Are you worried about voting rights going into this year’s midterm elections? We are too.
But just being worried doesn’t fix anything. In fact, if we let it make us lose our sh!t, that worry can keep us from taking real action to protect our rights. Doom-scrolling, it turns out, doesn’t solve problems.
Luckily, Stacey Abrams is *the* expert on all things voting. She joined us a few weeks ago for a virtual event where she helped us understand how extremists are trying to take away our right to vote and what we can do to stop it. Stacey shared that there are three important questions to ask:
Can you register and stay on the rolls?
Can you cast a ballot?
And does that ballot get counted?
Each of these three questions comes with its own challenges and solutions, but — crucially — they help us take action.
As Stacey said, “we see the villains coming together, and we think the villains have won. But we have power too. And when you believe that we have the ability to be the heroes in our own stories, to be the hero for someone else, then we are not as daunted by the villains.”
If you missed our event with Stacey, here’s another chance to hear her grounding wisdom!
