When are you voting tomorrow? Do you have a plan? This could be one of the most critical elections in our lifetimes in terms of its impact on LGBTQ equality, reproductive rights, gun control, healthcare, education, immigration, separation of church and state, and so much more. We can’t sit this one out.
Here are three key things to remember—but also see my longer list of ways to bring parent power to the polls:
- If you haven’t voted early, make a plan now for getting to the polls tomorrow. If you’ve already voted, offer to take relatives, friends, or neighbors.
- Read your state ballot measures. Make sure you know which way you’re voting. For example, a measure in Massachusetts on whether to retain protections for transgender people is worded such that a “yes” vote means you want to keep the protections, not that you’re in favor of removing them. (Vote “yes”!)
- If you’re turned away at the polls for any reason, know that you have the right to a provisional ballot—and get a receipt so that you can check later to see if it was counted.
Bring your kids or get a sitter or remind them, too, to vote if they’re old enough. The future of our families depends on it.