There's a lot more you can do than make phone calls. But please still make those phone calls.
- the application takes one minute. Responsibilities in this infamous year include helping voters social distance and wiping down machines. Poll workers also help open and count mail-in ballots, and since every state is sure to be overwhelmed with mail-in ballots, this is perhaps the most pressing reason toIn many states people can get paid to work the polls and, in some states, they are allowed to be under 18. Tell every at-home high schooler and college student.
, because apparently America is stuck in 1993. But wait! Volunteers can’t actually help process voter registrations, and that subtitle was a fake out. That’s right, election offices are overwhelmed and yet not allowed to accept volunteers for this particular task. So what can you do to make sure your registration even gets counted?
The only option available right now is to pressure Congress to pass emergency funding for local election offices. The House passed $3.6 billion in election funding in the HEROES Act, but it has stalled in the Senate. to be immediately connected to your local Senator’s office and leave a voicemail asking them to do whatever they can to get election funding passed so that voter registrations can be processed.Many people argue that their vote doesn’t count given the electoral college.
If that still sounds esoteric or confusing, here’s another example that might drive the point home: Prop 22 will determine whether residents of California will still be able to order an Uber in 2021. Local, down-ballot measures affect everyone’s lives just as much as the presidency.It’s time for 2020 to be over - let’s make sure it ends on a high note. Instead of complacency, all Americans need to get creative about how to get out the vote and make sure each one is counted.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Casinos are getting creative to combat the coin shortageAs people stayed home and businesses were closed, the amount of change in circulation has been drastically reduced. Now, newly reopened casinos are being forced to come up with creative ways to combat the shortage after months of lockdown.
Read more »
Need a Mood Boost? This Woman's TikTok Impressions of Annoying People Are So AccurateHer impression of a mom getting ready to go to Target is SO hilariously relatable.
Read more »
Watch Travis Scott & Kylie Jenner Try to Get Stormi to Pose for a PicThe rapper gets a chuckle out of Jenner's attempt to wrangle their daughter.
Read more »
Alan Greenspan lists inflation and the budget deficit as his biggest concernsOn the budget deficit, he said the federal government's spending imbalance is 'getting out of hand.'
Read more »
11 The Ordinary Products For Finally Nixing Those Dark Spots11 The Ordinary products for finally nixing those dark spots. deciem
Read more »