Making Sure Your Vote Counts.

While Election Day drawing near, one must be informed of the voting process and her/his rights. One should do this especially considering the talk of shiesty shit (try saying that 5 times fast) being pulled, and our votes ultimately not being counted. A great resource for updated news on voting rights and the election is VerifiedVoting.org. Their mission statement is consisted of three parts as follows:

-To inform the public of the problems with relying on electronic voting machines to record and count our votes, without the backup of a voter-verifiable audit trail.

-To provide a list of actions voters can take, and to encourage them to act on their own behalf to ensure that all their votes count accurately in future elections.

Check out their Action Center that gives you tips to ensure reliable voting where you live, and to take action against the possible threats to our rights as voters. As they quote Kevin Shelly, California Secretary of State:

“The core of our American democracy is the right to vote. Implicit in that right is the notion that that vote be private, that vote be secure, and that vote be counted as it was intended when it was cast by the voter. And I think what we're encountering is a pivotal moment in our democracy where all of that is being called into question.”

Word. Now let’s do something about it.