{"id":45597,"date":"2020-11-03T15:14:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T20:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=45597"},"modified":"2020-11-03T15:15:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T20:15:12","slug":"its-election-day-betches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/its-election-day-betches\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Election Day, Betches!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally! It’s Election Day, betches! This is your last chance to vote!<\/p>\n

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Do you need help finding your poll site and its hours, or need a peek at your ballot before you head out? Here’s your source for everything!<\/p>\n

VOTE411.ORG<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

It bears repeating<\/a> that if you are in line at the poll site by the official closing time, you are legally allowed to vote. No one should tell you to leave the line — not a poll-site worker, not a cop, not another voter. If you feel like you’re being pressured or harassed, call or text the voter protection hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683)<\/a>. But do make sure you get to your site in a timely fashion! If the poll’s hours are from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. — to use New York City hours as an example — if you arrive by 8:59 p.m., you’re golden. If you stroll up until 9:01 p.m., you can’t vote. If you got there well before last call and have been standing in line, you’ve got nothing to worry about at all. The law is on your side. The hotline can also help you work through any confusion about dropping of mail-in or absentee ballots.<\/p>\n

If you’ve already voted — whether it was today or during an early-voting period — text a hot selfie of yourself wearing your “I voted” sticker to three friends and ask them if they voted. (If you have awesome friends and know they already voted, they still deserve to behold your beauty.) It’s been shown that this kind of personal communication helps anyone who is tempted to skip voting to get out there. In fact, I’m in Philadelphia, looking like an international woman of mystery …<\/p>\n

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Honestly, this could be a picture of anyone, right?<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

… working with Make the Road Pennsylvania<\/a> to persuade voters to “triple their vote” by texting. Anyone who takes the time to do it right in front of me gets a special sticker. Instagram doesn’t count, by the way. You have to make deliberate contact with a specific human being.<\/p>\n

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You only get this if I witness the texting. Promises aren’t enough!<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Speaking of voting, I was extra-excited when the Biden-Harris campaign came out with this ad yesterday.<\/p>\n