I’ve already voted five times. Yeah, that’s right. I’ve voted five times for Hillary Clinton and I plan to vote a lot more between now and election day.
People say that it’s illegal, but nah. Perfectly legal.
My elderly grandparents, both in their nineties, are voting in this election. Like most adults who were alive during the rise of Hitler they know how important this election is. They want to vote for Hillary but they are both house-bound. My grandfather says that if he has to go to an early-election center he will not vote. His leg pain is that bad. He needs an absentee ballot, as does my grandmother. So I filled out their ballot requests, mailed them, and bingo! Their ballots are now in the mail. Two votes for Hillary, and while technically those are my grandparents’ votes they would not have voted had it not been for effort on my part. My grandparents’ votes are my votes in a way. I voted twice. Oh, and both my grandparents are Florida voters.
My roommate, who voted in 2008 and sat out in 2012, is now going to vote for Hillary. I made her re-register for her address and told her to go vote for Hillary on October 24th (first day of early voting for Florida in my county, though all voters should check when they can start voting in their respective states). It was easy. This video convinced her. Another vote for Hillary. Yes, technically that’s my roommate’s vote but believe me she would not have voted for Hillary had it not been for effort on my part.
That’s three votes.
Oh, and my roommate is awesome. She convinced the guy serving jerk chicken at the local deli to vote for Hillary while we were picking up lunch. I even checked his voter registration status for him (he’s registered) and even said that I would TOTALLY become a regular at his deli if he voted. He said “Okay baby, I get you.” Another vote for Hillary. His vote, yes, but also my vote in a way. And believe me, I will be on his ass between now and election day to make sure he went to a polling place and bubbled the right bubble.
That’s four votes. Florida votes.
My last vote so far I’m really proud of. My friend in New Jersey who voted for Kerry in 2004, Obama in 2008, Jill Stein in 2012, and is now going to vote for Jill Stein again….. just got schooled by me. “Oh, but I’m registered for New Jersey. If I lived in Pennsylvania or Ohio I’d vote for Hillary but here it doesn’t matter. Hillary is leading by 21 points in New Jersey, and I want to vote my conscience.” I don’t care. National votes matter. This may be an electoral college system but a raw national vote showing Hillary winning lends moral authority to her presidency. I don’t care if you live in California, Texas, Massachusetts, New York, or Oklahoma….. YOUR VOTE MATTERS! We are all one country! We all matter!
I told her to vote for Hillary. She says she’ll think about it.
I think she’ll vote for Hillary.
Oh, and my fifth Florida vote was yesterday. I was doing voter registration door-to-door and having terrible luck. It was getting dark out so I was walking back to my car when a couple of young girls flagged me down. “Hey! Are you doing voter registration?”
“Oh yeah! Are you registered?” The girl who had flagged me down looked pretty young.
“I don’t know, I think so.”
“Are you eighteen?”
“Yeah.”
“Let me look you up.” I made her look up her registration on her phone. She wasn’t registered.
“Oh, it’s not automatic?” she asked, “Like, when you turn eighteen?”
“No, but I can register you right now if you like.”
“Okay.” she filled out the form.
“Awesome!” I took her form. “So your voter registration card will arrive in the mail in ten days and you should have a photo ID when you vote on October 29th.”
“So I can vote?”
“Yes! And please PLEASE vote!”
“Yeah,” her face suddenly got serious. “Hillary. It has to be Hillary.” Her friend, who was seventeen, nodded her head. They both knew.
That’s now five votes. Five Florida votes for Hillary. And I haven’t even voted yet! And I have a LOT of free time between now and election day. I’m spending it collecting more Hillary votes. Gotta get them all!
How many times have you all voted for Hillary?
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