Category Archives: Voting

How Your Voices Are Making a Difference: Progress may be slow, but it’s steady

So…much…winning for Democratic candidates in Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and all across the country in state and city elections. In a rejection of racism, sexism, and bigotry, a transgender woman defeated the Republican candidate who wrote the “bathroom bill” discriminating against trans people in Virginia, and became the first openly transgender state legislator in American history; Minnesota …

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Use this tool to find your Facebook friends in Alabama and tell them to VOTE

There is a special election in Alabama on December 12th, to fill the Senate seat formerly occupied by Jeff Sessions. The choice in this election could not be more stark. And while the GOP thought this seat was safe, it absolutely is not–especially with the latest allegations that GOP nominee Roy Moore engaged in sex …

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Tell your friends in Virginia to VOTE!

Today is election day. The stakes are relatively low in Texas, but could not be higher in the state of Virginia. Use the links below to find your Facebook friends in the major metro areas of Virginia, and then tell them to get out and vote! Find friends in Arlington Find friends in Alexandria Find …

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National Voter Registration Day Events in Austin

Tuesday, Sept. 26 is National Voter Registration Day. It’s also important to note that Oct. 10 is the last day to get registered before November 2017 elections (which in Travis County will be mostly ballot issues). Here are a few voter-registration drives happening around town. You can find more on the official website. Travis County …

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Why We Fight Gerrymandering

Democracy in America is in trouble. All across the political spectrum, Americans feel alienated from their government. They find it distant, ineffective, corrupt, and interested primarily in serving the powerful at the expense of everyone else. Many millions have given up in frustration, feeling powerless to do anything. Others have embraced partisan warfare, turning our …

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Additional Voter Registration Training Classes Available

Two new voter registration training classes have been added for us! Get trained to register voters in Travis County (plus, thanks to a  reciprocal agreement with Williamson County, you will be able to get a certificate to register there as well). PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST RSVP HERE FOR THIS TRAINING. Training dates are April 15 and …

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Train to Register Voters!

There is an easy way to help expand the voter rolls in Travis County and beyond. You can become a Volunteer Deputy Registrar (VDR) of voters. With 159 people a day (net) moving to the Austin area, according to this report, it is imperative that we stay on top of voter registrations. Regularly schedule VDR …

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Governor Abbott’s Cruelty Will Be His Undoing

Authoritarian regimes succeed only when there are enough lackeys willing to brutalize their fellow citizens on behalf of the autocracy. These lackeys do it without being told, and they do it with zeal. One such lackey is Gov. Greg Abbott, whose fealty to Trump is painfully evident in the case of a Tarrant County, Texas, woman named Maria Ortega, who …

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Voting Rights: Dispelling the Myths

Boy, is there a lot of misinformation on voting out there! I probably won’t be able to hit them all, but let me try to clear up a few of the pervasive myths that surround voting in the United States. Please keep in mind that my “expertise” is Texas specific, and that each state runs their …

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