've been avoiding the news this morning … guess it's 'bout time I get caught up. :praying:


right now TRUMP is giving a news conference about the mid's election ~ OMG he's a Bafoon !

[Kätzchen]

Going forward, now that Democrats occupy the US House, I think voters need to capitalize on that hard won battle by making in-roads on core values which espouse the tenets and values of an democracy that will not tolerate white nationalism or the blatant othering of those who do not support an white nationalist agenda.

Scary stuff given air-play during the moments that led up to the Mid-Term Election of 2018, was the political ad showing an GOP official indoctrinating their brand of warped power, by teaching their young child how to build a wall, is an frightening example of how hatred becomes an intergenerational issue when it's inculcated into those who will help them keep their so-called vision of warped power.


During the interim of the next two years, lots of work is to be achieved in rectifying US Democracy by ousting and eradicating cancerous forms of this cultural mindset from the governing bodies in our present system of Democracy and the greater American populace.

[Lyte]

There's so much one can unpack from the video. :blink: Just a couple of bits...

I'm happy that we got the house … but … that victory could be a double edged sword. Trump is lil more than an animal that acts primarily on the instinct to survive. Dems in the House could have him feeling even more trapped … deeper in a corner... so who knows WTF this animal could do next to survive.

The mistake made wasn't that people didn't take Trump seriously as a candidate. The mistake made was not realizing how many Americans took him seriously as a candidate.



This was recorded/broadcasted before the 2018 midterm election. It's something to really think about, in relation to the bigger picture.


~Theo~ :bouquet:

[CherylNYC]

Sessions just resigned at Trump's request.

[Lyte]

Few nights ago Rachel Maddow ran down a pretty jacked up scenario of what could happen if Sessions resigned or was booted. This is likely reaction #1 to Trump losing the house … which leads in the long run... to getting rid of Mueller.


Sessions just resigned at Trump's request.

[Martina]

House committees have subpoena power, and they could sponsor an investigation that could duplicate all the evidence found by Mueller. I'd trust Maxine to go the distance, but I am not sure about the rest. According to Trump, he had a warm meeting with Nancy Pelosi today. Fuck their fucking warm meeting. Fuck Pelosi and the mainstream Dems if they are going to roll over as usual.

[Andrea]

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[Vincent]

Yes and that is why some people opt to vote by absentee. I wish we had voting days off from work. At least 1/2 day off to vote would be show how important it is.

I am so glad to see lots of people voting!

Our elections in OZ,are always Sat from 8AM-6pm and you can vote at most public schools, we dont have machines only paper and hand counted,although lines have gotten longer over time,but could be the population has doubled.

WE have preference voting as well,so I can vote Socialist Alliance,if we run a candidate and our preferences go, to the Labor Party"our dems"

funny enough our conservatives,are the Liberal party,which means something totally opposite in the US.

so if you said to me are you a liberal,I would be,"are you nuts":)

[cathexis]

Partner and I had moved within the county. I called the Board of Elections. They told to just go to the poll in our new town and every thing would be be okay and as though we were voting where we were originally registered.

Well, t'aint so. We were sent to the last table, had to sign affidavits. After which we were given absentee ballots. I argued to no avail, and left feeling as though our votes wouldn't count and we just wasted our time and money going to the polls this year(we paid 12 dollars rt...a chunk on disability)