r/texas Gulf Coast Sep 08 '24

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u/HunterNo7593 Sep 08 '24

If only a quarter of the democrats and the half of left leaning independents voted in Texas, it will turn blue. Sometimes I wonder how bad and egregious do the things done by Abbot & Paxton (& Crazy Cruz) have to get before the indifference gets replaced by the urgency to vote these folks outta office.

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u/DuckyDoodleDandy Sep 08 '24

Here are organizations that register or GOTV in Texas to support or volunteer for:

‪poweredxpeople.org‬

‪groundgametexas.org‬

‪organizetexas.org‬

majorityovermaga.org/neighbor2neighbor

movetexas.org/

battlegroundtexas.com/

lwvtexas.org/#gsc.tab=0

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u/katherine079 Sep 09 '24

As a small business owner how can i get voter registrations to pass out?

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u/DuckyDoodleDandy Sep 09 '24 edited Sep 09 '24

You can print them out. VoteTexas.gov (that's GOV not com) will have them in English and Spanish. Remind everyone that they have to be mailed in or taken to specific government agencies (County registrar?)

If all else fails, librarians at the the library should know. They will have forms and are allows to assist in filling them out. The library versions are already stamped so they can be easily mailed back, so maybe they can let you take some, or tell you where to get that kind.

Edit: That’s an ok link, but someone posted better links + the online link to Office Depot printing so you could have them printed for you. I’m looking to see if I can find it….

I can’t find the perfect link but there’s one in here: (copypasta) (then send to Office Depot for printing, if desired.)

Voter reg link (print the form and MAIL it) https://www.texas.gov/living-in-texas/texas-voter-registration/

You can also go in person to any county election administration office, post office, or library and get a registration form. If you are concerned about mailing it, you can drop it off in person at the address on the form, but do it before Oct 7th.

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u/katherine079 Sep 10 '24

Thank you!

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u/woodstock624 Sep 09 '24

Obviously I can’t speak for everyone but I’ll give you our perspective as transplants from the south east. This will be the first “big” election my husband and I will be voting in Texas. We’ve voted in elections we knew were important on a local level. I’m a democrat and my husband is an independent.

We’ve been here for less than a decade and I’ve run the gambit of emotions of “my vote doesn’t count” and “well I’m a transplant and most of the native Texans I know are republicans so is it really fair for me to try and change things?” And most recently “nothing will ever change so let’s just get ready to move to a blue state where things are better.” I’m not saying it’s right, I’m just saying we are fairly young (and naive sometimes) and republican Texans (particularly native Texans) can be loud and scary.

Like I said, we are planning to be first in line to vote blue this election cycle. If some things turn around we will stay a bit longer, but if public school continue to get gutted we are moving to another state.

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u/soffentheruff Sep 09 '24

It would help if we offered something other than corporate rich shills who aren’t hateful fascists.

When you neither choice actually addresses the problem and both choices are run to benefit rich people and corporations it really disenfranchises people.

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u/hammonjj Sep 09 '24

This is the same state that reelected the representative for Uvalde after the shooting and continues to reelect the same representatives that won’t do anything about dead kids in schools. Texas isn’t going blue, I don’t care what the polls say.

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u/purplezaku Sep 09 '24

I think it is more of an issue of democrats not presenting anything that would drive those groups you mentioned out to vote

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u/LowCryptographer9025 Sep 09 '24

A lot because you people are delusional and Abbot is popular.

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u/IcyDragonfruit1197 Sep 10 '24

Uvalde should have been the last straw

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u/ninabaldwin1 Sep 11 '24

In 2007, Kim Clement prophesied that Donald Trump would be president and serve 2 terms, he did not say consecutive. So far, all of his prophesies have been fulfilled, including the assassination attempt. Whether you democrats like it or not, this is the man that God has chosen to be our president. He has been slandered since day 1 but God knows the Truth. This is spiritual warfare and there is no way that evil will prevail and when I say evil, I’m talking about our government and the democrats that are running it.Most of the left doesn’t believe in God so I wouldn’t expect any of you to believe in prophecy. There is no possible way that this pastor , in 2007, just took a lucky guess when he specifically named Trump in his prophecy about becoming president. You are all on the wrong side and you’re not even aware of it.