10/16/2026
It turns out that caring for your community through the welfare of your neighborhood, city, and state is kinda hot!
I was already planning on voting earlyāthereās no reason to wait until Election Day with a long line, friends, NO REASONābut I wasnāt planning on voting on the very first day of Early Voting. I made my plan today on who I was voting for, and then saw that the Bette Rae Thomas Recreation Center was only 3 minutes away from my new job! Another benefit to Early Voting: You can vote at ANY polling place in your county, NOT just the one youāre assigned to through your voter registration. I was in and out quickly with no one in front of me, and even got interviewed by the Charlotte Ledger as I left.
The reporter asked me if there were any issues in particular that were important to me, and I told them āTheyāre all important.ā
Why?
Cause Iām invested in liberation, and know that all issues that affect daily life are ALL connected AND any issue that impacts one group is sure to impact another.
No freedom for some of us without all us.
We have a responsibility to ensure that we can all thrive in the place where we live and that we have the ability to stay in that place, *especially* if weāre not from there. (In other words, everything that ties into gentrification should bother you.)
Voting is not the whole answer, but it is part of it.
Some helpful things to reference as you look at your sample ballot:
Dammit Wesleyās Voter Guide post
Think Againās posts on the Meck County ballot
Axios Charlotteās Voter Guide (doesnāt include all districts, cause some of mine were missing) and Breaking Down the Ballot series
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