WHY TO VOTE

Let’s be realistic… voting is rarely exciting. Sometimes, it’s even infuriating. Our elected leaders rarely take the voices of our generation into account, and as a result, they frequently fail to address the problems we face in our everyday lives. Or maybe you’re just pissed at the options we have this time around…

WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND!

However, our votes are counted regardless of whether or not we cast a ballot. In other words, candidates pay attention to who isn’t voting. When we don’t vote, we become a data point that lets the next candidate justify not speaking to our generation.

So, while we don’t stand for the candidates - we do stand for being listened to.

HOW TO VOTE

  1. Make sure you’re registered to vote. Check your registration here.

    If you aren’t registered, you can pre-register online as long as it is 21 days before Election Day. If it is less than 21 days until Election Day, you bring a valid form of ID to your early polling place before Election Day or to your polling place on Election Day to register when you vote.

  2. Find your polling place. Check where you can vote on Election Day here.

    If you are busy on Election Day or just super excited to vote, you can also vote early in person on your time. Find your EARLY voting location here.

  3. Check out your sample ballot so you know what you will be voting on.

  4. Cast your vote!

    Know you’re going to be busy or out of town on election day? You can vote by mail (aka. vote absentee) or vote early in person. This is true for any election - Presidential or state, primary or general!

HOW TO’s

HOW TO ORGANIZE

Voting alone is not enough. We also have to take intentional, collective action - and this is hard to do! Check out some of the resources that inspire and inform Believe In What’s Possible community members as we organize for a better world.

Podcasts:

  • “A master class in organizing” - The Grey Area with Sean Illing

Books:

  • “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia E. Butler

  • “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” by Paulo Freire

  • “All About Love” by bell hooks

  • “The Revolution Will Not Be Funded” by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence

  • “No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age” by Jane McAlevey

  • “Y’all Tryna Win or Nah” by Youth United for Change

  • “You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train” by Howard Zinn

Artwork & Music:

  • “Untitled” by Jean Mischel-Basquiat

  • “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” by Lauryn Hill

  • “Dirty Computer” by Janelle Monáe

  • “Sundial” by Noname