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Today is California’s Primary Election Day! Here are some helpful tips to ensure you are able to cast your ballot: ➡️ Polling locations are open from 7am-8pm today! Check out where you can vote in person: https://lnkd.in/exffWsp ➡️ If you are voting by mail, your ballot must be postmarked by 8pm today. ➡️ If you are dropping off your ballot, it must be dropped off no later than 8pm (when polls close). ➡️ If you are voting for the first time, you must show a valid ID such as a California Driver’s License, a California ID card, a U.S. passport, student ID, employee ID, or a recent utility bill. Here is a list of accepted IDs: https://lnkd.in/gYNJb5kZ ➡️ If you are voting in person, make sure you are in line no later than 8pm. Do not get out of line after 8pm otherwise, you will not be able to vote.

My newest HCTU article is about the importance of voting on campus, even when you're far from home. Check it out!

Ranked Choice Voting is the way to go.

Hey – I’m Byron Donalds.  The Republican National Committee named me the Co-Chairman of their most important initiative for the next election.  I have a plan for a CONSERVATIVE LANDSLIDE in 2024 – here’s the gist: If the Democrats vote early, we should push early voting too If they can ballot harvest, we should ballot harvest even better Invest in an 80,000-person team to ensure your vote is protected Mobilize GOP voters through neighbor-to-neighbor contact Expand voter contact efforts to connect with young Conservatives Fight BAD ballot harvesting laws – let’s make it easy to vote but hard to cheat I am proud to lead these efforts and help Conservatives WIN BIG up and down the ballot. These efforts will not only allow us to confront bad actors and stop cheating but will help our Party appeal to younger voters and swing-state independents. There’s just one problem: campaign operations like these are EXPENSIVE. It’s not cheap running ads, printing flyers, recruiting volunteers, and expanding voter contact efforts.

I want to invite you to some timely Arizona-focused webinars regarding Prop 211! The first will be on January 25, 2024 (2pm AZ), along with our partners at Barton Mendez Soto PLLC, and both Arizona Wins and One Arizona: "Get Ready for Voters' Right to Know: A Legal Review of Arizona's Proposition 211". Get election ready for 2024! Do you know how Arizona’s new Prop 211 will affect the way you do electoral work this year? Join Jim Barton from Barton, Mendez, Soto on an overview of all things Prop 211. This session will cover who has obligations under Arizona's Voter Right to Know law (aka Proposition 211); what information must be tracked under the law, what information must be disclosed under the law, and what disclaimers the law requires for ads that are so-called campaign media spending, as well as review the latest rulemaking and advisory opinions for the Citizens Clean Elections Commission. Who Should Attend: All progressive nonprofits engaging in reportable political activity or subject to Proposition 211 requirements in #Arizona are invited to have their Executive Directors or operations staff tasked with compliance for multi-entity organizations attend! REGISTRATION: https://lnkd.in/eGUMHdPj #AZProp211 #Prop211

In a new post I talk about why Virginia is so important and offer ways for people to get involved. Early voting starts in a week so need all hands on deck now. Let's do this peeps! Simon

Excited about Ballots in general and BallotReady has information about your Hyperlocal elections and what you get to vote on. Check it out and build your ballot today!

As students prepare to depart for Fall 2024 programs, how are you advising U.S. citizens to vote while abroad? AIFS Abroad recently sent Fall participants an important reminder to request absentee ballots and research voter information, including the Federal Voting Assistance Program website and Votefromabroad.org, a non-partisan voter registration resource. Because each state is different, it’s imperative that students investigate their unique process with plenty of time to receive their ballot before departure. Join us in engaging students with their own civic process while they are learning about those of another country! Drop your own resources or tips in the comments.

Are you a college or graduate school student? Know someone who is? Take 30 seconds to find out the relative value of their vote in their home state or their school state. College students can register in either state. And here is what they say about why it is worth being strategic about the choice: "Your vote counts more in a swing state because it can swing the election. Swing states are states where the election is close and a small number of votes can change the outcome. For example, in 2020, Biden won the state of Georgia by a razor-thin margin of just 11,779 votes — and there are more than 300,000 college students in Georgia!" #collegestudents #classof2025 #classof2026 #classof2027 #classof2028 #2024elections #democratsdeliver https://countmore.us/

This #ListenFirst Friday finds us on the cusp of Presidents' Day. As we join together to honor our presidents, we naturally look ahead to the presidential election, which reminds us, ironically, of our nation's divisions.   Many of us feel the weight of this election, but let's not put that weight on our children. Middle Ground School Solutions helps schools raise a generation of kids who are curious about the political other, and who can reach across lines of divide and disagreement better than many of us adults are doing. As we look toward the election, let's reach within to remember what’s exciting about the electoral process and to unearth our own curiosity about and empathy for the folks who will vote for the other candidate. Our children need that inspiration.   Educators will find a number of specific tips to prepare for the election in my recent blog posts. Let's get these tips into the hands of as many teachers as possible! Or check out Learning to Depolarize for a deeper dive into the challenge of political polarization and the role schools can play in preparing students to reach across lines of divide and disagreement. Let’s use this Presidents' Day to launch a hopeful election season, and let's navigate this season in a way that models for our children the curiosity and empathy we hope they'll emulate.