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should not be so complicated - but because it is...

im a 21 year old (ive never voted before) but i want to vote this time for bernie. can you please explain when voting starts, like what date and what should i do. i graduated high school 3 and a half years ago and i really dont remember that well when it comes to what needs to be done to vote

It takes some dedication to become involved in the political process, mostly because there are so many vested interests trying to keep you from doing so.

Also, I almost guarantee that what I am going to tell you was never covered in High School. 

Your First step is to: Register to vote.

In order to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Primaries different states will have different requirements.

You will not have to register for any party in order to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Primaries if you live in: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

You will have to be either registered as a Democrat or be Unaffiliated In order to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Primaries if you live in: California, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Washington and West Virginia

You will have to be a registered Democrat in order to Vote for Bernie Sanders in the Primaries if you live in: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wyoming

In many states you have to be registered as a member of that party for 30 days prior to the primaries in order to vote, although that isn’t always the case. So your best bet is to register now. 

Next, find the date of your primary or caucus and vote.

Due to the large amounts of money and time that candidates spend in the states with earlier primaries and caucuses, many states will spend this year changing the date of their events. Rules are also subject to change at the same time. 

THE INFORMATION BELOW IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. CLICK THE LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FOR ANY CHANGES IN DATES OR RULES.

As of June of 2015 here is the tentative schedule for the Democratic Primaries and Caucuses.

February 1, 2016 

Iowa Precinct Caucuses

February 9, 2016

New Hampshire Primary

February 20, 2016

Nevada Non-binding Precinct Viability Caucuses

February 27, 2016

South Carolina Presidential Primary

March 1, 2016

Alabama PrimaryArkansas PrimaryColorado Precinct CaucusGeorgia PrimaryMassachusetts PrimaryMinnesota Precinct CaucusesNorth Carolina PrimaryTennessee PrimaryTexas PrimaryVirginia PrimaryVermont PrimaryAmerican Samoa Territorial Caucus (presumably)Oklahoma Primary (presumably)

March 1-8, 2016

Democrats Abroad Global Primary

March 5, 2016

Louisiana PrimaryNebraska Precinct Caucuses

March 6, 2016

Maine Municipal Caucuses

March 8, 2016

Michigan PrimaryOhio PrimaryMississippi Primary (presumably)

March 13, 2016

Puerto Rico Primary (presumably)

March 15, 2016

Florida PrimaryIllinois PrimaryMissouri Primary

March 22, 2016

Arizona PrimaryIdaho County CaucusUtah Neighborhood Caucuses

March 26, 2016

Alaska Precinct / House District CaucusesHawaii Precinct CaucusWashington Precinct Caucuses

April 1-15, 2016

Colorado District Assemblies/Conventions

April 5, 2016

Wisconsin Primary

April 9, 2016

Wyoming County Caucuses

April 26, 2016

Connecticut PrimaryDelaware PrimaryMaryland PrimaryPennsylvania PrimaryRhode Island PrimaryNew York Primary (presumably)

May 3, 2016

Indiana Primary

May 7, 2016

Guam Territorial Caucus (Party run primary) (presumably)

May 10, 2016

West Virginia Primary

May 17, 2016

Oregon PrimaryKentucky Primary (presumably)

May 21, 2016

Washington Congressional District Caucuses

June 7, 2016

California PrimaryMontana PrimaryNorth Dakota Legislative District CaucusesNew Jersey PrimaryNew Mexico PrimarySouth Dakota Primary (presumably)

June 14, 2016

District of Columbia Primary

November 8, 2016

ELECTION DAY

As long as you followed the first step and registered to vote, your state will send out information about your voting location and what you need to bring to that location in order to vote.

I know this is tons of information and that it seems super complicated, it is set up that way on purpose. Those in power want you to react:

The powerful are banking on us acting this way. 

They know that the Millennial Generation is now the largest voting generation in History. They know that we have the ability to enact change in a way that has never been seen before and they are scared. 

This is our first chance to make the changes we want in government. I know it may be difficult to become involved but if we learn anything from our parents generation it should be that a lack of participation in politics only makes the system favor the wealthy and hurt the rest of us.

Let’s not make the same mistakes.

“There are no female aliens in our game because we don’t know how to make a female version of this alien” You know that alien you just designed? That male alien? Give it a female voice actor and have characters refer to it as she. That’s it. That’s literally all you have to do 

Make her shorter if you must

Make her BIGGER if you aren’t a coward 

Me at age 13, exhausted at school after staying up all night to read fanfic: I can’t wait until I’m an adult and I can stay up reading without any consequences!

Me, an adult, exhausted at work after staying up all night reading fanfic: Fuck.

Hating asexual people is the most bizarre fucking thing to do. Like there are so many things you could be hating on and I don't care how long your list of things to hate is, what the fuck is your problem that you decide to be offended by the existence of people whose whole defining thing is that they're not doing anything and have no intention nor desire to be doing it in the future, either.

a happy couple might’ve gotten married today 

someone might’ve kissed their best friend and realized they are gay today

someone might’ve found out they were officially cancer free today

someone might’ve finally finished their debut novel today 

lots of interesting things might’ve happening today 

we should celebrate 

We’re doomed oh I mean good morning. I guess

should be working on the Very Important Presentation

have instead written nearly 5000 words of fanfiction

I hate that SEPTember OCTOber NOVember and DECember aren’t the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months.

you know what I love?

when people drop the most obscure or non-descriptive fic details and ask if anyone remembers it

and then they find the fic?!

I have specific memories of an ask that was about a character drinking pickle juice or the "one where a character goes to another country"