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2018 Voting checklist: (Original Post) NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 OP
As the Great Ferret says, Vote in the godamn midterms! thbobby Dec 2017 #1
Thank you! NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #4
I misread your first line. murielm99 Dec 2017 #8
trump has made thbobby Dec 2017 #10
Amen! redstatebluegirl Dec 2017 #2
"Vote in the goddamn midterms" should be our motto! NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #5
BTW . . . peggysue2 Dec 2017 #7
We need to be working for candidates in 2018, too. murielm99 Dec 2017 #13
Plan your day around this vote because . . . peggysue2 Dec 2017 #3
We need to vote as if our lives depended on it. Because they do. NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #6
Best New Year's resolution! cp Dec 2017 #9
Thank You. wendyb-NC Dec 2017 #11
I'm so glad Steve Marmel Cha Dec 2017 #12
you should recheck your registration about 5 weeks before election day gopiscrap Dec 2017 #14
Vote early if you can. yardwork Dec 2017 #15
Great checklist Gothmog Dec 2017 #16
Vote Gothmog Jan 2018 #17

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
1. As the Great Ferret says, Vote in the godamn midterms!
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 03:18 PM
Dec 2017

Voting is the only chance we have to save democracy. Really is the main pillar of democracy.

If we vote, we win. Love your post!

murielm99

(30,738 posts)
8. I misread your first line.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 04:30 PM
Dec 2017

I thought it said, "Reality is the main pillar of democracy."

But that is true about reality.

Vote. Vote. Vote. That is true, too.

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
10. trump has made
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 04:37 PM
Dec 2017

reality very subjective. He has had much help. Al Sharpton says "We can have our own opinions but not our own facts". GOP has been trying to destroy that concept for decades. Will they succeed?

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
2. Amen!
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 03:24 PM
Dec 2017

I see DU moving past it to 2020 and it makes me nuts. We should ban talk of 2020 until we get the house and senate back in 2018.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
7. BTW . . .
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 03:34 PM
Dec 2017

I couldn't agree more with your post. 2018 is far more important than 2020 because everything hangs on our success or failure in the mid-terms.

We can't afford distractions and that's what the endless lists of potential 2020 candidates are at the moment, shiny objects.

murielm99

(30,738 posts)
13. We need to be working for candidates in 2018, too.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 05:12 PM
Dec 2017

In my household, we have circulated nominating petitions. We are getting the word out for local and state candidates. Everyone should be doing this. Our goal should be to fill every seat with a Democrat, from dog catcher to President.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
3. Plan your day around this vote because . . .
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 03:26 PM
Dec 2017

your life will depend on the results.

This tweet underscores the importance--One Shot to stop the damage and the madness. One Shot to reset our course as a Nation. One Shot to stop the Demented One and his Putin apologists from wrecking the foundations of the country: Rule of Law, Institutional integrity, etc.

Mueller is doing his thing and I wish him God speed in his investigations. But 2018 is our time when we, American citizens, will make it or break it.

We need to vote as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
6. We need to vote as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 03:32 PM
Dec 2017

Yes, a thousand times yes! Mueller is doing a great job, but we need to do our part. Vote, get others to vote, help them with any needed documents, check and recheck. Give up some time and GOTV. This is an emergency.

Cha

(297,196 posts)
12. I'm so glad Steve Marmel
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 05:07 PM
Dec 2017

shows how serious this is with his excellent voting check list!

Thank you, Riff!

gopiscrap

(23,759 posts)
14. you should recheck your registration about 5 weeks before election day
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 05:27 PM
Dec 2017

In 2008 the Micah Project had what was called National Guarantee Your Vote Day in which 5,600,000 people took part in electronicaly

yardwork

(61,604 posts)
15. Vote early if you can.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 06:00 PM
Dec 2017

If your community has early voting, take advantage of it and vote at your convenience.

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