Katy Perry desires to be sure you know that Today (Sept. 25) is National Voter Registration Day. Traditionally held on the fourth Tuesday of September, the day for voters to get their paperwork so as had numerous celebrities tweeting our reminders that it is not too late to get registered for the upcoming midterm elections.
The subsequent election is simply 41 days away on Nov. 6 — and a few states require voters to be registered 30 days earlier than the election, so a few of you’ve till subsequent weekend to register.
The upcoming midterm is the primary since Pres. Trump’s election two years in the past and it’ll mark the primary check of his capability to retain management of each the White House and Congress throughout his first time period in workplace. More than six in 10 eligible Americans voted within the final presidential election, however lower than 4 in 10 eligible voters participated within the final midterm elections. This implies that management of the American authorities can and has been determined by a minority of voters, with twenty one % of eligible voters not even registered.
In the stability on Nov. 6 is management of each the House and Senate, which the Republican get together at present holds, with a slim, two-vote majority within the Senate (the place 33 of the 100 seats shall be in play) and a bigger majority (240-195) within the House (the place all 435 seats are up for grabs). Current fashions predict a possible flip of the House, which may result in an avalanche of investigations into the Trump administration by Democrats, and, if the Senate is flipped as nicely, a attainable stall to Trump’s bid to fill a second Supreme Court emptiness ought to the at present imperiled nomination of Brett Kavanaugh stall out earlier than the midterms.
John Legend, Moby, Bon Iver, Emily Saliers, Big Boi, and Kill The Noise had been among the many performers who took to social media with their ideas on voter registration.
This National Voter Registration Day, analysis the voting rights in your state and make a plan to vote. By making your voice heard on the polls, you may decide the way forward for our nation’s legal justice system. Call https://t.co/2F1Uc6A3TO to know your rights. #NVRD pic.twitter.com/m79C1jayQV
— John Legend (@johnlegend) September 25, 2018
These are the faces of the Republican Party in 2018. The solely means the Republican Party, the get together of racists, misogynists, and oil billionaires, stays in energy is due to low voter turnout. Which is why we should: #registertovote after which on November 6: VOTE. #nationalvoter… pic.twitter.com/QNDTjcirlD
— moby XâX (@thelittleidiot) September 25, 2018
It’s #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, America! Make positive you are registered to vote on Nov. sixth. It’s fast, straightforward, and possibly an important factor you are able to do immediately!
Register by way of @RockTheVote: https://t.co/dxU18csi8h#NVRD
— Bon Iver (@boniver) September 25, 2018
NASHVILLE!
I shall be performing TOMORROW at City Winery Nashville – Lounge in Nashville, TN for the National Voter Registration Day Benefit Show together with Mary Gauthier, Gretchen Peters & extra. Whose coming? Comment under!
Tix Here: https://t.co/Iy8qP1sM4c pic.twitter.com/Y6k9BhkAzZ
— emily saliers (@EmilySaliers) September 24, 2018
National Voter Registration Day is four days away! Why does this election matter to you? @BigBoi desires you to register to vote as a result of #TheFutureIsVoting and you do not need to miss the midterm elections. #RegisterToVote at https://t.co/UZn3ZeGFFJ pic.twitter.com/SjZUxf19OL
— HeadCount (@HeadCountOrg) September 21, 2018
this mid time period election is vital and it’s right here, tomorrow is nationwide voter registration day are you signed as much as vote?? all of us want you to vote! — https://t.co/Fda3iCG9mP @HeadCountOrg pic.twitter.com/EhbPwkHoi7
— к†Ð¸ (@killthenoise) September 24, 2018
Today is National Voter Registration Day. You aren’t powerless.
Register at @HeadCountOrg
(Alternative: Text VOTER to 40649)#TheFutureIsVoting pic.twitter.com/6YzlRLkjyJ— Lucy Dacus (@lucydacus) September 25, 2018
I do know there are lots of particular “days” however tomorrow is National Voter Registration Day and I feel that is one thing we will all get behind. If you have not registered, please do, and encourage others as nicely. It’s very important to creating positive our democracy works. https://t.co/JBAKqzgBEf
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) September 24, 2018
In honor of National Voter Registration Day, I need to spotlight some instruments you should utilize to get registered to vote and register pals. With solely six weeks earlier than the election, it is all palms on deck.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 25, 2018
Please. Be a voter.
Here’s every part you want #NationalVoterRegistration https://t.co/lnV4kj2nBF
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) September 25, 2018
Today is National Voter Registration day! To vote this November, California residents have to be registered by October 22. Our state makes it straightforward by permitting you to register on-line right here: https://t.co/oeLo9WugwC
— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) September 25, 2018
It’s National Voter Registration Day! Sign up now with @HeadCountOrg, and win an opportunity to take part in American democracy! https://t.co/nYmNjTNXAX #TheFutureIsVoting pic.twitter.com/47KfLuwY0O
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) September 25, 2018
Repeat after me : nearly time for season 3! Catch the 1-hour premiere Sept 27th at 8/9c on NBC. #TheGoodPlace pic.twitter.com/kjR7V7LbIG
— Ted Danson (@TedDanson) September 21, 2018
Today is National Voter Registration Day! Make your voice heard and register to vote.https://t.co/oiNSRnNwjj
— Albert Hammond Jr (@alberthammondjr) September 25, 2018
Over the weekend on the Farm Aid profit live performance, co-founders Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young spoke concerning the significance of voting as nicely.
“We’ve received to get the correct folks representing us and have your voices heard,” mentioned Mellencamp at a press convention.
Nelson added that he is at present engaged on a track along with his songs known as “Vote ‘Em Out,” with lyrics like “If you do not like who’s in there, vote ’em out/That’s what election day is all about/And the largest gun we have known as the poll field/So in the event you don’t love who’s in there, vote ’em out.”
More details about voter registration is obtainable at USA.gov and the National Voter Registration Day web site.
