{"id":4954,"date":"2008-11-04T07:06:48","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T15:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/04\/vote-2\/"},"modified":"2019-12-23T13:20:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T21:20:30","slug":"vote-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/04\/vote-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4869,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.aclu.org\\\/votingrights\\\/gen\\\/36695res20080909.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20091010052100\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.aclu.org\\\/votingrights\\\/gen\\\/36695res20080909.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 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day!<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, you&#8217;re one of the many people who&#8217;ve taken advantage of the option to vote early in one form or another. If not, then <em>please<\/em> take the time out of your day today to go by your local polling place and cast your vote.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let the news scare you away, either. If the race follows the polls &#8212; and keep in mind, that&#8217;s still a big &#8220;if&#8221; &#8212; then the big networks could be calling the election long before many people on the West coast have a chance to vote. Don&#8217;t let that stop you! Anyone who remembers the last two presidential races (especially 2000) knows how eager the networks are to declare a winner, long before most votes are cast, and with plenty of time for things to change. Besides, there&#8217;s a lot more than just the presidential race at stake here, there are tons of Senate, House, and local seats and measures that you can have input on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/votingrights\/gen\/36695res20080909.html\" title=\"ACLU: Know Your Voting Rights\">Know your voting rights<\/a>! Hopefully this won&#8217;t be an issue for you, but better to be prepared. Don&#8217;t let goons from the other side (whichever side that may be) keep you from voting. If you <em>do<\/em> have problems, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2008\/11\/3\/112443\/536\/4\/650878\" title=\"Daily Kos: Be Vigilant.  Be Active.  Call It In.\">know what to do<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  If you see something weird or discomfiting or arguably illegal going on at your polling place tomorrow. don&#8217;t post about it here.  Or, at least, don&#8217;t post first.<\/p>\n<p>  You&#8217;ve got two choices tomorrow as to where to phone in your information, and I&#8217;m going to advocate doing both.  First off, there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/my.barackobama.com\/page\/content\/vrachome\" title=\"Obama\/Biden Voter Information Center\">Obama Voter Protection<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n    Call 1-877-US-4-OBAMA (1-877-874-6226) and let them know what problems you&#8217;re seeing.  If you can&#8217;t get through, use <a href=\"http:\/\/my.barackobama.com\/page\/s\/vpcreport\" title=\"Obama\/Biden: Report a Problem With Voting\">this online form<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"http:\/\/my.barackobama.com\/page\/content\/statepages\" title=\"Obama\/Biden: Find your State Headquarters\">call your local campaign HQ<\/a>.\n  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  Alternately, or in addition, I strongly encourage you to call <a href=\"http:\/\/www.866ourvote.org\/\" title=\"Election Protection\">Election Protection<\/a>, a nonpartisan organization:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For immediate assistance, call the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline.<\/li>\n<li>To report problems to Election Protection\u2019s state teams through Twitter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.866ourvote.org\/page?id=0057\" title=\"Election Protection: Use Twitter to Protect the Vote\">use these guidelines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Track incident reports received through the hotline at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.866ourvote.org\/page?id=0057\" title=\"Our Vote Live\">OurVoteLive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Keep an eye on voting issues as they are reported at the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ourvotelive.org\/\" title=\"Our Vote Live Blog\">OurVoteLive Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Follow breaking voting news and issues at the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/866OURVOTE\" title=\"Twitter: 866OurVote\">866OurVote Twitter account<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  We all love being able to break news here about what we&#8217;re seeing, but what matters most tomorrow is giving that information to people who can do something about it .  And then &#8230; wait, what are you doing at a computer in the first place on Election Day?  Get out there.  Do More Than Vote.<\/p>\n<p>  Lawyers like me will be at polling places all over the country tomorrow to protect every citizen&#8217;s right to vote in an atmosphere free of intimidation, coercion and deception.  But we can&#8217;t do anything if we don&#8217;t know what the problem is.  So don&#8217;t post it here &#8212; call it in.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for a change, people. Make this one count.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopefully, you&#8217;re one of the many people who&#8217;ve taken advantage of the option to vote early in one form or another. 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