thisfinecrew | Check In 6 October

Election day is almost upon us! I'd like to flag up another reminder for everyone to check their voter registration, as some states are being very aggressive about removing people from the rolls for spurious reasons and don't allow various forms of same-day registration or other options to ensure people who are entitled to vote can do so. (And you can bet that certain states will be aggressive post-election about trying to throw out votes to the benefit of Republican candidates.)

Another reminder:

minoanmiss left a comment on an old post about voter intimidation near polling and registration places which gives information about the law in all 50 states — a good resource to check if that's the kind of thing that may go on where you live.

minoanmiss also suggested we should have a fresh roundup of the latest election resources. We do have an old one from the last (presidential) election, but I'm afraid I don't have time to update it myself this time (life is very busy for me right now). If anyone else is willing to take on checking the entries on that post and going back through the posts in the comm to add to it, I'm sure our comm members will be very grateful.

Meanwhile, thanks to everyone who's posted resources and suggestions over the past month. Here are the posts that have been made

OSHA proposed regulations for worker heat protections: comment period until Dec 30, 2024
[Post on a step you can take as an ally]
National (US) Voter Registration Day!
Musicians for Kamala!
Community for Climate Action
This might be relevant to our interests....
More postcard signups available

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

Poll #31996 Check In

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

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Since the last check in, I...

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called my one senator
1 (11.1%)

called my other senator
1 (11.1%)

called my representative
1 (11.1%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
1 (11.1%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
4 (44.4%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
5 (55.6%)

attended an in-person activist group
1 (11.1%)

participated in phone/online training
1 (11.1%)

went to a protest
0 (0.0%)

signed up for alerts
1 (11.1%)

worked for a campaign
1 (11.1%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
3 (33.3%)

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

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
4 (44.4%)

committed to action in the coming month
3 (33.3%)

As always, everyone is free to make posts about any issues and actions they think the comm should know about. You can also drop 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.)