This is your reminder to be making sure to vote on August 8th, but that’s not enough. Make sure those around you are voting too.

I’ve been seeing stuff shared on Facebook from family members about Catholic churches holding “nonpartisan” voter registration drives and encouraging people to get to the polls on August 8th.

If they are gonna remind people, you need to as well.

Early voting starts July 11.

Last day to register is July 10,

Remember to secure a valid state ID, driver’s license, or passport before the election!

  • @Darnov
    2•1 year ago

    I’ve been talking with my extended family about this and am pushing them to vote.

    I’m hopeful for them all to vote no on the blatant grasp of power from the people by our fascist Republican government.

  • Beefalo
    2•1 year ago

    I made sure to give the heads up to the lady I work with today.

    Gotta love Midwest Leftism, I would have discussed weed in front my co-workers all day since they all stink of it but you pull somebody aside like “psst, hey, there’s this August special election you gotta know about if you want to get your abortion rights back” and it feels like you’re doing a drug deal with another inmate in a prison.

    I only knew to hit her up because right after Roe fell she came into work all perturbed while the rest were like sure whatever did something happen? Poor woman has a Bachelor’s and works as a bartender. I hope you have an IRA lady.

    I assume she saw me being the only motherfucker in the shop with my mask on properly when they called us back into work in June 2020. (Her back in, I never stopped, never missed a day on it) That’s how we know each other. This place is Trumpistan, no masks ever. So my mask was a giveaway.

    So when I had one tiny moment on a smoke break alone with her to be all, “hey, about that special election” she gave her phone number to some dude she barely interacts with, and she’s a pretty blond lady I assume she’s cagey about that. But this is how we lefty people know each other in this state.

    She had to give me her number because we needed a secure channel and couldn’t talk out loud. We both innately understood. This is fine.

    But I got an email address from her (probably her throwaway yahoo account, mine is my throwaway too) and sent her the deets, then I told her to tell somebody else, like I just did.

    Hopefully it helps. Best of luck to us all.