In every state + DC except North Dakota, you must be properly registered in your county to vote. You have to be 18 years old and a US citizen to be eligible to vote anywhere, and will need to provide a driver’s license/state ID card number or the last 4 digits of your SSN 2/
Some states also have specific rules that require you you to be a resident of your county for a specific number of days, and many states prohibit citizens on probation or parole for a felony from voting, so be sure to check w/ your state's rules, esp if you recently moved 3/
Most but not all states now have online registration! Keep in mind, however, that you may not be able to use your state’s voter registration portal if you don’t have a drivers license or state ID card, so check that well ahead of time and get your paper form in by the deadline 4/
If you’re in Arkansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, or Wyoming, you have to register either in-person or by mail with a paper form. Be sure to get your form in by the deadline — if your form is late, you can’t register at all 5/
21 states + DC now have some form of same-day in-person voter registration, where you can register in-person on Election Day or during early voting if you missed the online/mail voter registration deadline in your state 6/ ncsl.org/research/elect…
Keep in mind that every state requires you to bring one or more forms of ID to register to vote on Election Day, and in some places, you can only do same-day registration at your county elections office and not at your polling place. Be sure to figure that out ahead of time! 7/
And in 34 states (+ first-time voters at a new precinct in PA), it’s not enough to simply be registered — you also need to bring some form of either photo or non-photo ID to the polls. Here’s a map showing the rules in every state 8/ businessinsider.com/voter-identifi…
Today is also a great day to verify your voter registration and make sure it’s still active — every election, there are unfortunately some people who show up to the polls only to find they’re not properly registered, esp if they recently moved or haven't voted in a while 9/
If you’re already registered, awesome, you get a gold star! Today’s also a wonderful day to check with your friends and family and make sure they are registered, their registration is active, and they have a plan to vote/have requested their ballot🗳️ businessinsider.com/deadlines-for-…
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BREAKING: Democrat @marilynforAL has defeated Republican Teddy Powell, who just conceded in the special election for Alabama House District 10, a Huntsville-area swing district, by what looks like will be a pretty big margin (district was Trump +1, Doug Jones +5 in 2020)
@MarilynForAL Lands campaign says Alabama women "sent a clear message that will be heard in Montgomery and across the nation.
"Our legislature must repeal Alabama’s no-exceptions abortion ban, fully restore access to IVF, and protect the right to contraception."
More: 19thnews.org/2024/03/marily…
@MarilynForAL Some quotes from Lands voters I spoke to last week....
“I’ve seen your ads, and you looked so sincere,” a 61 year old first-time voter told her. “And I just agree.”
“I hate what’s going on,” another said of GOP led abortion bans. “I really hate it.” 19thnews.org/2024/03/marily…
News: Over 60 House Dems, led by @DemWomenCaucus, are pressing top pharma distributor AmerisourceBergen for answers on reports the company won't distribute Mifeprex, the brand name for abortion drug mifepristone, to pharmacies in up to 31 states 19thnews.org/2023/05/aborti…
@DemWomenCaucus .@rmc031 reported in March that AmerisourceBergen, the sole distributor of Mifeprex in the US, had told corporate clients it wouldn't distribute the drug to pharmacies in 31 states — the company has not confirmed the reports or said what those states are 19thnews.org/2023/05/aborti…
@DemWomenCaucus@rmc031 “This one company could be a determining factor in whether women can access medication abortion, so our ask here is simple: lawmakers want to see their list of states where they do not plan to supply this medication to pharmacies," said @RepLoisFrankel19thnews.org/2023/05/aborti…
New: I talked to first-term Michigan Democrat @RepScholten about how she wants Democrats to reclaim faith, freedom and "compassionate conservatism" going into 2024
“Our biggest mistake has been completely giving up that lane of faith,” she said. 19thnews.org/2023/05/hillar…
@RepScholten Scholten thinks her 13-point victory over a Trump-aligned candidate in November could be a blueprint:
"You don’t win by that margin just because people are rejecting something on the other side. We built something that attracted people to our message" 19thnews.org/2023/05/hillar…
@RepScholten "When I go to the prayer breakfast, it’s basically me, Lucy McBath and Ted Lieu who are the only ones there on the Democratic side. We just need to be engaging more on this issue — faith and freedom are so inextricably linked.” 19thnews.org/2023/05/hillar…
Florida just moved one step closer to banning abortion after 6 weeks, with the state Senate this afternoon passing a GOP-sponsored bill that bans most abortions after 6 weeks in a key access point state for the South
Story from @MelLeonor_ & me @19thnews: 19thnews.org/2023/04/aborti…
@MelLeonor_@19thnews If the bill passes + goes into effect, Florida will go from being a top state for access in the South to having...
• A 6-week ban
• Telemedicine abortion banned
• 24-waiting period
• Parental notification/consent requirement 19thnews.org/2023/04/aborti…
@MelLeonor_@19thnews “We will be the only state in the country with a six-week ban plus mandatory two trips without option for telehealth. It is beyond arcane,” @LeaderBookFL told us last week. The bill will go into effect if the FL Supreme Court upholds FL's 15-week ban 19thnews.org/2023/04/aborti…
👋🏼 hello from Madison, where abortion rights advocates are holding a rally (rescheduled from last weekend due to snow) at the state Capitol — and yes, that’s an angry uterus on a stick you see
Some signs, including a @taylorswift13-themed one — these attendees said they took inspiration from Pinterest