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Hi PaulTalkers and other viewers, I’m Paul
and I want you to register to vote!

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YouTube has found that on average it takes
one minute, thirty-four seconds to register

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to vote.

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That’s what this counter is counting down.

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To get started, just search Google for “register
to vote” or click on this info card in the

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corner!

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You can do that in another window while I
talk to you here about Spoon Theory and how

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it applies to voting.

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Over a decade ago, Christine Miserandino was
trying to explain to a friend what it’s

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like to live with a chronic illness (versus
not having to do that) and grabbed a bunch

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of nearby spoons then asked her friend to
list all the things they do in a day.

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For every “thing” (getting up, taking
a shower, having breakfast, getting dressed,

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etc.) Christine [sound of clanging spoons]
*chuckle* set aside one of the spoons.

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Before her friend finished listing all
the things, the spoons were gone and the theoretical

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day wasn’t done.

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That’s what it can be like when you have
a chronic illness, like lupus for her, or

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depression for me.

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(But if you don’t have a health issue limiting
them, you have a for-all-practical-purposes

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unlimited amount of spoons.)

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If you know someone who has a chronic illness,
that is why sometimes they just won’t be

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up for “things”.

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How does this apply to registering to vote?

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Because everyone has different abilities and
spoons, I try not to say that anything is

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easy, but the online process to register to
vote in the United States has probably never

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been easier.

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You don’t have to deal with a person.

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You don’t have to articulate very many personal
things about yourself.

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You don’t have to physically manipulate
much.

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And on average it doesn’t take much time.

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So even for Spoonies, it may be more doable
than you think to register to vote, so please

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do!

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And that’s time!