Have you heard about the massive walk out students are planning on Tuesday?

[grantcart]

I was surprised to hear this morning on MSNBC that students at hundreds of schools are planning massive walkouts on election day. I think it was on Stephanie Rule's show and they were talking about students at 500 schools were getting organized.


This is all I could find about it.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/414198-youth-activists-organizing-nationwide-election-day-walkout-to

More than 25 youth-led activist groups have joined together to launch a campaign encouraging students across the country to walk out of their classrooms to vote on Election Day.

The collective of organizations – which includes March For Our Lives, National School Walkout and 50 Miles More – initiated the effort as part of their what they're calling the Future Coalition.

David Hogg, the Parkland, Fla., shooting survivor who is also an organizer for March For Our Lives, said the Election Day effort is “about working together for a better future.”

Anybody else here about it?

[elleng]

1. Young People Are Organizing a Walkout to Vote.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/11/02/young-people-are-organizing-a-walkout-to-vote/

[TomSlick]

2. My college professor wife had heard about it.

Her plan is to wish any walking-out students well.

[grantcart]

5. The guest on TV was from a community college and all of the students were voting age

and I understood her to say that they were active on 500 community colleges and Universities.

[dem4decades]

3. I'd rather they refuse to go to school unless their parents vote for progress.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. YES. It will be a GREAT day - win and lose ! Please remove Cruz from our political life ! nt

[Cha]

6. No, but it sounds brilliant! KR!!

[BigmanPigman]

7. YEAH! David Hogg was on MSNBC two days ago as his group

was on a bus tour in FL to register voters via their iPhones. They wear t-shirts that has that squiggly bar code thingy on it and you scan it and you can register with your iPhone and even find out where you can vote. It is all the newest technology to help generation Z to vote as a convenience to their lifestyle.

[C_U_L8R]

8. Election Day should be a national holiday.

At least some states could make it a holiday to start things rolling

[grantcart]

12. That is one of the objectives of their group

[NastyRiffraff]

9. What a great idea!

Henceforth, voting day should be an off day for all students. Actually, it should be a national holiday.

[world wide wally]

10. As a teacher, I say

Yeah!

[iluvtennis]

11. Never knew in California, voters can take 2 hours off to vote

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In California, the law guarantees that you can take up to two hours off from work on Election Day without a loss of pay. Know your voting rights: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/time-vote-notices/

Link to tweet

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I'm a native Californian and never knew this. I am a salaried person, so my managers have never had issue with coming to work a little later to go vote, but never knew hourly worker could do the same - great news.

[Meowmee]

13. No, I hadn't heard

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I have scheduled an exam that day, somehow when I wrote it in I forgot it was election day and now I wonder if I should cancel class and postpone it till next week. It should be a holiday imo.

[Botany]

14. And a child shall lead them

[treestar]

15. Schools closed here anyway

Used for polling places.

[PunkinPi]

16. Our real president approves...

Link to tweet

High school and college students of voting age are making a plan to march to the polls together next Tuesday. Make sure young voters you know don't miss out: https://walkouttovote.org