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Oct 19, 2020

Top 5 Online Tools You Need to Vote This Year

2020 is a major election year! You've seen the ads everywhere, and now you have your absentee (or sample) ballot and you have no idea what to do. Here are the Top 5 Online Tools to help you fill out your ballot. As a reminder, you are able to take paper into the voting booth with you. Feel free to print your sample ballot (or one of the websites below) to take with you to the polls.

How to Vote in Every State

If you don't even know how to vote or register, here is your first stop. It's a YouTube channel dedicated to simplifying how to vote in every state in the US. Watch a 3-minute video to get you started. Put together by Complexly and MediaWise, this resource has been updated specifically for 2020. Link.

Voting and Elections by USAGov

Need to find your election office or look up common voting terms? This website is for you. USAGov is the official guide to government information and services. There is a lot of information here and I'm sure it can answer 75% of your election questions. Link.

BallotReady

After doing some research on how to vote, I'm sure your next question is "Who should I vote for?" BallotReady is here to help. By signing up with the address you're registered at, BallotReady pulls your sample ballot and shows you all of the candidates and as much information about their platforms as possible. Find some info about a candidate that's not on the website? Let them know and they will review and update the candidate's page. This is a nonpartisan tool affiliated with the University of Chicago, the National Science Foundation, and the Knight Foundation. Link.

VOTE411

It's possible some of your candidates didn't have any information on BallotReady, so here's another tool to cross-reference. Run by E.thePeople, candidates are sent a questionnaire about their positions and actions and their answers are published here. To access your candidates, enter your address like you did for BallotReady. Link.

How to track your mail-in ballot by CNN

Did you know that most states are now able to track your absentee ballot? See when it's sent to you and what date the election office processes it. Not every state uses the same system, but CNN compiled a list showing which states use ballot tracking and link to them. If you do not receive your ballot within the specified time frame (usually 7-10 days), make sure to reach out to your election office. Link.

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Because have you ever had to endure grilling your foot on a George Foreman?

1. When he just wanted bacon from his George Foreman grill

2. When he had money (and Jan) issues

3. When he got upstaged at Phyllis' wedding

4. When he unintentionally saved Meredith from rabies

5. When he wore a "bisexual" suit

6. When he had to apologize to Jesus

7. When his GPS drove him into a lake

8. When he had to deal with Ryan as his boss

9. When he couldn't fulfill his most generous empty promise

10. When this happened

11. When he struggled with a X-Mas break up

12. When he had to defend his generosity

13. When he threw a classy Christmas party for Holly but she had a boyfriend

14. When he had to stand up to peer pressure

15. When Toby was "Toby-ish"

This isn't just for the single Pringles out there either, folks

Run Around Clanging Pots and Pans in Everyone's Face

Eat the Last Few Pigs in a Blanket

Pop Twelve White Grapes

Burn Something

Smash Things Against a Wall

Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

Call Your Mother

Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window

Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs

Do Some Squats

Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water

Take a Shot

Time to be merry and bright.

"First Noel" by Leslie Odom, Jr

"A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Kelly Clarkson

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home" by Michael Buble

"Last Christmas" by Taylor Swift

"The Christmas Song" by Josh Groban

"White Christmas" by Idina Menzel

"O Holy Night" by David Archuleta

"Believe" by Josh Groban

"Les cloches du hameau" by Celine Dion

Or at least try to do.

1. I will wake up (sorta) on time for class.

2. I will look decent for class.

3. I will go to the gym more.

4. I will go to the library and study more.

5. I will meet new people.

For those long nights that turn into mornings when the struggle is real.

1. Walk in motivated and ready to rock

2. Disappointed you let it get this bad

3. Distracted: When a 10-Minute Break Becomes an Hour

4. When the Yearning for Sleep Sneaks Up

5. In the words of Lorelai Gilmore "Coffee, Coffee, Coffee"

Oh, so done.

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