Lately, Iâve been seeing a lot of those âAmerica is officially a Nazi stateâ and âAmerica is doomedâ posts. If you call yourself a progressive and youâve made, reblogged, or liked a single one of those posts, listen up.
The American midterm elections are coming up â all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and about 1/3rd of the seats in the Senate are up for grabs in November 2018. These are the people who are responsible for passing laws, regulating the power of the Executive and Judicial branches, and handling the impeachment process (you know, not that weâd need that soon or anything).
There is no electoral college in the way of midterm elections, and historically midterms have lower turnout than presidential elections.
YOUR VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS WILL MAKE AN IMPACT.
If you will be 18 by November 6, 2018, YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE, even if youâre 17 now. Registering to vote is so easy. Last week I rode my bike down to my countyâs administration building, walked in without an appointment, asked where I could register, and walked out five minutes later as a legal voter. It took me longer to get to the building than it took to register.
Qualifications vary by state, so you might have to do some digging on the information youâll need, but if I can figure out how to register on my own, you can do it as well.
âIâm disabled/too busy working/attending school outside of my state/cannot vote for some reason.â ABSENTEE BALLOTS. THEY EXIST. USE THEM.
âI donât have the legal rights to vote.â You probably have friends who do, but arenât likely to vote in the midterms. Give them a friendly reminder of how much power the House and the Senate have.
âThe President will just ignore the House and the Senate, like he has been doing the last two years. The systemâs rigged. Itâs hopeless.â The House and the Senate are both currently Republican majorities. You havenât seen the House and the Senate push back yet because they donât have Democratic majorities. If you are qualified to vote, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHANGING THE AMOUNT OF POWER THAT THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE.
If you call yourself an activist and want to brag about how much you care about immigrants on Tumblr, you WILL be in the polling booth this November. If you still donât care about voting, I donât know why youâre posting about politics at all.
Learn your system, understand your power, and vote in the damn midterms.
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