#ya4hillary

(via E. Lockhart #firstvote16 Rock the Vote rtvote.com/firstvote16 - YouTube)

Hi All.  TOMORROW!  Tuesday!  Vote!  

Here  is a re-post of my firstvote16 video. Your voice really matters in this election.  Especially in CO, AZ, PA, FL, OH, NC, NH and NV.   Most polls open at 6am and stay open late.  

Need help finding your place, or want to know what to expect? rtvote.com/firstvote2016

What else can you do besides vote? Check -- is your Nana voting? And your gramps? Does anyone you know need a lift to their polling place?  Are any of your friends nervous and do they need company as they go to vote?

Text/chat your friends and remind them to vote, both today and tomorrow.  If they are undecided or thinking about abstaining, point them to this videofrom John Green called Why I Didn’t Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwn1ZKXD3pE -- he really empathizes and explains things. 

If you don’t know HOW to vote in your state, Hank Green has your back. He made a separate video for EVERY STATE, showing you how. Here’s the overview.  Forward it! Spread the word. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8spm2Qh60U4  

This election is exhausting.

It’s easier to want to ignore, turn away, stay quiet and not have to engage because it’s so very overwhelming. But so much is at stake. We vote for a reason. We teach history for a reason. Cuba. Venezuela. Germany. Things can change while so many stand believing that it can never happen here. If you are exhausted by the current election imagine how marginalized voices feel. How exhausting it must be to constantly have to fight for the right to be treated equally in a country that claims to stand for that very thing. Imagine how exhausting it is to live terrified that we might elect someone who every day shouts things that clearly put so many people’s rights in danger.

When the hatred is screaming so loud staying quiet isn’t an option.

Many YA authors, and others in publishing, have joined together on Twitter to shout why they’re voting for Hillary Clinton using #YA4Hillary because as Whitney Houston sang The children are our future and as Sabaa Tahir puts it, we have to fight for their future.