This really interesting story by Jo Yurcaba in Bustle:
The 2018 elections made history with the highest midterm voter turnout in four decades. Voters elected the most women to Congress and also created the most diverse Congress in history. These “blue and rainbow waves” were attributed in part to President Trump’s divisive policies targeting immigrants, LGBTQ people, and other marginalized groups.
Now, the 2020 election is less than 10 months away. Though that might seem like a long time, it isn’t; the first two events to determine the democratic nominee, the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, take place in February. And despite the historic turnout in the 2018 midterms, many people are still disillusioned with voting or face barriers that make it difficult. So if you want to take action before the 2020 election, now is the time to start.
“Not voting is just going to keep giving more power to those who have been systematically silencing you,” Jamie Margolin, co-founder of youth climate activism organization Zero Hour, tells Bustle. But voting is just one thing you can do as a concerned citizen. Voting is “not the only solution, but it’s one of the many important solutions,” she says.
Read full article here.
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