PsyOp [OC]

posted by u/kaikimanga · 2026-10-29 12:13 UTC

## Top comments

1. u/kaikimanga · 2026-10-29 12:15 UTC

If y'all are legally allowed, go vote. If you're told not to vote, it's because someone's afraid of what you stand for. You can also vote early, then enjoy Halloween :D

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2. u/hackingfun · 2026-10-29 12:24 UTC

You deserved a highest community-exclusive awards!

3. u/mythrilcrafter · 2026-10-29 14:48 UTC

Also, check your (the universal your, as in anyone reading this) state laws specifying special cases on who can vote, as there are often edge cases that the law is designed to account for.

One of many examples: There are 21 states (as well as in Washington DC) where a 17 year-old may vote in primaries if they will be 18 by the date that the generals arrives. If you (again the universal you) are 17, live in one of these states, and are registered to vote; DO NOT let some jerk turn you away because they think/are trying to convince you that you're too young to vote. They are the one who doesn't know the law!

Here's another one: There are often many naturalized citizens come from countries that do not keep date records of birth dates. When these individuals come to the US and work their way through the system to naturalize into citizenship, the Immigration office will assign these individuals a birth date of January 1st in order for them to have a date that can be placed into paper work (since many/most paperwork everywhere needs an entry for birthdate). Most of the immigrant citizens in this situation should already knows this, but it's important that everyone be aware that having a January 1st birthdate DOES NOT automatically mean or imply a fake ID.

4. u/Electric999999 · 2026-10-29 18:27 UTC

You know there are people actually born on the 1st of January too, it's not just bureaucracy

5. u/mythrilcrafter · 2026-10-29 18:54 UTC

Yes, but in context of my original statement, the point isn't that they're the only ones who are listed to have a Jan1 birthdate, it's that naturalized citizen immigrants (in this bureaucratic situation) are likely to be bullied into not voting because of having a Jan1 birthdate on their ID.

In either case, having Jan1 on your ID is not automatically grounds to assume that someone is illegally voting. (but let's be real here, when a biased poll worker is looking at a Jan1 birthdate on an ID, which of the two are more likely to spur this question in the first place?)

6. u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC · 2026-10-29 12:16 UTC

You've been killing it with the outfits lately. Florida seems like a disastrous but fitting place for someone like Power.

7. u/kaikimanga · 2026-10-29 12:23 UTC

There are actually issues that will be a close call in Florida. Heck, we almost legalized recreational cannabis!

8. u/TheUndeadMage2 · 2026-10-29 12:55 UTC

Gotta love our governor putting 30 million in taxes into an anti weed campaign.

9. u/BudgetMegaHeracross · 2026-10-29 18:38 UTC

*governor who in 2018 pretended to be pro legalization and pro environment

(but later had to be stopped from commercializing state conservation land by everyday voters crying out, probably including Republicans, since he temporarily actually listened)

And who hopefully we will never have to think about again in three short months

10. u/Own-Beginning5144 · 2026-10-29 12:24 UTC

Absolutely. She would show up to Dinji house with a pet Gator and a mouth full of meth

11. u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC · 2026-10-29 12:26 UTC

Chainsaw Man vs Florida Man arc coming soon.

12. u/Made_Bail · 2026-10-29 14:17 UTC

Hell yeah, another for the collection!

https://giphy.com/gifs/uaUbYbkS6uV3mDu20u

13. u/porn_alt_987654321 · 2026-10-29 12:27 UTC

I have that song from chainsawman stuck in my head now because of that gif, damn it lol.

14. u/Ibruk_Etar · 2026-10-29 12:24 UTC

Even if a federal election is unlikely to flip in a dep red or deep blue state, it can show support and maybe make it more likely to flip in the future. And of course, local elections, propositions etc. are very important, since you as an individual have much more influence.

15. u/creatingKing113 · 2026-10-29 12:31 UTC

There’s a big difference between winning in a landslide and winning by a hair’s breadth. A good performance for the opposition can convince them to pay more attention to that race next time.

16. u/Unusual_Sherbert_809 · 2026-10-29 14:12 UTC

Always remember that if voting didn't matter they wouldn't be trying *so damned hard\* to stop you from voting (e.g. removing folks from voter rolls, gerrymandering, constant misinformation campaigns, armies of bots online, disenfranchisement, onerous documentation requirements, restrictions on voting methods like mail voting and early voting, reducing voting locations, limiting voting hours, moving voting locations far away, etc).

They do this becuase they are scared of you exercising your right to vote.

So go out and vote. It definitely matters.

EDIT TO ADD: We moved to another country and became dual citizens. Were shocked at how easy it is to vote here. It truly is the case that many states in USA make it as difficult and inconvenient as possible to vote on purpose (*cough* Republican states *cough*).

17. u/The_Lost_Jedi · 2026-10-29 14:34 UTC

I moved out to the West Coast from a southern state a few years back, and was absolutely floored at how much easier it was to vote and how much better that made things. I was used to a state where we'd only just gotten early in-person voting, and day-of voting only was still the norm. Then I moved out to the Pacific Northwest (WA State) where a little over a month before the election they send you a big booklet listing all the candidates, their declared party affiliation, and a statement from each, along with every ballot issue and statements from committees for and against. Then a week or so after that, my ballot arrived in the mail, and I could mail it back in or put it in a dropbox, nice and easy.

Of course, thanks to political fuckery now I can't trust that the US Postal Service will deliver it, so I used the official dropboxes to turn it in, but that's entirely thanks to Republicans trying to fuck with our votes.

18. u/Ikrit122 · 2026-10-29 13:09 UTC

And let's not forget the US House of Representatives, which gets elected every 2 years. There are blue seats in red states, many of them competitive. And especially if you are in a state that just gerrymandered their seats, each district is going to be more competitive than in previous elections. With enough votes, a district expected to be "safe" can be flipped!

The House runs on a simple majority (50%, unlike the Senate with filibusters) and has a lot of power, including holding the Presidency in check. And heaven knows we need a ton of that right now!

19. u/mythrilcrafter · 2026-10-29 14:56 UTC

These are also important because general local offices like Sheriff, municipal council members, district representatives, city auditor, etc etc are all positions that have very direct day-2-day influences on our lives.

At the same time this is a chance to keep weirdos and cheerleaders out of office, for example: a person running for city coroner really has no business affiliating themselves with any party or politician because their job literally has nothing to do with the party level antics in Washington DC.

20. u/fatmanwithabeard · 2026-10-29 16:56 UTC

Don't forget the ballot questions.

We have an utterly horrific jungle primary question on ours (bad enough that the republicans and the progressives are both vehemently opposed), as well as some other fuckery.

There's not really much competition otherwise. The maga governor candidate has very little chance, and no other race is even vaguely close.

We'll have fairly high turnout here, though less than I want, I'm sure.