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Who/What are you voting for?
There are a number of websites that allow you to access a Sample Ballot, which shows all of the people, positions, and ballot measures/will that appear on your ballot this election. Below are two sites where you can check your sample ballot. Additionally, you should be able to request a sample ballot through your own state/county website!
Review the candidates and issues on your local ballot. When you're ready, send your ballot selections via email as a guide to take with you
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The best place to start is to learn a little about your candidates (the people running) and a little about the position they're running for.
For the most part, every candidate has their own campaign website that includes information about them, their stance on The Issues (where they stand on healthcare, the environment, etc.), and their Endoresements.
Endorsements are important because they tell you which of your local, community, and/or national groups support that candidate. If a candidate is endorsed by your local teacher's union, it probably means that the candidate takes a pretty positive stance on education/education reform. If your candidate is endorsed by your local police department, it probably means that the candidate is pretty pro-police.
Unions, community action groups, mutual aid groups, and political groups will put out Voting Guides that explain what that group thinks you should vote for/against and why. This can be especially helpful when it comes to voting for ballot measures, bills, or policies that you aren't familiar with or don't have a super strong opinion on. (Google: _______ union/group voting guide 2024)
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You are allowed to have your phone out and Google as much as you need to in the polling place.
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You can leave blanks on your ballot, but it's best to vote for as much as you can.
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If you recieve a mail ballot, make sure you check your county website to find out the deadline for mailing your ballot back. If the deadline has passed, most counties have a drop box where you can return your ballot. (Google: late mail ballot drop off _______ county).
If you're voting in person, make sure you know what time your polling place opens/closes. Sometimes voting takes a while. If you work on election day, some states have mandatory time off (some paid, some unpaid) for voting.
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at the age of 111, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announced M
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at the age of 111, Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announced Monday.
"Today, our city mourns the loss of Mother Viola Fletcher - a survivor of one of the darkest chapters in our city's history. Mother Fletcher endured more than anyone should, yet she spent her life lighting a path forward with purpose," Nichols said on social media.
"Mother Fletcher carried 111 years of truth, resilience, and grace and was a reminder of how far we've come and how far we must still go," he said. "She never stopped advocating for justice for the survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and I hope we all can carry forward her legacy with the courage and conviction she modeled every day of her life."
Fletcher, a grandmother of six, told CBS News in a 2021 interview that she thought about the massacre every day.
Tulsa's Greenwood District, which was known as "Black Wall Street," was destroyed by a White mob after a Black man was accused of assaulting a White woman. At least 300 Black residents were killed, and thousands were left homeless following the daylong massacre in which White rioters attacked Black residents, looted businesses and burned buildings.
The National Guard was brought in, imposing martial law and helping to round up and imprison Black people. More than 35 blocks were charred and 6,000 people were held in detention — some for up to eight days, according to the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum.
"We had friends and played outside and [would] visit with neighbors and was happy there with our parents. Just loved being there," Fletcher told CBS News, recalling Greenwood before the massacre.
Been haunted by a kids interactive exhibit my sister and I went to some 25 years ago. I could remember blurry bits and pieces, even was able to find the museum that housed it. But thanks to reddit I was finally able to find proof that it existed and the name of it and I feel so free now.
I feel like I should mention the concept of this exhibit: a family of four goes missing and it is up to the children to pick a family member and figure out what happened to them by exploring their house. The house was colorful with funky proportions, probably to seem fun and whimsical for kids, but just ended up feeling very... off.
(You could crawl out of the toilet through a pitch black tunnel in the washing machine. I was too scared to do this.)
Also there was a head in the freezer.
Anyway the family member I chose got shrunk down and trapped in a doll house and I watched her get carried away by mice never to be seen again. Cool!
So Trump's DOJ is suing the state of Washington because WA's new mandated reporting law says that clergy (among many other professions) are legally obligated to report ongoing child abuse if they know about it. And the Christofascists in the Trump regime call that "anti-catholic"
I glossed over the pooh remark and it is causing a little confusion. To clarify, OP is referring to the belief that winnie the pooh is literally banned from china or that it's a crime to post pooh memes.
All that's known is that, after it became a meme to ridicule the Chinese president's physical appearance by comparing him to Disney's pooh, their government began censoring pooh from their social media, and a pooh film was rejected from Chinese theaters.
But Pooh wasn't banned in any other context and certainly wasn't made illegal; there's no penalty for pooh memes.
So what OP has pointed out is that America just went farther than China by actually punishing someone over memes and barring them from the whole country. The same exact genre of meme, even; just a joke about a government official "looking weird."
this guy really always had something to say about almost everything and nearly all of it is still completely relevant almost 200 years later. fascinating stuff.
Rittenhouse Square, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named after David Rittenhouse, a descendant of the first paper-maker in Philadelphia, NOT Kyle Rittenhouse (Wikipedia).
President Donald Trump announced Saturday evening that US military forces had dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear facilities, ending a we
President Donald Trump announced Saturday evening that US military forces had dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear facilities, ending a weeklong deliberation period over joining Israel’s campaign against Tehran and thrusting the United States squarely into an escalating Middle East conflict....
The decision to target Iran directly significantly ratchets up tensions, and amounts to one of the most consequential choices of Trump’s young second presidency.
It’s the first time in several decades — since the Iranian revolution in 1979 — that an American president has deployed Air Force assets to target major facilities in the country (CNN).
