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Silent Book Club

By Silent Book Club

Your Voice, Your Vote

Your voice is your vote, and this November we will not be silent. We're doing our part to make sure all Americans exercise their constitutional right to vote in the general election. Even if you think you are registered, it's critical that you triple check your voter registration in your state right now. Many states close voter registration 30 days before the election. That's coming up fast.

 

Between 2016 and 2018, at least 17 million people were purged from voter rolls, many in swing states like Wisconsin and Ohio. Georgia purged 200,000 voters in the lead-up to the primaries in 2019. Indiana purged nearly a half million voter registrations in 2017, or 22.3% of voters.

 

Check on your registration here: www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/

 

It is more important than ever that voters have fair and safe access to registering and voting. No American should ever have to make the choice to risk their health or the safety of their family to cast their ballot.

 

Here are 4 ways you can act right now:

 

  1. Get Informed: Learn about the voting policies in your state and get to know your options for registering and voting by mail.
  2. Share with 3 Friends: Let them know how to get registered to vote, vote early in-person, or vote-by-mail.
  3. Call or email your federal legislators and let them know you support expanding access to vote-by-mail.
  4. Volunteer at the polls: Since Americans do not get a paid day off of work to vote, many poll workers are often senior citizens who are retired. The pandemic puts this population at a higher risk, so it's critical that more young, healthy people volunteer at the polls. Sign up to be a poll worker here: powerthepolls.org

 

Want to learn more about voting in America? We created this reading list full of historical context and contemporary insight, from the women's suffrage movement to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the modern assault on democracy. 

bookcover for Give Us the Ballot

Give Us the Ballot

Ari Berman 

$41.99

$39.05

bookcover for Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box

Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box

Eric Stein, 

Michael S. Bandy, 

James E. Ransome 

$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Women Win the Vote!: 19 for the 19th Amendment

Women Win the Vote!: 19 for the 19th Amendment

Nancy B. Kennedy, 

Katy Dockrill 

$19.95

$18.54

bookcover for Women, Race, & Class

Women, Race, & Class

Angela Y. Davis 

$17.00

$15.81

bookcover for March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)

March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)

Andrew Aydin, 

John Lewis, 

Nate Powell 

$49.99

$46.49

bookcover for Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

Lynda Blackmon Lowery, 

Elspeth Leacock, 

Susan Buckley, 

$19.99

$18.59

bookcover for Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

Carole Boston Weatherford, 

Ekua Holmes 

$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for Let the Children March

Let the Children March

Monica Clark-Robinson, 

Frank Morrison 

$18.99

$17.66

bookcover for She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next

She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next

Bridget Quinn, 

Nell Irvin Painter 

$35.00

$32.55

bookcover for Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America

Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America

Deborah Diesen, 

Magdalena Mora 

$17.99

$16.73

bookcover for African American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965

African American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965

Arlene Voski Avakian, 

John H. Bracey, 

Bettye Collier-Thomas, 

$30.99