• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Many people do not start paying to the general until August. A disturbingly large number of people don’t know about any of the incredibly heinous shit Trump has been saying.

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      8 months ago

      It is the responsibility of ALL citizens to be accurately and intelligently informed to help guide their country in a positive direction through the voting process and discussion.

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        8 months ago

        Good luck having success at telling Americans what their responsibilities as citizens are. Do you know how many millions of eligible voters don’t even bother? And have never bothered?

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          I volunteer for a local Democratic Party board and we are seeing an uptick in volunteer interest quite early. We are preparing by improving our processes so early volunteers get trained well in hopes we have a bigger army for GOTV efforts closer to the general election.

          I mention this to say it isn’t hopeless. Voters are made by knowing other voters, it’s a socially reinforced activity. I gotta try anyway

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            I’m hoping you’re not stuck seeing the ugly part of the voting process. I am curious of how often you had voting locations be hard to setup due to politicians not liking the demographics of the area? Do lots of volunteers see this or is it regulated to a small amount of places?

            Obviously, ignore this if you don’t want to answer.

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              We have had few overt attempts to intimidate voters in Colorado. Candidates don’t get to just pick their voting locations. That’s a very complex decision that involves multiple overlapping government and volunteer organizations.

              No, the enemy here isn’t MAGAts flexing at a polling place, it’s apathy among the general populace. A major part of our efforts is just educating people about how it all works, not necessarily getting them to vote a certain way. Finding someone who is willing to engage more fully in the process is how we measure success.

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        8 months ago

        So now it’s my responsibility to be sad, frustrated, disheartened, and generally grumpy.

        Great country we got here.