This is one of the best threads I’ve read in a long time.
On Twitter, Brittany Packnett Cunninghamm asked people who didn’t vote in 2016 but plan to vote this year what changed. Answers varied but they all told a similar story. People overcoming!
In between then and now, people overcame:
🗳 Homelessness
🗳 Organ failure
🗳 Incarceration
🗳 Apathy
🗳 Mental health struggles
🗳 Their own ignorance
🗳 Feeling powerless
🗳 Obstacles to citizenship
🗳 Relationship problems
It’s quite a tapestry of things to celebrate and a good reminder that voting isn’t something to take for granted and that woven into each ballot are a lot of human histories- before and after the votes are cast.
Those that benefit from the injustice of the status quo may often try to take power away from others. But another strategy is trying to convince those with less power that they have none. Good stewardship is when you recognize what you’ve been given, and you engage it to make life better for others.
If you haven’t checked your registration or started researching the down-ballot, local stuff... now’s the time. When We All Vote, Vote.org, Votesaveamerica and @iamavoter have tools that make it easy!