Hank asks viewers over 18 to vote for somebody in the 2012 US election (2012)
ask · status: reported back · last event: thanks (2012-11-07) · owner: John and Hank
In August 2012 Hank asked viewers over 18 to vote for somebody in the US election, whoever it was. Both brothers repeated the call through the autumn, including at the launch of DFTVA, and the day after the election Hank thanked everyone who voted.
Parts: Hank asks viewers to look into early voting in their state (2012) · Hank asks unregistered viewers to register to vote before the deadline (2012)
Told alongside: Hank asks viewers to spread the DFTVA vote graphic everywhere, especially on election day (2012) · Hank asks viewers to post a photo doing the Nerdfighter sign at their polling place or with their ballot for a free DFTVA sticker (2012) · DFTVA (Don't Forget to Vote, America): the Vlogbrothers and Harry Potter Alliance get-out-the-vote campaign for the 2012 US election
About: United States presidential election, voter turnout, DFTVA, Puerto Rico
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-24 | asked | Hank asks viewers over 18 to vote for somebody, whoever it is. | Happy Birthday John Green! 00:02:41 |
| 2012-09-21 | reminder | Hank renews his call to vote: the only wrong vote is no vote. | You. Must. Vote. 00:00:05 |
| 2012-09-25 | reminder | John thanks Hank for reminding him and Nerdfighteria to vote. → refers to You. Must. Vote. | Do Businesses Need to Suck? 00:03:24 |
| 2012-11-02 | reminder | Launching DFTVA, Hank again urges Americans who can to vote: 'Do your civic responsibility, your duty.' | Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! 00:02:19 |
| 2012-11-05 | reminder | Hank gives the story's moral: vote, if you can. | Spicy Summer Camp Story 00:03:34 |
| 2012-11-06 | reminder | On Election Day, after voting himself, John asks viewers to vote, speaking as a former non-voter. | Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story 00:01:35 |
| 2012-11-07 (happened 2012-11-06) | thanks | Hank thanks everyone who voted yesterday in the US and in Puerto Rico. | The 51st State 00:03:36 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2012-11-02 · Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! — ask: Hank asks viewers to spread the DFTVA graphic far and wide so everyone who can will vote, to do their civic duty, and to post it everywhere, especially on election Tuesday. — 00:01:41
- 2012-11-05 · Spicy Summer Camp Story — ask: Hank: Giving the story's 'moral', Hank asks viewers to vote if they can, to photograph themselves at their polling place or with a ballot for a free DFTVA sticker, and to make sure everyone they know votes. — 00:03:34
- 2012-11-06 · Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story — recommendation: John's three-part guide to voting: wake at 6:22 a.m. anxious, research your polling place and all the races (link in the doobly-doo), then go vote. (playful) — 00:00:41
- 2012-11-06 · Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story — John says the moral of his spicy summer camp story is also: vote. (playful) — 00:03:09