Good Morning, Class! And welcome to Civics 101: Intro to Voting Way Better.
We are your professors: Precinct Chair Joey Cade and News Junkie Jalon D'na.
If you find yourself always having questions around election seasons and wonder why anything happens the way they do, where to vote, who to vote for, and if you are registered — this is the perfect class for you.
Any quizzes or tests will be open book — much like voting is.
So have a seat, open your books to page 1, and let’s get you ready to be a way better voter — and your friends and families too.
Here is your CV101 Lesson for July 28th 2026:
Supplementary Reading
A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it
Alaska removes thousands from state’s active voter list, erroneously flagging some citizens
Voting Rights Group Seeks Ruling to Prevent Federal Interference in Elections Before 2026 Midterms
Gen Z Toolkit: Pre-election resource directory
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatens states over elections
Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape U.S. voting
Supplementary Viewing
Homework
Check Your Registration — Every Month!
Where can you do that?
Your state has a website. For Texans go HERE to check your registration via the Texas Secretary of State.
But you are in luck, we have other options. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
It literally takes seconds to check if you are still registered and that all your information is correct. You’re not the Texas Attorney General…your info needs to be correct. SMH
Open Book Quiz For The Week!
That is your CV101 Lesson for today!
We will be grading on a curve, don’t worry.
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xx Jalon + Joey
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Election 2026
Donate to the TEXAS Democratic Party. The DNC will not send us enough money to really get to work.👇🏽
Reminder for everyone: Please check your voter’s registration every month until the election this November. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Democratic Party Homework
LISTEN TO YOUR BASE
Read: Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party
Stories like the above infuriate me. Our [national] party isn’t broken…it’s doing what it’s suppose to do — what it was made to do.
But we — the base, the voters, and your bosses — are not happy with business as usual. So we are evolving. And if you can’t evolve with us, we have to replace you.
Looking at you Minority Leaders.
Read: Can This Man Save Democrats?
Read: Democrats Need to Postpone Their Civil War
Stop fighting us. We aren’t asking for crazy stuff. This isn’t tea party type shit. This is being a better empathic, communual America. You know…our Roots.
Stop looking for the next Clinton or whatever that Prehistoric Cajun1 said we needed, we need the next FDR. It’s time to do big swings. Cause that’s what we need to do to be better. Okay?
That’s it for this week!
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DNC, please stop rolling this man out on stages. Stop it. He doesn’t speak for us.
