Voter Empowerment
Encouraging People to Vote in Louisville
Here are a couple of fun images from our Jefferson County voter mobilization work this morning.
A picture of two Manual High School students Sam and Deep doing visibility work to encourage people to vote at 2nd and Broadway.
Morning calls from NKY
In Northern Kentucky this morning, we have members here at Groove Coffee House helping with last-imute voter mobilization calls.
Members pictured are Sean McDonald (of Covington) and Carl Ralston (of Independence) who came out to help with our turnout calls starting at at 8:00 a.m.
Incidentally, you can stop by to say hello with your I Voted sticker and get 30% off.
One Vote at a time
I picked up a man, Thomas, who lives off Preston Highway so he could vote at 6am. When we pulled up to his polling place, there was a line of people out the door waiting to vote. Fifteen minutes later when Thomas came out of St. Rita's, he said, "It's exciting to see that many other people voting." I asked him what races he was excited to vote in. "All of them! This is actually my first time voting, so I'm excited just to vote."
Thomas then told me he is a Texas native and it was his path to recovery that brought him to Kentucky. He has been sober for seven years and now teaches and helps others in their recovery. And he just voted for the first time. Moments like that is what makes this work so worthwhile, when you see democracy in action and see people lifting themselves up by making their voices heard.
- Beth Bissmeyer
Polls Now Open - Vote Today!
It's 6:00 a.m. Eastern time and polls are open across most of Kentucky.
So get out and vote! - and use these last 12 hours to do what you can to get other people learning about the candidates and voting.
Polls will be open until 6:00 p.m. local time. If you're in line at 6:00 p.m. you'll be able to vote even if you actually cast your vote a few minutes later. But don't cut it close!
Keep an eye on this blog throughout the day. We're going to have lots of updates of our activities throughout the state - with pictures, stories, and quotes from our members.
And finally - please keep an eye out for election irregularities - folks having trouble voting at polls, folks trying to buy votes, etc. If you do see anything like that out there, please let us know so we can try to intervene.
Your Vote Matters
Last night in Hazard we had our 11th Singing For Democracy Gospel Festival, bringing together people to fight for restoration of voting rights to nearly a quarter of a million Kentucky citizens.
It was a powerful reminder that not all of us have the right to vote and it's worth fighting for.
Collectively, our votes and our voices are powerful, so please use them.
In Kentucky, polls are open tomorrow (Tuesday, November 6) from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time.
Please take a moment now to plan when you'll vote, make sure you know where your polling place is, review who's running, and decide who to vote for in national, state and local races.
Our website at www.KentuckyElection.org can give you much of the basic information you might need.
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