Cross posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/11789755
Because democratic Texans have been convinced that their vote doesn’t matter. However that couldn’t be further from the truth. Ted Cruz would have lost his last election if something like 6% of registered Dems who did not vote, had voted. Also Greg Abbott would have lost if around a quarter of those registered, non-voting Dems had voted. The propaganda in TX is deeply ingrained in its residents. The state would have voted blue in the last presidential election. Trump won by 8% while over 20 million registered voters did not vote.
IF YOU LIVE IN TEXAS AND YOU ARE READING THIS PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS LIVING, VOTE.
here is a link to verify that you are registered (many residents believe they are registered but are in fact not)
https://www.texas.gov/living-in-texas/texas-voter-registration/
If you are not registered, register here:
https://vrapp.sos.state.tx.us/index.asp
Print out your registration and mail that fucker in today so you’ll be ready for early voting in October
YES TEXAS HAS EARLY VOTING AND TIME OFF LAWS. THAT MEANS WORK CANNOT PREVENT YOU FROM TAKING TIME OFF TO GET TO THE VOTING BOOTHS.
Voter suppression also includes telling people that voting doesn’t matter, and that “both sides are exactly the same”.
If multimillion-dollar political campaigns can’t generate more enthusiasm for voting than the “It doesn’t matter” crowd can suppress it then the politics are bad.
The biggest hurdle for voters is registration in Texas. It is the most effective form of voter suppression followed by the “your vote doesn’t matter” propaganda. You cannot register to vote online. You register to vote through a few obscure avenues. The way I linked above is a mail in form. You mail your registration and they mail you back a confirmation and vote location based on your address. God forbid you move or misspelled something on your registration form or get your registration by snail mail sent out too late. If it’s time to vote and you end up realizing you’re one of the many people not ACTUALLY registered, well now you really do not have enough time to get registered for this voting cycle because the USPS can take 5 business days to deliver, the state of Texas can take 5 business days from receipt to process your registration and then 5 more business days for USPS to deliver your information. 3 weeks… If it’s time to vote and you aren’t registered, you are not voting.
It becomes significantly easier to renew your registration once you are registered but you have to register first.
