emmersdrawberry:

emmersdrawberry:

It’s not an accident that we’re sending kids out of school with no concept of how to vote, or even how to register in the first place. Keeping youth ignorant is a very purposeful thought out process that results in generations that feel disenfranchised and powerless and who in turn grow up to not feel like their involvement with politics matters anyway. 

It’s not your fault they didn’t teach you. But you can learn on your own, by your specific state, from How To Vote In Every State. Each video goes over the different requirements for voting in each state and includes helpful links like sample ballots you can fill out at home to use as reference when you go to vote. 

You cannot vote online, anything you’re seeing that says you can is either intended as a parody or is an outright lie to prevent people from going to the polls to skew the election. 

Some states have banned campaign clothing from voting locations entirely. This could include anything from hats to buttons to water-bottles. If you’re not sure what the laws in your state are, it’s better to not wear anything campaign related to vote. You may be asked to turn shirts inside-out, or wear a jacket to cover slogans, put hats away or remove buttons from your bag/clothing/whatever. It’s honestly probably just easier not to wear anything campaign related and save yourself a potential hassle. 

If you have difficulty remembering things, or get nervous/stressed under pressure, you can totally bring some note cards with you as a way to keep track of what and who you want to vote for. 

A lot of people feel like they’re being tested when they go into vote and get freaked out but you’re free to bring notes in, or even fill out a sample ballot exactly how you want to fill out the official one and refer to it. Some places might not approve of using electronic notes on your phone and stuff like that, so it’s better to air on the side of caution and use paper notes or bring both forms to be safe.

You also don’t have to fill out an entire ballot for it to be counted. If there’s something specific to you locally you aren’t sure of, haven’t heard of, or don’t understand completely, you do not need to fill those portions out for your presidential vote to count. It’s great if you research ahead of time what local stuff is going to be up for votes but if there’s just something you don’t know or understand your ballot won’t be discounted because you didn’t check off every single item. You can fill out any part of the ballot that you want, however much or little that is.