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How to Vote in Every State

series · in 13 videos (2016–2022)

Hank's 2016 video project explaining how to register, get a sample ballot and vote in each of the 50 states, plus Washington DC, the territories and military and overseas voters. Made with Complexly, by 2020 each state's video ran under three minutes, and by 2022 it was both a YouTube channel and a TikTok account.

Videos by year: 2016: 6 · 2018: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2022: 2

Also known as: Our Massive Project

Threads

Also named in the threads: Dear Hank and John: the brothers' advice podcast (2015) · Internet Creators Guild membership launch (2016) · VidCon Europe 2017 edition (Amsterdam, April 8-9): the first VidCon outside the US · VidCon Australia 2017 edition (Melbourne, September 9-10) · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria 2017 edition (Boston, February): celebrating ten years of Vlogbrothers · John asks eligible US voters to vote in the 2016 election (2016) · John asks US adults to make sure they are registered to vote (2018) · Hank asks viewers to vote right now in the 2020 US election or make a plan to vote by November 3 (2020)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

United States presidential election (4) · doobly-doo (3) · United States (5) · Complexly (2) · YouTube (3) · Twitter (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2016

  • 2016-08-05 · Our Massive Project: How to Vote in Every State — announcement: Hank introduces a video in 54 parts explaining how to register to vote, get a sample ballot and vote in each of the 50 states and a few other cases. — 00:00:00
    • Hank credits the project's team: Taylor Behnke Peters (writing and research), Derek Knabenbauer (editing), Nicole Sweeney (graphics), Nick Jenkins (director), and Spanish translators Liza Platae, Rafael Arévalo, Amber J Holder and John Flores. — video description
    • Besides the state videos, the project has videos for Washington DC, the unincorporated territories, and military and overseas voters. — video description
    • Hank asks viewers to send this video or their state's video to everyone they know who might not vote because it is too complicated. — 00:01:57
    • Hank asks viewers to click their state's name to watch how to check their registration, register, get a sample ballot and vote. — 00:02:15
  • 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) — John thanks Hank for the brilliant, astonishingly comprehensive youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate. — 00:00:01
    • John recommends finding your state's sample ballot at youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate, then candidates' websites, and Ballotpedia for US Senate or Congress races (link in the doobly-doo). — 00:01:03
    • John asks everyone eligible to vote in the US to become a registered, informed voter and make their voice heard, especially if it's hard. — 00:03:25
  • 2016-09-09 · Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census — announcement: Hank lists current projects: VidCons in Europe, Australia and California, a 10th-anniversary NerdCon: Nerdfighteria, How to Vote, Dear Hank and John, Snapchatting, and helping found the Internet Creators Guild. — 00:02:35
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — ask: John urges viewers who are unregistered or unsure to check at youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate, since many states' registration deadline is today, and to vote. — 00:10:18
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — ask: John points viewers to How to Vote in Every State to find out how to vote in their state. — video description
  • 2016-11-08 · A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE — ask: John asks eligible American voters to look up their polling place in the doobly-doo, check youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate for what to bring, and go vote. — 00:02:27
  • …and 3 statements more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

2018

  • 2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — recommendation: John: Asked how to vote in every state, John says to look at Hank's 'amazing project' How to Vote in Every State. (hedged) — 00:00:34
    • John tells viewers who need to learn to register, know their state's voting laws or understand how to vote to check out the series: ballots, polling places, everything. — 00:00:34
    • John admires that Hank was working on How to Vote in Every State in the two weeks before his book came out (September 2018). — 00:00:34
    • Hank says he had a lot of help with the project. — 00:00:34
  • 2018-10-05 · We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… — Hank: Because no single video can explain registering and voting in every state, Hank and friends made dozens of videos so viewers can look up their own state. — 00:00:00
    • Hank tells viewers to learn how best to vote where they live at youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate. — 00:03:39
  • 2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — ask: The description points viewers who want to learn their state's voting laws to Complexly's How to Vote in Every State. — video description

2020

  • 2020-09-11 · If you don't go… — announcement: Hank says Complexly, with MediaWise, has created How to Vote in Every State: videos for every state and for situations like military overseas or territories, covering absentee voting, sample ballots and registration. — 00:01:27
    • Hank says every How to Vote in Every State video is under three minutes and gives everything needed to create a voting plan. — 00:01:27
    • Hank asks viewers to watch their state's video with pen and paper and write a voting plan: registration date, when to decide, and whether to vote by mail, early or at the polls on November 3. — 00:01:56
    • Hank says the makers also produced videos on doing your research, understanding polls and watching political ads, and he is proud to be part of it. — 00:03:24
    • Hank asks viewers to watch their state's video and send it to everyone they know, so they see how easy and important voting is. — 00:03:24
  • 2020-10-23 · 10 Reasons to Vote RIGHT NOW — ask: Hank points viewers unsure how voting works in their state to youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate: look up your state and watch the under-two-minute video now. — 00:03:25
  • …and 1 statement more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2022

  • 2022-08-19 · What if a lot of the Cynicism is Unjustified??? — Hank describes How to Vote in Every State, a YouTube channel and now a TikTok account, with a video per state on registering, voting from home, sample ballots and polling places. — 00:03:05
    • Hank asks viewers without a voting plan for this election to check out How to Vote in Every State or send it to someone who needs one. — 00:03:49
  • 2022-10-28 · I'm Changing the Way I Think About Politics — ask: Hank tells viewers who can vote to go local too, and those unsure how to vote or whether they're registered to check youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate. — 00:03:18