Speaker 1: Call It what It Is with Jessica Capshaw and Camille Luddington,
Speaker 1: an iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 2: Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Jessica Capshaw and Call It crew.
Speaker 3: Welcome to another short and sweet.
Speaker 1: It is now the fall here on the East Coast,
Speaker 1: which I'm sure I feel more than you do. But
Speaker 1: the fall brings so many different things, so many of
Speaker 1: them that I love, and.
Speaker 4: This particular year, it brings.
Speaker 1: The elections, all the presidential elections, not just any old election,
Speaker 1: and I think that it's very important that we are
Speaker 1: in conversation with our crew about.
Speaker 4: What that means and what our.
Speaker 1: What we have as options, what are responsible, what and
Speaker 1: how we feel about elections, but most importantly expressing our
Speaker 1: vote and being heard, because we have the best friar
Speaker 1: in the whole world, and we hear from you all
Speaker 1: the time, and we know how smart and kind and
Speaker 1: empathetic and just opinionated you all are. And so now
Speaker 1: it's time to get those opinions out, do your research
Speaker 1: and cast your vote. I think that the first and
Speaker 1: very most important part of voting is what Camilla.
Speaker 3: Research.
Speaker 2: You got to have your opinion on the things, and
Speaker 2: I have to say that I well, first off, do
Speaker 2: you remember your very first time voting?
Speaker 3: You know, you don't shocking because there was one hundred
Speaker 3: years ago. I mean it makes sense. Were you, as
Speaker 3: a woman, a last vote?
Speaker 1: It was right, it was right after they let us vote.
Speaker 4: I cast my first vote. Yeah, you were first. There
Speaker 4: wasn't even a camera to keep a record of it.
Speaker 3: No, there's a painting somewhere.
Speaker 4: I sat for so many hours for that.
Speaker 2: I still feel very new to this. This is only
Speaker 2: going to be the second election, I believe, second, maybe
Speaker 2: third election that I have ever been able to vote for.
Speaker 2: Oh I think second. I became a citizen back right
Speaker 2: after Trump had taken office. So this is a little
Speaker 2: while ago, and I'm still learning this process as.
Speaker 3: An immigrant to this country.
Speaker 2: And some of you, I know are just turning eighteen,
Speaker 2: and this might be new for you too, and so
Speaker 2: I'm still learning all these things. And so this is
Speaker 2: as much for me and people like me as you, guys, Jessica,
Speaker 2: if you do want to, because the ballot that we
Speaker 2: are going to be sending in isn't just going to
Speaker 2: be for the presidential.
Speaker 1: Pick for yous, not just presidential and VP. There are
Speaker 1: other things in play here. So the very very very
Speaker 1: first step in this incredible adventure that, by the way,
Speaker 1: we don't have to do, we get to do, is
Speaker 1: going to vote dot org because you need to understand
Speaker 1: what on record for you personally, where you're registered to vote,
Speaker 1: under what name, making sure that you have the entire
Speaker 1: list of things you have to have, which is definitely
Speaker 1: a driversizense or proof of you know, identity. But it
Speaker 1: can be very confusing. And I say this as someone
Speaker 1: who thinks that they've got it all under control. I
Speaker 1: feel very prepared for most things in my life, and
Speaker 1: I have shown up to more than one place to
Speaker 1: cast my vote and been told that I was meant
Speaker 1: to be voting in a different place, or that my
Speaker 1: address wasn't what was last recorded. And again, I mean
Speaker 1: I totally it can take responsibility for being wrong, but
Speaker 1: I really didn't think I was gonna be I thought
Speaker 1: that I was prepared, so these things can happen. Please please,
Speaker 1: please go to vote dot org to find out what
Speaker 1: your status is and where you are registered to vote.
Speaker 1: It's very very important, especially if you are someone who
Speaker 1: votes on the day.
Speaker 4: Let's talk about the local ballot, right.
Speaker 2: So the local ballot to me was confusing initially because
Speaker 2: I didn't realize that. The first time I was voting,
Speaker 2: I was learning that you're not just voting for the president.
Speaker 2: You are also voting for what your local community stands
Speaker 2: on in their measures and yes and the candidates. And
Speaker 2: if I had gone in blind, I would have had
Speaker 2: to leave all of that blank.
Speaker 3: Yep, but I want to have an opinion on those things.
