I have been canvassing 20 hours per week to help get people to the polls. During this canvassing, I can't tell you how many new mothers with babies have told me that they aren't going to vote because they don't have time to register, or to get the ID that they need, or to get a babysitter to take care of their kids, or to get a ride to their polling place.
People I've come into contact with think that women are uninterested in voting, but the truth is that the deck is stacked against young women, especially women in poverty, with children and that when they DON'T vote in their own interest, it seems to count as a vote AGAINST them.
We have to do what we can to make sure women's voices are heard! Here are some ways you could help:
- Take a stack of Voter Registration Cards with you to women who are short on time or raising young children and help them register.
- Offer to babysit so that those women can get to the polls on voting day.
- Offer to drive them to the polls if they do not have transportation.
- Do what you can to make sure that they have secured the Voter IDs that they need to be able to vote in this mid-term election!
IT TAKES A VILLAGE and we need to HELP A SISTER OUT!!!
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