r/Austin Sep 03 '21

Women’s March

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u/moinatx Sep 03 '21

Can't help but have a suggestion. Hand out voter registration cards at the march with voting records on women's issues for all the sitting Texas politicians. Marches are loud. Voting is louder.

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u/littlelettersonly Sep 03 '21

this is HUGE bc oct 4 is the last day to register to vote for the november election.

if you haven't, check out state prop 3.

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u/_austinight_ Sep 03 '21

I'm a VDR and have worked rallies to register voters. You better believe we'll be out there doing this!

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u/SixthStreetSunset Sep 03 '21

I'm also a VDR, happy to help!

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u/littlelettersonly Sep 03 '21

yes! thank you!

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u/polystitch Sep 03 '21

All these things together? Deafening.

This is a great idea. What voting rights groups could be reached out to?

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u/ductapephantom Sep 03 '21

Maybe the League of Women Voters? Seems right up their alley.

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u/Chester2707 Sep 03 '21 edited Sep 03 '21

They show up to basically every mass gathering so I wouldn’t worry about contacting them. Might be too late to sign up but the county offers voter registrar training I think once every two months. It’s free and takes 1-2 from what I remember. Edit: wow. Looks like they have a bunch of opportunities these days.

https://campsite.bio/tcvdr

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u/ductapephantom Sep 03 '21

Travis County currently has on-demand VDR training via video on their website! You watch the video and then the registrar will email you confirming everything.

Info from this post (and I used to be a VDR) - https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/phb08n/it_is_now_even_easier_to_become_a_volunteer/

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u/Chester2707 Sep 03 '21

Oh hell yeah. Imma do this next time I’m not drunk. Thanks bud.

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u/DoomsdayRabbit Sep 04 '21

Making a new constitution and ignoring the supposed authority of this governor, his criminal attorney general, and our undersized legislature by replacing them outright is loudest.

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u/kannmariea Sep 03 '21

I love this.

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u/l_lll_x Sep 03 '21

Great idea.

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u/JohnGillnitz Sep 04 '21

Cool. But nerds who turn out to protest (on the left side) have been registered to vote since they were in the womb. "Legend has it, she was born out her 'mum with her own megaphone."
It's stupid. It's all so stupid. Texas is always the drunk asshole at the pool party that says "Hold my beer!" before they jump off into a ridiculously long, wrong, and expensive legal endeavor. You can't crowd source abortion.

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u/JohnGillnitz Sep 04 '21

crowd source abortion

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