Speaker 2: So if you're like me and Jessica and you don't
Speaker 2: want to show up winging it all the day.
Speaker 4: Nope, vote And it's really better for everyone if you
Speaker 4: don't wing it.
Speaker 2: Until they don't, it's really let's not You can go
Speaker 2: to vote for one one dot org slash ballot to
Speaker 2: learn more about your local candidates.
Speaker 1: You can get the information that you need to make
Speaker 1: the decision that you want to make.
Speaker 4: And again, all about being heard.
Speaker 1: This is the opportunity, which let's just talk about this
Speaker 1: for a second because it might not be anyone else.
Speaker 1: But I sometimes can feel really small when it comes
Speaker 1: to government. I can feel like, what is my vote matter?
Speaker 1: Is anyone even counting it? How does this all work?
Speaker 1: And I guess it's sort of a pessimistic way to
Speaker 1: look at it. And I consider myself an optimist, but
Speaker 1: sometimes I get a little worried or I think I
Speaker 1: don't know it, gets kind of down on it, and
Speaker 1: I think, what does it matter? And then thank God,
Speaker 1: I'm surrounded by people who are just the deepest and
Speaker 1: fiercest believers in democracy. And by the way, I love
Speaker 1: my country so much and I care so much what
Speaker 1: happens in it and to it. And this is what
Speaker 1: I'm reminded of, what these people remind me of. Then
Speaker 1: that spend a lot more time in it and around it.
Speaker 1: That absolutely our voices count. Every single vote counts. Lots
Speaker 1: of people have been convinced that they don't. That's just
Speaker 1: not true. Your vote counts so much and it's so
Speaker 1: important that you cast it. And again, this is not
Speaker 1: about who you vote for. This is about showing up
Speaker 1: to vote. And I think sometimes also it's important to say,
Speaker 1: you know, this is an opportunity where you're voting alone.
Speaker 1: Nobody sees your vote right. So again that research that
Speaker 1: you do should likely be.
Speaker 4: On your own.
Speaker 1: You should figure out what is important to you and
Speaker 1: what you believe on certain issues, and there's a ton
Speaker 1: of information out there for you to be able to
Speaker 1: make that decision. But you're not going in with your friends,
Speaker 1: and you're not going in with your family. You're going
Speaker 1: in by yourself. So what you do when you're casting
Speaker 1: your vote, no one knows about. That's one of another
Speaker 1: one of the most amazing things about America and how
Speaker 1: this system was set up. This is not about you
Speaker 1: and your friends. This is about you figuring out what
Speaker 1: you want going into a place that is definitely like,
Speaker 1: not to get cheesy, but it's a sacred place. It's
Speaker 1: held anonymously and you know and well, I guess it's
Speaker 1: not anonymously right because your record. But anyways, it's a
Speaker 1: sacred place where you can go in and no one
Speaker 1: will know what you did. And by the way, you
Speaker 1: don't have to tell people who you vote for.
Speaker 4: You don't.
Speaker 1: That's your right to have on your own. You can
Speaker 1: vote for whoever you want to, and you can come
Speaker 1: out and say you voted for someone else.
Speaker 4: Who cares, it's your vote? Make account.
Speaker 2: Wow. I just I honestly I don't even know how
Speaker 2: to how to follow on that, because I'm like, can
Speaker 2: you run for president?
Speaker 4: Vote for you?
Speaker 3: Just on that? That was good?
Speaker 2: Just get captured twenty I'll vote yes.
Speaker 1: My, my, my, My slogan will be sneaky democracy.
Speaker 4: You don't have to tell anyone who you vote for.
Speaker 2: No, No, I really like that because I feel I
Speaker 2: feel like people's families, friends. You know, sometimes it can't
Speaker 2: you can't feel like the odd one out voting for
Speaker 2: a certain person and the pressure to do it.
Speaker 3: And I love that.
Speaker 2: It is just for you. I do remember the first
Speaker 2: time I got to vote. I felt so excited.
Speaker 3: I felt like it was such a privilege. I like
Speaker 3: literally got.
Speaker 2: Like a rush on the day, took a selfie with
Speaker 2: my little sticker, because not everybody gets that opportunity, and
Speaker 2: as women, we didn't get that opportunity for a really,
Speaker 2: really long time. Jessica and I were like looking up
Speaker 2: the date before this and what was it nineteen twenty?
