Do you know who you're voting for and want to help those that don't?

Blue NC members tend to be more politically engaged than most. In your friend group or family, are you the one asking if people have voted yet, or telling them about the merits of the different candidates? If so, here's a way to help spread your knowledge beyond those you know directly.

Nearly everyone has benefited from a voter guide at some point in their life. I read one every time I vote--there are just too many offices on the ballot for me to know much about the candidates running for each. However, finding voter guides for your specific locality online isn't necessarily easy, and too often, offices like judgeships, school board, or other downballot races are left blank at the polls because the voter couldn't find enough information about them to make a decision.

The League of Young Voters PAC has created a website to help correct this: theballot.org. Informed individuals and organizations can use this website to make and publish their own voter guides offering information about the candidates as well as recommendations or endorsements. I made one earlier today and it was relatively quick and straightforward.

There are two things you can do to help:
1. Create and publish your own voter guide at theballot.org.
2. If you find a guide you like a lot that's relevant to people you know or blogs you comment on, link to it when you have a chance. That makes it more likely to come up in web searches.

North Carolina has a few voter guides up there already, but they're mostly for the Triangle. Go fill in the gaps and help people here vote!

http://theballot.org/