Today May Be Your Last Day to Register To Vote
Nicole writes in, My grandmother is 76 years old and has never registered to vote. During the 2004 election, I remember her vehemently voicing her choice not to vote, because she didn’t think it made a difference. Never the less, I’ve always thought she was an amazing woman. When she announced at dinner a few [...]
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In some states the deadline is today. So get out there do it it. Rock the Vote has a quick and easy form that you can submit to get all set up. GO NOW! And if you need additional inspiration:
...read moreVote Or Die
Shannon sends in this amusing story from her voter volunteer experiences in Canada: I was 19 and working as a volunteer for the NDP incumbent in my riding. I did election day phoning on our voters’ list to see if anyone needed a ride to the polling station, and to remind people to vote. I [...]
...read moreRemembering Senator Wellstone
Beth writes, My senior year of high school it was announced that the county was looking for people to work as “junior election judges” on election night. I don’t remember all the details, but I was 17 at the time and signed up. I can’t remember if I was supposed to get paid or not [...]
...read moreThe Living Room Candidate
Meredith found the coolest site that tracks presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2008, The Living Room Candidate. My son has a report on LBJ coming up, so we decided to watch this one: That shit is bananas. And if you want an example of nasty, truth-telling politics, check out this commercial featuring LBJ and the KKK [...]
...read moreFirst-Time Voters and Voter Suppression, Oh My!
Early voting has started in Ohio, and already there’s voter registration problems brewing, one of which conveniently surrounds registered voters in urban, low-income areas. One of the lawsuits deals with a law adopted in 2005 that requires election officials to send out notices to voters 60 days before an election. As many as 600,000 of [...]
...read moreFlaunt Your Stub
Jade writes in about her family’s split-ticket voting and accompanying stub-posting tradition: Growing up in my house, my parents were always cancelling each others’ votes out. My mom’s a moderate Democrat, my dad’s hard-core Republican. However, they both always encouraged each other to vote no matter what. It was an election-day ritual for my house [...]
...read moreSomeday a Woman Will Be President
Catherine is a first-time voter this season, and she writes: My parents were always great about getting me involved with politics from young age. I remember going to a Clinton rally when I was six wearing a shirt that read “Someday a Woman Will Be President.” I’m 18, so I’ll be voting for the first [...]
...read moreVoting in the UK
Feminister SnowdropExplodes sends in this story about voting in the UK, who says, “I figure the exercise of democratic rights is as important, and much the same, in either country!” We agree: My first time voting was in the 1997 General Election, which is famous because it was the landslide that brought the Labour Party [...]
...read moreVolunteer Opportunities in NYC
If you’re a feminist and Obama supporter in the greater NYC area, this might be an election volunteer opportunity for you: The Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund has officially endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President and we have our work cut out for us during this incredibly important election season. We need [...]
...read moreThe Big Green Button
Maya H sent this sweet story in over the weekend as “a reminder to parents to take their kids with them to vote.” She says, I love Election Day–possibly my second favorite day of the year, after Thanksgiving. I love going to the polls, waiting in line with my neighbors, who are all in civic-minded [...]
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