USPS delays led to a huge uptick in rejected primary ballots. Get the word out: use drop boxes, not USPS! Find your region’s map of drop boxes (or polling locations — changing them is another tactic!) and advertise the ones near you online, in comments, or with micro-protests to flag them to passerbys.
In this short video researcher Erica Chenoweth explain why non-violent resistance works, what to do when protests are met with violence, and why it’s the best path back to a democracy. If you find yourself thinking it’s too late for non-violent solutions, take 13 minutes to check your assumptions against the research. https://simpleresistance.us/3-5-rule/
Wondering why Trump cancelled the penny? Resistance work relies on anonymous transactions—cash—and without the ability to make exact change, fewer people are using cash. Credit leaves a trail, and crypto is fueling the Trump family’s grift. Get and use cash. Accept you might not always get exact change—fascism is costing us more than a few pennies here and there!
