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also fyi I DO plan to be shamelessly obnoxious at my fellow USAmericans about voting this year. I will tag all of my voteposts with #current events and #uspol, but that is the only concession I will make

I'm pretty sure most people following me share my stance wrt the importance of getting incremental change where we can and preventing things from getting worse where we can't, so I'll spare y'all the lecture about how every eligible USAmerican must vote this election. Instead, here's some resources if you're not sure where to begin:

• Register to vote! https://vote.gov/
  • (the above site also contains election dates, things you need to bring on Election Day, and other important information)
• If you're disabled, go to school out-of-state, or otherwise doubt your ability to vote in person on Election Day, it's possible that you can put in an absentee ballot or vote by mail. There's some details about that here: https://www.usa.gov/absentee-voting
• Living outside the US right now? You can still vote!! https://www.votefromabroad.org/
• If you want to see who's on your ballot (please vote for your legislature and local offices as well!), Ballotpedia has a neat tool: https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup
• Finally, if you want to get involved beyond the vote (by volunteering, donating, and so on), look for local opportunities! I've also heard good things about https://sisterdistrict.com (which has local chapters), though I don't have any personal experience with them myself.

Please feel free to recommend other resources!