We have entered full on election season. The nasty attack ads are out, as well as the claws of those on the right AND on the left.
Today, there has been a BIG push to get registered to vote. This is awesome! Not only are there paper forms, you can also do it online (with a touchscreen device), and you can now do it on Snapchat!
Really, it couldn't be easier.
Now, if you are choosing to pass it up because you don't want to get picked for jury duty, just know that your name is already in the barrel when you get a driver's license, state ID, or even own property such as land. Not using your voice to try to make a difference just so you don't have to MAYBE get called for jury duty is actually a very pompous thing to do.
So everyone who will be 18 by election day should take this moment to get registered!
Now that this is covered, I want to address the lady voters.
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Hi, fella Lady Voters!
Are you registered to vote? I sure hope so. Because I want you to to join me in a revolution!
Now, as in many revolutions, there is background to this. So let's get some women's herstory going on so you can find out what we can do.
Back in Victorian times, there was the push to get women votes. In the suffrage movement, there was a rise of suffragettes who fought for their right to vote! Literally fought!
Women were beaten, spat upon, and arrested during their protests to get a vote.
The suffragettes across the pond used the colors of purple, green & white to make their statement. Banners, sashes, signs - all promoting getting the right to vote.
The American suffragettes had much of the same statement, but they used yellow/gold with purple & white. The main color tended to be yellow. And this brings me to the revolution.
There is a large push for getting more registered voters. It appears there were 60 million eligible citizens that did not register for the last election. For so long you could only have paper copies of the registration form. I mean, you could find it online, but you could only print it out, fill it out & either mail it in or take it to the public library or election office on your own. Since then, you can now register online as long as you are using a touchscreen device (so you can write your signature). As of this week, you can now register to vote on Snapchat! It's that easy!
Once you have done that, here's the plan, ladies:
Find & wear a yellow sash. Thick yellow ribbon that proves the point that you are a registered American voter who happens to be female.
I kind of pointed it out in my previous blog post about voting. But I'm going to bring up some of the ways again.
1. Go hardcore, old school, Edwardian suffragette! Big Merry Widow hat, maybe with yellow somewhere on there. A maxi skirt or dress that is yellow, or has yellow, and some sensible shoes.
B. Even though women had already gotten the right to vote, we had to prove our worth more when having to step up in the work force during WWII. Rosie the Riveter is the mascot for these women, and tended to be in a red scarf. I propose showing the same strength in outfitting, just in yellow!
III. Dress as a 20's flapper in a lot of yellow. A drop-waist dress, so t-strap Mary Jane shoes and a yellow cloche hat. Especially since it was 1920 when we got the right to vote!
𝚫. Not ALL females could vote in the 20's - as a matter of fact, not EVERYONE could vote by then. It wasn't until the 60's until our colored brothers & sisters could vote. Remember the Selma march - and dress in yellow along those kinds of lines.
If nothing else, dress in yellow. Wear the sash.
Now, on the sash, you can add letters in purple to say "Votes for Women" or even "I Vote"/"iVote"; maybe "Female Voter" or something like "Voted." You can even put "Yellow Sash Revolution."
When you go vote, on voting day or as absentee, be sure to get a selfie of sorts with your voting sticker, maybe even in front of the voting sign.
~ Do NOT include your ballot!
~ Do NOT get your selfie IN the polling place!
~ Do NOT show others entering or exiting the polling place!
Be smart about your photo, include tagging it with #YellowSashRevolution on social media, and let's get the women back into the suffragette spirit of meaning business when we use our right, privilege & voice to vote!
So, who's in? Share the info, and let's get word out to our sister suffragettes!
Remember, it doesn't matter what party you vote for or are a part of, as long as we make it a Woman Suffragette Party on Super Tuesday!
Let's make a difference, let's make a mark!
GO VOTE! REGISTER TODAY!
Stay tuned...
God Bless, AM~Erica
