FFS Friday 2/6/26- Finally the midterm primaries

It’s been like watching paint dry waiting for the NC midterm primaries.

I mean, have you seen the shit that has gone down over the past year? And the shit that continues to rain upon us all?

Hourly.

Sometimes minute by minute.

I dutifully email and call the NC senators and my representative on the regular. And I get a pro forma reply. Without fail. But I still do it because being the squeaky wheel is in my wheelhouse.

Yes, that’s a pun. Deal with it.

The most important thing that I have been banging on about is check your voting registration. Well before the actual early voting primary start date. I mention that because the voter registration for the midterm primaries, except for in person registration on the early voting dates.

Run down of the dates that are important here in North Carolina. * your state may vary

Voter registration deadline February 6th
Early in person voting begins February 12th
Absentee ballot request deadline February 17th
Early in-person voting ends February 28th
Absentee ballots due March 3rd
Primary election day March 3rd

It is vitally important to remind people who vote by Absentee ballots that the administration changed the rules about postmarks on December 8th and they went into full effect on December 24th. Just because you mail it before March 3rd doesn’t mean it gets counted. Because postmarks only actually count when the piece of mail goes through the mail processing facility. And there are precious few mail processing facilities here in NC.

I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!

I WILL ALSO STRESS IT AROUND TAX TIME.

Get ready to vote. Start looking up candidates now.

Most importantly to do today
1) check that your voter registration is active
2) if you have been removed, re-register
3) if you’ve never voted before registration deadline is February 6th

But, Kate, the deadline is today for voting registration.

My bad, I thought it was tomorrow (the 7th).

However, same-day voter registration is available during in-person early voting.

Please get ready to vote.

Don’t let the snow and the ice and chaos distract you.

Get ready to vote now.

Make a voting plan and stick to it.