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[mikkeneko]

Early Voting By State - Voter Participation Center

This chart covers the states where no excuse is needed to vote early in person. Note: Early In-Person Voting is also known as “In-Person Absentee Voting.” Last updated: June 18,...

We are now 35 Days away from Election Day.

States that can do early voting as of this date: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming!

If you are in any of these states, you can vote now!

[pendingmetamorphosis]

2018 Midterms Voter Registration Masterpost

Deadlines, accepted registration methods, and official sites for registering (where applicable) and checking registration status for each state. Some of the online forms require driver’s license or similar, and some sites also allow changes to recorded name or address; I have not included this yet. For any of these states (including states which do not permit online registration) you can print out, fill out, and mail in the National Voter Registration Application Form.

In general, you can get this information by googling “voter registration [state]” (for deadlines) and “check voter registration status [state]” (for sites).

(Even if the deadline has already passed for you, you can register ASAP and vote in the next election after the midterms.)

Alabama: October 22 (online, by mail, or in-person). Check status (also contains polling place information, provisional ballot, and absentee ballot) and register

Alaska: October 7 (online, by mail, or in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, absentee application, (absentee?) ballot status) and register

Arizona: October 9 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, provisional ballot, absentee ballot) and register

Arkansas: October 9 (by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, absentee ballot)

California: October 22 (online, by mail) or November 6 (in-person - “conditional voter registration”) Check status (also polling place, ballot status, other election info) and register

Colorado: October 29 (online, by mail) or November 6 (in-person) Check status and register

Connecticut: October 30 (online, by mail, in-person) Check status and register

Delaware: October 13 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, absentee ballot, some other election info) and register

District of Columbia (D.C.): October 16 (online, by mail) (PASSED) or November 6 (in-person) Check status and register

Florida: October 9 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, sample ballot, vote-by-mail ballot status) and register

Georgia: October 9 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, provisional ballot status, and other info) and register

Hawai’i: October 9 (online, by mail) (PASSED) or November 6 (in-person) Check status and register 

Idaho: October 12 (online, by mail) (PASSED) or November 6 (in-person) Check status and register

Illinois: October 21 (online) or October 9 (by mail) (PASSED) or November 6 (in-person) Check status (also polling place) and register

Indiana: October 9 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register

Iowa: October 27 (online, by mail) or November 6 (in-person) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register

Kansas: October 16 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place) and register Kentucky: October 9 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register

Lousiana: October 16 (online) (PASSED) or October 9 (by mail) (PASSED) or October 7 (in-person) (PASSED) Check status and register

Maine: October 16 (by mail) (PASSED) or November 6 (in-person) No online registration look-up tool; Google suggests contacting your local election official to check your status.

Maryland: October 16 (online or by mail) (PASSED) or November 1 (in-person) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register

Massachussets: October 17 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register

Michigan: October 9 (by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also other info)

Minnesota: October 16 (online, by mail) (PASSED) or November 6 (in-person) Check status (also other info) and register 

Mississippi: October 9 (by mail) (PASSED) or October 8 (in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, other info)

Missouri: October 10 (online, by mail, or in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register 

Montana: October 9 (by mail) (PASSED) or November 6 (in-person) Check status (also polling place, other info)

Nebraska: October 19 (online or by mail) (PASSED) or October 26 (in-person) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register

Nevada: October 18 (online) (PASSED) or October 9 (by mail) (PASSED) or October 16 (in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also other info) and register

New Hampshire: October 24 (by mail) or November 6 (in-person) Check status (also polling place, sample ballot, other info)

New Jersey: October 16 (by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, other info)

New Mexico: October 9 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, sample ballot, other info) and register

New York: October 12 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status and register 

North Carolina: October 12 (by mail) (PASSED) or November 3 (in-person) Check status

North Dakota: Automatic voter registration (so you’re all set)

Ohio: October 9 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also other info) and register 

Oklahoma: October 12 (by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, other info)

Oregon: October 16 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status and register 

Pennsylvania: October 9 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status and register 

Rhode Island: October 7 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register 

South Carolina: October 17 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status and register 

South Dakota: October 22 (by mail, in-person) Check status (also polling place, other info)

Tennessee: October 9 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also other info) and register 

Texas: October 9 (by mail, in-person) (PASSED) (if you attempted to register online, you have until October 13 to register by mail) Check status (also polling place, other info)

Utah: October 30 (online) or October 9 (by mail) (PASSED) or November 6 (in-person) Check status and register 

Vermont: November 6 (online, by mail, in-person) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register 

Virginia: October 15 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register 

Washington: October 8 (online, by mail; also deadline for updating name or address) (PASSED) or October 29 (in-person) Check status and register 

West Virginia: October 16 (online, by mail, in-person) (PASSED) Check status and register

Wisconsin: October 17 (online, by mail) (PASSED) or November 6 (in-person) Check status (also polling place, other info) and register

Wyoming: October 22 (by mail) or November 6 (in-person) No online registration lookup tool; Google suggests contacting your local election official to check your status.

[mikkeneko]

Sunday morning, I flew to McAllen, Texas to find out what's really happening to immigrant families ripped apart by the Trump administration. There's one thing that's very clear: The crisis at our...

Read it, if you can bear to.

Things you can do:

-Join a protest march this Saturday, June 20th. If the time to protest is not now, then when is it?

-Donate to charities at the Rio Grande border who are taking in detainees who have been released, attending to their needs, and arranging busses to take them to relatives inside the family if they have any.

-Make sure you’re registered to vote this fall. Make sure everyone in your family is registered to vote. Make sure your friends are registered to vote. And make sure they know what they’re voting for.

[mikkeneko]

2018 Election Calendar and Results

A full list of elections for the House and Senate, including which races matter most for congressional control.

It’s funny; usually when a new year begins I have trouble making the adjustment from the old year. I find myself having to scribble out “2017″ when writing dates and writing over them -- yet not this year. I’ve had no trouble at all remembering that we’re in 2018 now.

February is almost over and 2018 has well begun. This is the year of midterm elections. While the big date isn’t till November, there’s lots of stuff going on before then, starting even now -- Arizona special House primaries are today, February 27th. Texas primaries are March 6th.

Don’t wait until November to get busy. Check your state’s voting schedule. Make sure you’re registered, and make sure you know where and when local polling stations are open. Voter suppression is a real, huge problem, but in many places you CAN still vote if you’re able to jump through the hoops. Don’t let anything stop you.

Tag this post with “Voting Reference” so you can always find it again later.

[moontyger]

The Informed Voter’s Guide to Making Sure Your Vote Counts

ProPublica talked with election officials and voting experts to identify the most common issues voters face and put together a handy guide to making sure they don’t happen to you.

[losermoa]

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[gwiyomi-overdose]

So I am an American, but I literally know nothing about any of these candidates. Obviously I’m going to do some more research before i vote, but this gives me a place to start. This survey was really long, especially since I kept choosing alternative answers and answering every question, but it was good because I actually thought about things that I didn’t even know were issues. I would advise checking it out: http://www.isidewith.com/political-quiz) 

Side note: Personally, I don’t buy into the political parties, but my family (like.. extended family. Literally all of them) are Republicans.And my top three candidates are Democrats. So I have disgraced the clan this day. Deeply and horribly.