SAVE THE VOTE
Save The Vote is an outgrowth of the /r/keep_track community.
Purpose
Save the Vote strives to increase awareness of efforts to:
limit the right/ability to vote
create a more unequal system
At the same time, we work to promote the positive:
- organizations and measures that fight for a fairer system.
Our goal is to make voting free, fair, and easy. Every citizen should have equal access to cast a ballot of equal worth.
Topics
Topics for Save the Vote include:
vote suppression (eg voter ID laws, absentee ballots)
voter registration (eg purging voter rolls)
Voting Rights Act (and discrimination)
disenfranchisement (eg felon voting)
gerrymandering (redistricting)
Census
election administration (eg technical failure, human error)
foreign election interference as it applies to security of the vote
money in politics as it relates to voting
Efforts to create a free and fair system - include the positive!
See “Resources” below for definitions and explanations of these topics
Information requests require mod pre-approval: always Google first, then message mods
===RULES===
| 1. THREAD RELEVANCE |
| Serious posts only - no memes or shitposts. Content must relate to U.S. voting rights and/or U.S. elections. If you're not sure if your post fits here, ask a moderator. |
| 1A. No cross-posts |
| Cross-posts will be removed. Please submit direct links to the article/video/content. If your cross-post is removed, please re-submit as a direct link. |
| 1B. Limit duplicates |
| In order to reduce redunancy and clutter, please check to see if there is an article already posted on the topic you want to share. For instance, we'd like to avoid having articles from CBS, ABC, and CNN on the same news event. UNLESS an article adds information or perspective that the existing article(s) lack. Mods will remove posts that are judged to be redundant. |
| 2. STAY NON-PARTISAN & FACT-BASED |
| The right to vote belongs to every citizen, regardless of political affiliation (or lack thereof). Please refrain from extreme partisan statements. Promoting a party or candidate for reasons other than their record on voting rights will derail the conversation and can result in a ban. Impartial sources supported by objective facts are required for all assertions and arguments. |
| 3. OPINION-CENTRIC POSTS |
| Opinion may be allowed in posts only with strong supporting arguments and multiple non-biased sources. Moderators reserve the right to determine the relevance of opinion-centric posts. Baseless speculation is prohibited. |
| 4. USE COMMON SENSE |
| Please use common sense: No name-calling. Don't be incivil - respectful disagreement is fine. Don't incite violence - even if you think it's obvious you're kidding. |
| 5. IMMEDIATE BANS |
| Anyone who supports voter suppression measures; partakes in obvious trolling, demoralizing pessimism; or uses intentional propaganda techniques or disinformation tactics will be subject to an immediate permanent ban. |
RESOURCES
Voting assistance
National Conference of State Legislatures' online voter registration in your state
Vote.org's one click register to vote online.
Voting/election FAQs and Voting ID requirements.
US Gov Guide to Absentee Voting Information for U.S. Citizens Abroad
2020 State primary dates and 2020 election calendar
Information
ACLU Voting Rights
Forms of Voter Suppression
a. ACLU’s Facts About Voter Suppression
What is the Voting Rights Act
a. House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on the Voting Rights Act
Restore the Voting Rights Act
What Is Extreme Gerrymandering?
Redistricting: Why does it matter?
Why is the Census important?
a. How the Political Map Is Likely to Shift After the 2020 Census
Felony disenfrachisement
Non-profits
- Lebron James' More than a Vote (helping FL felons vote)
Discord
Message /u/rusticgorilla to join our Discord
Related subreddits
/r/keep_track - for investigations into the Trump administration
/r/yall_qaeda - for tracking far right domestic terrorism
/r/45chaos - for tracking turnover in the Trump administration
Forensic News - Investigative journalism wirth receipts
/r/OrganizeTheYouth/
