Today is the day that the government returns to the people. Vote!
Also, please be aware that there are a lot of dirty tricks going on this year.
If you have received a phone call telling you your polling place has changed – call your local registrar and verify it. Lots of Democrats have received phone calls designed to discourage them from voting by misleading them about the location of their polling place, their voter registration status, or deliberately annoying them in the name of their Democratic challenger. This is all intimidation and voter suppression tricks and it is designed to deprive you of your fundamental right to vote.
Things to remember:
1) Voter registrars don’t call people. They just don’t. They have enough to do. That person calling you is someone you shouldn’t trust.
2) Nobody is ever arrested for trying to vote. They may be turned away on technicalities, but there are no law enforcement officials hanging out at the polls looking to take people away for trying to vote illegally.
3) Polling locations may change – but nobody is ever charged with calling everybody to tell them. Independently verify your polling location and go there.
4) Bring a video camera and film anything suspicious.
5) If someone tells you that you are not eligible to vote, immediately photograph them, get all details including their name, party affiliation, and reason you are being denied. Ask to fill out provisional ballots.
6) Long lines. Sorry – please tough it out and vote anyhow. It is important. Be angry about it though. Long lines are often produced by election commissioners trying to discourage voting intentionally because they know your district favors candidates they don’t like.
7) If you’ve been getting harrassing recorded phone calls – be aware that the republicans are running a misleading robo-calling campaign designed to trick people into getting annoyed at their opponenents.
Bring a photo ID.
Some useful links:
VeektheVote (cellphone video reports)
Now go VOTE!