How to Vote in Every State: launch of the 54-video guide to registering and voting in each US state (2016)
project history · status: last documented in 2022 · last event: milestone (2022-08-19)
How to Vote in Every State is a set of videos, one for each US state, on registering, getting a sample ballot and voting, launched by Hank in August 2016. It was renewed by Complexly with MediaWise in 2020 and by 2022 was a YouTube channel and a TikTok account.
Parts: Hank asks viewers to send How to Vote in Every State videos to people who might not vote because it is too complicated (2016) · Hank asks viewers to use their state's How to Vote in Every State video to register, get a sample ballot and vote (2016)
About: How to Vote in Every State
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-05 | launched | Hank launches How to Vote in Every State: 54 videos on registering, getting a sample ballot and voting in each state, built from over 30,000 words of scripts. | Our Massive Project: How to Vote in Every State 00:00:00 |
| 2018-10-02 (happened 2018-09) | milestone | John admires that Hank was working on How to Vote in Every State in the two weeks before his book came out. | How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday 00:00:34 |
| 2018-10-05 | looked back | 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. | We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… 00:00:00 |
| 2020-09-11 | milestone | 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. | If you don't go… 00:01:27 |
| 2022-08-19 | milestone | 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. | What if a lot of the Cynicism is Unjustified??? 00:03:05 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 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
- 2016-08-05 · Our Massive Project: How to Vote in Every State — 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
- 2016-08-05 · Our Massive Project: How to Vote in Every State — Hank: Besides the state videos, the project has videos for Washington DC, the unincorporated territories, and military and overseas voters. — video description
- 2016-08-05 · Our Massive Project: How to Vote in Every State — Hank says the team wrote over 30,000 words of scripts for the project, which was a bit of a pain but worth it. — 00:00:21
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — Hank says he had a lot of help with the project. — 00:00:34