#ballotready

1) If they don't have a website, I'm not considering them. If i cannot research you, I can't evaluate how you'd do the job. Also, it's 2024. You should have a website, even if it's a single page.

2) If the reason they're running, or their main issue, is doing better than the person currently doing the job and rooting out corruption, I'm not considering them. I don't just want to know you're better - I want to know your plan. Also, if the water commissioner was really bad at their job I'm pretty sure I'd notice.

3) If they're advocating for work policies I don't like (such as 5 days mandatory in the office), I'm not considering them. I was actually surprised at how hard a 'nope' this was for me until I ran across it.

I'm a little uncomfortable with myself how arbitrary these are and not based on say, the actual politics of a candidate. (Maybe someone without a website is amazing!) But it's also so wild how these three filters pretty much eliminate all Republican candidates.

Democrats, and Libertarians, almost always have websites listing their experience and issues, often including plan outlines and term objectives. And that's really what I want in office - someone who is communicative and has goals and ideals that line up with mine.

Every candidate and referendum, explained!

This awesome website

Early and Absentee Voting

Check your registration here or here.

Here are the states that offer same-day registration on Election Day: California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Polling place locator

Another polling place locator

Yet another polling place locator

Polling hours

Check if you need Voter ID here or here.

Check if your Absentee Ballot requires Voter ID

Clear, easy-to-read voter information by state, including Voter ID requirements

Sample ballot

Make a plan to vote

Find information, including absentee voting, provisional voting, voting machines, and more here.

Get a ride to the polls:

https://carpoolvote.com/

https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2018/voting-transportation.html

https://www.li.me/blog/lime-to-the-polls-vote-org-i-am-voter

https://www.motivateco.com/bike-to-vote-motivate-announces-free-rides-on-election-day-in-nine-bike-share-systems-across-the-country/

https://www.uber.com/newsroom/update-uber-drives-vote/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/pollup2018/welcome-to-pollup2018

Progressive Voter Guides:

https://www.aclu.org/

Click on “Pledge to be an ACLU Voter”. I can’t link because I’ve already inputted my location to test it out.

https://voteprochoice.us/voter-guide

Nonpartisan Voter Guides:

https://www.headcount.org/issues-and-candidates/

https://www.isidewith.com/elections/2018

BallotReady is an excellent resource for USAmerican voters looking to vote down the ballot. They literally walk you through every single race on your ballot, what role that position plays, and who the candidates are (including experience, endorsements, and positions on various issues) with links to their sources for each piece of information. You can then pick the candidate you prefer and save for later reference.

Same.

Check out BallotReady.org!

Sabi and I just ran through our entire ballot, had everything explained clearly (with links to sources), let us select our answers and even compiled it into an email for easy viewing at the booth.