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Before I go to the polls tomorrow, I need to get a few things off my chest, a few partisan, one very non-
I am frightened, for my own safety, and for others& #39;. I told my wife that I wanted her to stay home rather than also work the polls. To my relief, she agreed.
I am angry at Republicans, all the way up from the state legislature to the Supreme Court. It& #39;s not even the power grab, it& #39;s the sheer damn callousness of it all. They don& #39;t care that this puts people& #39;s lives at risk. They don& #39;t care how many people they& #39;re terrifying.
I will never forgive them for throwing out legally requested ballots. I will never forget how they are requiring God knows how many senior citizens to go against instinct and medical advice to exercise their democratic franchise.
More important is something I said earlier: one of the two parties in our two party system fundamentally does not believe in the right to vote, and most certainly not in a right to vote safely and conveniently.
So here& #39;s partisan thing number one: If I die of this damn stupid virus because I took part in a damn stupid ill-advised election, you absolutely have my permission to politicize my death. Stuff that down the throat of every anti-democratic politico and never let them forget.
And partisan thing two: Congressional Democrats will have maximal leverage when it comes time to pass Phase 4 of the relief package. If they don& #39;t use that leverage to push—hard—for vote-by-mail, Vote. Every. Last. One. Of. Them. Out.
If you& #39;re upset about what& #39;s going on in Wisconsin, get on the phone tomorrow morning and call your legislators to demand vote-by-mail. *Especially* if you& #39;re in a safe Democratic district.
Vote by mail will only happen by agitating Democratic Congressmembers to demand it as part of the relief package. That& #39;s it. That& #39;s the only way. So if you want it, you better push them to push for it. Call them. Tomorrow.
Please don& #39;t yell at the Congresscritters! They need your support to make it happen. Let them know where you& #39;re at, politely, and what your expectations are.
Okay, that& #39;s the partisan stuff. Now for the non-partisan thing.
I don& #39;t seriously think I& #39;m going to die from this, but if I do, there are worse things to die for than defending the right to small-d democratic civic engagement.
I& #39;m not putting my health on the line for Democrats. I& #39;m doing it for Republicans, and others, for everybody.
I *do* believe in the fundamental right to vote, and that right knows no party line. That is the hill I& #39;m willing to fight and die on, literally.
I *do* believe in the fundamental right to vote, and that right knows no party line. That is the hill I& #39;m willing to fight and die on, literally.
I believe in your right to try to change the world, and I care about your health and safety. That& #39;s why I& #39;m going out tomorrow.
You do your part: stay home. Vote absentee. And if you can& #39;t vote absentee, come in, cast your ballot, and get the hell out for your own good.
That& #39;s it.
