{"id":137280,"date":"2018-10-06T23:53:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T05:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/06\/register-to-vote.html"},"modified":"2018-10-06T23:53:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T05:53:01","slug":"register-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/06\/register-to-vote.html","title":{"rendered":"REGISTER TO VOTE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And I do say this to anyone, even if I disagree with your politics. The intrinsic value of social engagement and voter turnout in a democracy is immense. <\/p>\n<p>But I admit I will say it more loudly to people who are sick and disgusted with this President and his party-fellow-travelers in the House and Senate. If you don&#39;t play, you can&#39;t win. If you don&#39;t vote, you can&#39;t stand any chance of changing things. If you don&#39;t register, you can&#39;t vote.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Cara Evangelista<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In many states, the deadline to register to vote is tomorrow.<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23VoteBlue\/posts\">#VoteBlue<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23bluewave2018\/posts\">#bluewave2018<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ot-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/s\/%23VoteThemOut\/posts\">#VoteThemOut<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Update: Please double-check the date for your state as well as your registration status. The graphic below apparently contains at least one error (PA) but I&#39;m leaving this post up as a general reminder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/104293150100442554654\/albums\/6609445581334896097\/6609445580166291522'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-1_gha7j2c2A\/W7l3vKAWYEI\/AAAAAAAE0QY\/kPg4SgoDje0udTZUgBmIm-UNa28BCrzsgCJoC\/Screenshot_20181006-225908_Twitter.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/MFFzJD8kaSA'>Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And I do say this to anyone, even if I disagree with your politics. The intrinsic value of social engagement and voter turnout in a democracy is immense. But I admit I will say it more loudly to people who are sick and disgusted with this President and his party-fellow-travelers in the House and Senate. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/06\/register-to-vote.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;REGISTER TO VOTE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[1732,1731,1733],"class_list":["post-137280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","tag-bluewave2018","tag-voteblue","tag-votethemout"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181006-225908_Twitter.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33435,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/30\/a-splendid-civics-lesson-from-the-gop-to-todays-youth.html","url_meta":{"origin":137280,"position":0},"title":"A splendid civics lesson from the GOP to today&#39;s youth","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 30-Apr-13 8:13pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Though it is legal (indeed, constitutionally mandated, per the Supreme Court) for college students to register and vote in the college communities they are temporarily attending, that just doesn't sit right with some state GOP legislatures. So they keep trying to find ways to discourage it, like:- Not letting parents\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12778,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/09\/29\/register.html","url_meta":{"origin":137280,"position":1},"title":"Register!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 29-Sep-08 2:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"To my Colorado cohorts -- voter registration (for those of you who aren't ends Real Soon Now. Register to Vote. The site is an Obama site -- but the info...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections 2008&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33053,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/04\/stay-classy-north-carolina-gop.html","url_meta":{"origin":137280,"position":2},"title":"Stay classy, North Carolina GOP!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 4-Apr-13 7:54am","format":false,"excerpt":"Because, of course, the GOP in general would love to see college student voting drop because, well, it tends to go Democratic. \u00a0Thus this lovely bill that says, \"As far as N Carolina is concerned, if your kid\u00a0registers to vote someplace other than at your home, they can't be claimed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137422,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/06\/idiotic-reasons-people-are-giving-for-not-voting.html","url_meta":{"origin":137280,"position":3},"title":"Idiotic reasons people are giving for not voting","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 6-Nov-18 11:31am","format":false,"excerpt":"We're doomed.1. 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