The Black Sisters

should not be so complicated - but because it is...

im a 21 year old (ive never voted before) but i want to vote this time for bernie. can you please explain when voting starts, like what date and what should i do. i graduated high school 3 and a half years ago and i really dont remember that well when it comes to what needs to be done to vote

It takes some dedication to become involved in the political process, mostly because there are so many vested interests trying to keep you from doing so.

Also, I almost guarantee that what I am going to tell you was never covered in High School. 

Your First step is to: Register to vote.

In order to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Primaries different states will have different requirements.

You will not have to register for any party in order to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Primaries if you live in: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

You will have to be either registered as a Democrat or be Unaffiliated In order to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Primaries if you live in: California, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Washington and West Virginia

You will have to be a registered Democrat in order to Vote for Bernie Sanders in the Primaries if you live in: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wyoming

In many states you have to be registered as a member of that party for 30 days prior to the primaries in order to vote, although that isn’t always the case. So your best bet is to register now. 

Next, find the date of your primary or caucus and vote.

Due to the large amounts of money and time that candidates spend in the states with earlier primaries and caucuses, many states will spend this year changing the date of their events. Rules are also subject to change at the same time. 

THE INFORMATION BELOW IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. CLICK THE LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FOR ANY CHANGES IN DATES OR RULES.

As of June of 2015 here is the tentative schedule for the Democratic Primaries and Caucuses.

February 1, 2016 

Iowa Precinct Caucuses

February 9, 2016

New Hampshire Primary

February 20, 2016

Nevada Non-binding Precinct Viability Caucuses

February 27, 2016

South Carolina Presidential Primary

March 1, 2016

Alabama PrimaryArkansas PrimaryColorado Precinct CaucusGeorgia PrimaryMassachusetts PrimaryMinnesota Precinct CaucusesNorth Carolina PrimaryTennessee PrimaryTexas PrimaryVirginia PrimaryVermont PrimaryAmerican Samoa Territorial Caucus (presumably)Oklahoma Primary (presumably)

March 1-8, 2016

Democrats Abroad Global Primary

March 5, 2016

Louisiana PrimaryNebraska Precinct Caucuses

March 6, 2016

Maine Municipal Caucuses

March 8, 2016

Michigan PrimaryOhio PrimaryMississippi Primary (presumably)

March 13, 2016

Puerto Rico Primary (presumably)

March 15, 2016

Florida PrimaryIllinois PrimaryMissouri Primary

March 22, 2016

Arizona PrimaryIdaho County CaucusUtah Neighborhood Caucuses

March 26, 2016

Alaska Precinct / House District CaucusesHawaii Precinct CaucusWashington Precinct Caucuses

April 1-15, 2016

Colorado District Assemblies/Conventions

April 5, 2016

Wisconsin Primary

April 9, 2016

Wyoming County Caucuses

April 26, 2016

Connecticut PrimaryDelaware PrimaryMaryland PrimaryPennsylvania PrimaryRhode Island PrimaryNew York Primary (presumably)

May 3, 2016

Indiana Primary

May 7, 2016

Guam Territorial Caucus (Party run primary) (presumably)

May 10, 2016

West Virginia Primary

May 17, 2016

Oregon PrimaryKentucky Primary (presumably)

May 21, 2016

Washington Congressional District Caucuses

June 7, 2016

California PrimaryMontana PrimaryNorth Dakota Legislative District CaucusesNew Jersey PrimaryNew Mexico PrimarySouth Dakota Primary (presumably)

June 14, 2016

District of Columbia Primary

November 8, 2016

ELECTION DAY

As long as you followed the first step and registered to vote, your state will send out information about your voting location and what you need to bring to that location in order to vote.

I know this is tons of information and that it seems super complicated, it is set up that way on purpose. Those in power want you to react:

The powerful are banking on us acting this way. 

They know that the Millennial Generation is now the largest voting generation in History. They know that we have the ability to enact change in a way that has never been seen before and they are scared. 

This is our first chance to make the changes we want in government. I know it may be difficult to become involved but if we learn anything from our parents generation it should be that a lack of participation in politics only makes the system favor the wealthy and hurt the rest of us.

Let’s not make the same mistakes.

It just kills me when writers create franchises where like 95% of the speaking roles are male, then get morally offended that all of the popular ships are gay. It’s like, what did they expect?

writing is so fun

a thing I've learned about interacting with fanfiction.

fanfiction is free. I cannot pay the author even if I want to, but I can leave a comment telling them how much I appreciate their work 🫶

idk why comment on fics like so many times i see fics full of comment and not a one reply from the author like at this point is better just to gush about in discord after all nobody is answering the comments

no author is needs to respond to comments when theyre providing you free work. if you want that work to continue, leave comments. if you arent going to leave comments don't be surprised when your favorite creators stop posting.

“It’s okay to not be okay”

Unless it impacts your work performance…

Or your grades

Or how you act

Or if it causes you to say no

Or if you’re harder to be around

Or if you need time alone

Or if you talk about it

Or show symptoms

“It’s okay to not be okay”

Unless you have trauma

Unless you have one of those “scary” mental illnesses

Unless it inconveniences me

Unless you’re undiagnosed

Unless you cry or scream or make a scene

Unless you don’t keep that shit to yourself

Unless you make me uncomfortable

Unless I can’t infantilize or fetishize you

Unless you have hallucinations

Unless you have psychosis

Unless you get angry

Unless I think you’re cringe

Unless you can’t preform hygiene tasks

Unless you’re disabled, or trans, or gay, or not white, or fat, or AFAB, or intersex, or a man… so I guess anyone

“It’s okay to not be okay”

As long as nobody ever finds out.

Our society has a severe issue with performative activism, and mental health is a huge example of this. Every time someone considers reaching out, they run through this list mentally. This is why true activists and resources need to be loudly supportive of all the things on this list. Take the subtext out of your support.

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