Speaker 1: What was it? Well, first of all, someone thought it
Speaker 1: was in eighteen hundreds, and I thought, no, I don't
Speaker 1: think we've had it that long. But it actually was
Speaker 1: nineteen twenty.
Speaker 2: Nineteen twenty, so it's literally only been a little over
Speaker 2: one hundred years, which is insane. So but yeah, I
Speaker 2: think that the experience of it for first timers like
Speaker 2: me too, is just really exciting.
Speaker 1: It's an honor and don't underestimate what you were just
Speaker 1: talking about that little because if you care about social media,
Speaker 1: if you care about being you know, in the know
Speaker 1: and with it, you need a selfie with that sticker.
Speaker 1: You can't take someone else's sticker you they give it,
Speaker 1: they give one. Only you got to get that sticker,
Speaker 1: and you got to show up. By the way, who's voting,
Speaker 1: Get that sticker, Take a selfie, Tag us, Tag your friends,
Speaker 1: let them everyone know. We want to see that, We
Speaker 1: want to see that you voted. I would love, love,
Speaker 1: love to see the crew. Let's just get out some
Speaker 1: quick facts so that everybody can hear them.
Speaker 4: So here are the dates.
Speaker 1: National voter registration day, which has passed, was Tuesday, September seventeenth.
Speaker 1: If you did not register to vote, that was not
Speaker 1: the only day that you can register to vote. Do
Speaker 1: it now, you got it, let's go. The CBS Vice
Speaker 1: presidential debate between JD. Vance and Tim Walls will be Tuesday,
Speaker 1: October first, very good opportunity to hear from the candidates.
Speaker 1: Then early voting is between Saturday, October twenty sixth and Sunday,
Speaker 1: November three. Shout out to my mama because that's her birthday.
Speaker 2: Yay. I love an early vote, you guys, because we
Speaker 2: know those lines. Listen, it's a privileged standing in those lines.
Speaker 2: But those are some lines.
Speaker 1: So earl lines and talk about you know what to
Speaker 1: use one of your favorite words. There have been some
Speaker 1: shenanigans in those lines. Yeah, so don't show up for
Speaker 1: the shenanigan time, show up for the early time.
Speaker 4: Be the early bird.
Speaker 3: I want to talk to our crew real quick.
Speaker 2: In Alabama, Mississippi, New Hampshire, and West Virginia, you guys
Speaker 2: are living in states where there is no early voting
Speaker 2: option available and you have to have an eligible reason
Speaker 2: to vote by mail.
Speaker 3: So just you guys, like we said, go to vote
Speaker 3: dot org.
Speaker 2: Check out where you're living, check out check out what
Speaker 2: the rules are for your state.
Speaker 1: So many rules I know you, and this one I
Speaker 1: got to tell you. You cannot fudge this. This is
Speaker 1: a very rule centric operation, which, by the way, is
Speaker 1: worth pointing out because some people worry about that challenge
Speaker 1: that you know that the rules are being upheld. Yes,
Speaker 1: the rules are being upheld. This is America, one of
Speaker 1: the greatest nations in the world, and we have a
Speaker 1: system for a reason. So I'm going to go through
Speaker 1: really quickly again how to vote. You're going to check
Speaker 1: your registration. You're going to register to vote. It takes
Speaker 1: it takes left to two minutes, yep, two minutes. With trust,
Speaker 1: you can vote by mail except for in the states
Speaker 1: that Camilla just mentioned. You can request an absentee ballot.
Speaker 1: Then you need to see what's on your ballot. Then
Speaker 1: that refers back to what we were saying, which is
Speaker 1: your local ballot. If you need help researching that, you
Speaker 1: can go too.
Speaker 2: You can go to vote or one one dot org
Speaker 2: slash ballot.
Speaker 1: And when in doubt, visit vote dot org for more help.
Speaker 1: We all need help because this is a really really
Speaker 1: important right that we have. And again I'm just gonna
Speaker 1: point it out, like the nerd I am, we do
Speaker 1: not have to vote. We get to vote, So get
Speaker 1: your butt out there and vote.
Speaker 2: I'm also going to say, I like, I like my
Speaker 2: kids seeing me vote. Oh gosh, yes, yeah, I think
Speaker 2: that's I think it's nice for Haydes and Haydes and
Speaker 2: Lucas to see mommy and daddy be out there voting.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's really important. By the way, it's also very cool.
