Helping our communities: Registering Neighbors to Vote

In my pre-marriage, pre-baby life( this almost seems like an alternate universe) I was a community organizer for two separate political organizations. I was always baffled by the number of people who were unregistered to vote. I felt it was my duty as part of society to help get folks out to vote and a part of that was registering people so they were ready the time came they could. Where we live in a largely transient college community a lot of the people are not registered. One of the best ways to meet neighbors is offering to register them to vote and introducing them. I am sure you are asking yourself, do you really bring your kids to help register people to vote? The answer is "Yes." I would go further to say "Heck Yes!" teaching my kids civil duties by modeling is one of the most powerful and meaningful ways to instill these values and create healthy habits. If you want to get involved see progressive N.P.O.'s ( Nonprofit Organizations) who have voter registration our favorite is the Maine People Alliance. They always are looking for volunteers and they have office all around the state.

If you want to know how to contact them you can check the webpage:
https://www.mainepeoplesalliance.org/

Sam and his team are great people to work with. They are friendly and passionate about the work they do and always looking for folks to come and help out. I understand how busy life is, but this is only one of many ways to give back to the community.

If you are not up to this task with kiddos, there is always bringing them to vote with you. There was a study done saying you have to do something 30 times before it becomes a habit. Bring your child to vote with you this Tuesday to model this as a healthy habit. If you are not registered, register yourself ( we have same day voter registration in Maine).