Check In 2 October

[tanaqui]

I'd like to start by saying I hope everyone in the path of the various hurricanes and other bad weather is safe and well.

Here in the comm, we've had a series of great posts on the upcoming elections since the last check in. A big thank you to sathari for finding and sharing all these useful resources!

A Non-Exhaustive List Of Election-Related Links
National Voter Registration Day (USA)
More Candidate Slates (US 2022 Elections)
How To Register To Vote (US)

As usual, a reminder to not be shy of making your own posts about any issues and actions you think the comm should know about, or dropping some information into a comment to our sticky post if you'd like the mods to do it.

If you're looking for information on anything else, you can use our tags to check for any ongoing actions or resources relevant to the issues you care about. (And a quick shout out to redbird for all the tagging work that keeps the comm running smoothly.)

Finally, here's our poll (behind the cut) for you to tell us what you've been doing in the last few weeks. And do let us know in comments what you plan to do next.

Poll #27602 Check In

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

View Respondents

Since the last check in, I...

View Answers

called my one senator
0 (0.0%)

called my other senator
0 (0.0%)

called my representative
0 (0.0%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
5 (83.3%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
4 (66.7%)

attended an in-person activist group
1 (16.7%)

participated in phone/online training
0 (0.0%)

went to a protest
0 (0.0%)

signed up for alerts
1 (16.7%)

worked for a campaign
0 (0.0%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
4 (66.7%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
0 (0.0%)

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
3 (50.0%)

committed to action in the coming month
2 (33.3%)

Comments

[gingicat]

Due to Life Stuff, I had to bow out of election clerking this year. If you can be awake and alert from 5AM to 11PM and polite to people you disagree with, and spend the three months before and after the election never saying anything political on Facebook or Twitter or LinkedIn, *please* look into being a poll worker.

Edited to add link: https://www.eac.gov/help-america-vote

[sathari]

I'm so glad these are helpful! I felt really bad that I didn't have it in me to do the "how to vote in all 50 states" thing like I've done for elections past. But, lo and behold, we have a US government that cares about helping citizens exercise their rights, and they did it for me! I think some of us have talked in the comments here about how nice it is to have a government that actually bothers to do even "little" things in a way that makes things easier and better for its citizens.

[jazzyjj]

It looks like my state of Illinois is moving towards a fully accessible online? ballot system. This will be great for all involved parties. I am a screen reader user, and awhile back on an email list I heard a walkthrough of one of these.