#election hell

[pocketgalaxies]

"we're voting to fight with raishan"

"you don't need our votes, anyway"

"you're abstaining? i really wish you would vote. your vote matters."

"you really need to vote. voting is important"

"is voting this time important, particularly?"

"yeah this time it's really important"

"but if i don't vote, won't someone else just vote for me?"

"no no you actually sway the vote in greater ways than you can possibly imagine, it's very important"

"i don't even know how, is it easy to find out?"

"i'm sure the internet has all your answers"

"i should just go online and find out how to register to vote"

"look it's never an easy choice but you have to fall down on one side or the other"

"preferably one that doesn't rely on hate as a message"

"alright let's kill a dragon and feel THAT bern"

[auds-art]

I told one of my friends that I’m avoiding all election news because I can’t handle the stress?

First thing she does when she wakes up? Tells me every single thing, every state, and what’s happening, exactly as I asked her not to. Ugh

[stagandsteer]

I’m not sure how voting works in the US, but does Froy voting in Texas mean he’s a resident there?

As long as he maintains a primary home address— most likely his mom’s house — he is eligible to vote in Texas, even if he has also lived part time in California. he would definitely choose to vote in Texas because as a democratic progressive, his vote in Texas has greater relative “weight” to it than in majority progressive California. does that make sense?

also nothing is standard and fair from state to state. if he were still in London, for example, and wished to vote absentee from out of the country, California would make that very easy for him and he could be assured his vote would be fairly counted. Texas would make it as difficult as humanly possible, and republicans there will be looking for excuses to throw out—literally just discount them—as many non-traditional out of state, absentee, vote by mail ballots as possible.

we are in a very, very precarious and terrifying situation here. thank you for asking, even if just for fandom reasons.

[pocketgalaxies]

MICHIGANNNNNNNNNNNN PLS HANG THE FUCK IN THERE SO HELP ME GOD

[queerpyracy]

tbh the election i intend to watch most closely tonight is the portland mayoral race bc i hate ted wheeler (who teargases children) and i really hope that the city of portland does the right thing and votes out ted wheeler (who teargases children) and that ted wheeler (a timber magnate who teargases children) never holds office in the state of oregon again 💜

[queerpyracy]

you know i'd be a hell of a lot less angry about the "just suck it up and vote for biden" folks if there had ever, since the moment it became clear the DNC was railroading us into the position, ever been the space for a real conversation about how terrible biden is and if it's even possible to hold him to account. but no, the second it was apparent that we were going to have to pick between two human shitbags, any of the perfectly reasonable reasons to reject biden were (are) treated as enabling trump/fascism/etc. like i do not know how to tell you that harassing poc and sexual violence survivors about voting for a racist rapist, in a way that makes it extremely clear you'll blame them personally if he loses, is not a good look

[pocketgalaxies]

WE ARE FINALLY DONE

[stagandsteer]

I hope Froy is okay, he hasn't posted all day, which is usually normal but with the Fendi thing, I thought he would be posting at least once

I suspect he did not feel like posting a pic today. he either didn’t send them one, or respectfully asked that they not post today, with our country’s very existence as a democracy hanging in the balance.

like, I wanted my morning Fendi pick-me-up real bad, but I also get it. hopefully we have a new actual President for the first time since January 2017 by tomorrow and we can get some hot pics too. 🙏🏼

and of course hoping he’s ok emotionally. he has Richard, and maybe some work to distract him, so he’s probably as good as can be expected.