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Funtatlaguy

(10,870 posts)
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 08:21 AM Apr 2020

Bored at home? Why not help register voters.

Look thru your social media, roll a dex, or wherever you have names and numbers.
Get in touch with old friends and acquaintances.
Tell them that you’re just checking in and hope they are healthy.
Ask some open ended questions to find out their politics.
If they sound like a Trumper, wish them well and move on quickly.
But, if they are Dems or independents or never Trumper Repubs, ask if they are registered to vote.
If not, help them find out how to register in their state.
If they are already registered, ask them to try to register their own sphere of reference.

I mean you can only watch so much tv and listen to your Uncles boring stories at home.
You might as well spend an hour or so each day doing something politically productive.

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Bored at home? Why not help register voters. (Original Post) Funtatlaguy Apr 2020 OP
I recently convinced an "e-mail girlfriend" to finally vote. Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #1
Good job. Funtatlaguy Apr 2020 #2

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
1. I recently convinced an "e-mail girlfriend" to finally vote.
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 08:30 AM
Apr 2020

She’s a Jewish woman in CT who hates Trump, but she has NEVER voted in her life! She’s about 40 years old.

We’re just similar-minded people who met on an internet forum, about movies and TV shows, a few years ago.

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