I am an election nerd, always have been always will be, and my colleagues at @NBCNews have given me (and all of us) a great and critically important gift.
PLAN YOUR VOTE: A state-by-state guide to voting by mail and early in-person voting. nbcnews.com/specials/plan-…
Shared this before, but here’s the voting machine I got for my 26th birthday. From the 2000 Florida recount, hanging chads and all. My wife made me take it to storage. I don’t blame her. I keep it as a reminder of how many people are still disenfranchised by barriers to voting.
And here’s a video I made when last year I got this machine which dates to 1800s. Paper ballots. Locked box. Pretty sure it’s an Acme and it was designed to ensure an honest vote, according to @smithsonian. Reminder that we can have safe and secure voting.
While you’re here: there’s absolutely no good reason whatsoever we vote on Tuesdays. (Obviously please do everything you can to make it happen if, like in Mississippi, it’s your only option.) And thank you for coming to my actual @WhyTuesday TED Talk.
Here are the ways you can use the @NBCNews and @MSNBC #PlanYourVote tool to make sure your voice is heard and your vote is counted on (or before!) Election Day.
Thanks @3rdHourTODAY for allowing me to unleash my inner election nerd.
At least I admit it.
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