It’s National Voter Registration Day in the U. S. A.
Click the graphic to be taken to their website where you can start the process to register or, if you think you’re already registered, to confirm it.
I recently moved but late last week I got the postcard from my local Board of Elections confirming my new address and polling place. I also got my new drivers license with the new address which I’ll have to use to vote because Republicans wanted to add another hoop.
Remember, they don’t want readers of poetry to vote, so double-check your registration.
Election Day is seven weeks away. Let’s get to work!
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
Thanks so much for your advocacy Bartholomew! Done, done, and done! ππ€π
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Thank you, Kym. If we can get one more person to vote, it’s worth the minor effort of putting up blog post.
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AMEN Bartholomew! ππΌ I am so with you about that my friend. π
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Vote like your life (or at least your deeply held convictions) depend upon it, because they may.
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Hear! Hear!
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Each person has to make that decision by themselves. I know what I would choose, and I don’t want to that to be taken away. Thanks for sharing this important day.
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Yeah, while I frequently disparage the intelligence of my countrymen, I’m convinced the more folks vote, the better the outcome.
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Yaaasss!!! I was so happy when my new voter’s registration card came a few weeks after I moved last year. I know the feeling, Bart!
I checked the site just to be doubly sure and I am A-OK! Thanks for sharing this important information.
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Good work, Tre! I plan on doing early voting since if I get rejected there by a partizan, I’ll have time to get things sorted out before election day itself.
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“Remember, they donβt want readers of poetry to vote, so double-check your registration.
ππ½
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Thanks, Cindy, I think. I don’t recognize that emoji, young lady.
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GOOD MAN BART! It was/is the same here…. http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=16845
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The whole concept of “registering” to vote is just another hoop.
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Kinda necessary though?
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Not really. Most governments keep a list of their citizens. Even in the United States, one state (North Dakota) does not require registration. I think it’s just a way to decrease participation.
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I am registered to vote.π³οΈ I am ashamed of Pennsylvania, though. Trump won last time and heβs set to win again.π
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At least you’re doing your part by voting. I used to think PA was a reasonable state (especially compared to Ohio where I grew up) but that’s no longer the case.
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