Speaker 1: I mean again, sometimes there's a little bit of a
Speaker 1: you know, it's like cool to not care, especially for
Speaker 1: the younger set. Sorry, I a'm singling you out, but
Speaker 1: like you know, sometimes it's like I don't care.
Speaker 4: That's okay, it'll all work out. My vote it doesn't count.
Speaker 4: It's only it's cool to not care.
Speaker 1: Guess what, it's so much cooler to care. And when
Speaker 1: some things that are being decided will affect you in
Speaker 1: a negative way, you should really care.
Speaker 4: So get on out there. Okay.
Speaker 1: So also, if for some reason you've registered for an
Speaker 1: absentee ballot and you are not able to do that,
Speaker 1: you can still go to the polls and vote. So,
Speaker 1: by the way, that's happened to me before, it really
Speaker 1: did and I was living in California and I showed
Speaker 1: up at my place and I also, okay, another thing
Speaker 1: to mention. I'm sorry I have to say this, but
Speaker 1: I do you know, all of these wonderful people that
Speaker 1: are at the polling places are volunteers and they show
Speaker 1: up to again be a part of this incredible process
Speaker 1: and that and for that, I'm very thankful that being said,
Speaker 1: they're showing up on the day. They don't always know
Speaker 1: every single thing. I've been in places where people were
Speaker 1: volunteering and they maybe didn't have all the information or
Speaker 1: they said, oh no, you can't vote here, you got
Speaker 1: to go vote over there. Just keep asking questions, keep
Speaker 1: asking for the supervisor, keep asking for If you're not
Speaker 1: getting the answer you want or someone's telling you that
Speaker 1: you cannot vote, you just keep on pressing ahead. You
Speaker 1: ask for supervisors, you ask for whoever's in charge, and
Speaker 1: you make sure that you do not leave without voting.
Speaker 3: This has happened to me, by the way. I went
Speaker 3: to last time I voted.
Speaker 2: I went to a polling place that said that they
Speaker 2: did not have me on a record to vote there,
Speaker 2: and then eventually, after standing my ground and talking to
Speaker 2: numerous people, they found my information.
Speaker 3: So these things happen on the day. They're nobody's fault.
Speaker 2: It's just, you know, a little bit of a chaotic
Speaker 2: day sometimes and there's so many people coming through.
Speaker 4: But yes, I.
Speaker 2: Agree with Jess, stay stay in line, stay in line
Speaker 2: line if you're experiencing some serious problems on the day.
Speaker 1: Yes, if you are experiencing the aforementioned shenanigans, if someone's
Speaker 1: telling you that you're in the wrong place or you
Speaker 1: need to go over here, or it's a different.
Speaker 4: Day or whatever.
Speaker 1: So Camilla, there's this other thing where voter suppression is real,
Speaker 1: which is again why you need to stand your ground
Speaker 1: and ask a lot of questions and be super prepared.
Speaker 1: But if in fact you feel as though someone or
Speaker 1: a group of people is trying to suppress your vote,
Speaker 1: then you also have options to report that and get help.
Speaker 3: If that happens.
Speaker 2: Jessica, you can call eight stick six our vote. That's
Speaker 2: eight six six six ' eight seven eight six eighty three.
Speaker 2: That is a hotline that you can call if there
Speaker 2: are problems, let's say.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And that can look a bunch of different ways,
Speaker 1: but listen, at the end of the day, no one
Speaker 1: can fault you for asking questions. So make sure, triple
Speaker 1: make sure and get it out.
Speaker 4: And on the day tag us.
Speaker 2: So whenever you vote, please tag us in your sticker pictures.
Speaker 3: We will repose them on the call.
Speaker 4: I will be so excited I will be posting mine.
Speaker 3: We're excited for the crew to get out there and vote.
Speaker 2: Let's do this, and you guys, we know that we're
Speaker 2: talking and spewing out a lot of facts, right, So
Speaker 2: here's what we have decided that we can do for
Speaker 2: you guys. Go to our call it what it is Instagram.
Speaker 3: We're going to have all.
Speaker 2: The information posted a little infographics for you guys.
Speaker 3: And you can get all of your information there.
Speaker 1: Yes, all right, Jessica, Okay, let's call it the end
Speaker 4: Of the voting episode.