ICYMI, @romancelandia:

#RomancingTheVote, a genre romance authors-led effort that raised over US$750,000 for the 2020 and 2022 elections, mostly through silent auctions and funneling donations to Democratic candidates and voter registration initiatives, are ramping up their efforts again, and you can sign up for email notifications here:
https://forms.gle/h4yHf8VKQmsGaNQS8

Want context? Here it is:
https://www.themarysue.com/romancing-the-vote-stacey-abrams-fair-fight-midterms/

Please share and boost!

@romancelandia ICYMI:

#RomancingTheVote are ramping up their efforts again, and you can sign up for email notifications here:

https://forms.gle/h4yHf8VKQmsGaNQS8

Context:
https://www.themarysue.com/romancing-the-vote-stacey-abrams-fair-fight-midterms/

Please boost and share.

#USPolitics

@romancelandia

Romancing The vote, 2024 edition

#RomBkBlog

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

@romancelandia

And they're back!

#RomancingTheVote, 2024 edition

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

ICYMI: #RomancingTheVote is back! Find out the details and sign up for notifications, to donate items or just to bid when they go live again.

@romancelandia

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

@romancelandia

Reminder: #RomancingTheVote is back! You can register to receive notifications when the auction starts (or to donate items/help) by filling a simple google form.

Don't know what I'm talking about?

Find all the context you need here:

#USPolitics #2024Election

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

@romancelandia @bookstodon

Romancelandia, assemble! #RomancingTheVote is back, baby!

Don't know what I'm talking about? Here's some historical context for the 2020 and 2022 elections: https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

Sign up for updates here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKJol1hZsq-4GfyKHbALii5X4K06byHffIGRFAgmBEmsv5lA/viewform

#USPolitics #2024Election

@romancelandia @bookstodon

ICYMI: #RomancingTheVote is back!

The donation form will be open from the second week of June, so donors can send the final pictures and descriptions in. The auction will run from July 1st through July 5th.

Context:
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

Sign up for updates:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKJol1hZsq-4GfyKHbALii5X4K06byHffIGRFAgmBEmsv5lA/viewform

#2024Election #USPolitics

@romancelandia @bookstodon

The donation form for the #RomancingTheVote silent auction is open for the next couple of weeks; the auction itself runs from July 1st through to July 5th, and the betting can become quite fast and furious once the bidding is open, so get ready for some fierce competition in the name of democracy.

#2024Election

If you don't know what I mean, here's a post with context:
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

And here's the direct link to the form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScajbsXMuGjhYsi7CqSZ9z4BUwLs_SAfFcJg55JqRmvUR89Ug/viewform

@romancelandia @bookstodon

The donation form for the #RomancingTheVote silent auction is open until this Friday, June 28; the auction takes place between July 1st and July 5th.

#USPolitics #2024Election

All context and links:
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

@romancelandia @bookstodon

#RomancingTheVote 2024 edition is live!

#RomBkBlog

#USPolitics #2024Election

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/06/30/romancing-the-vote-2024-is-live/

@romancelandia @bookstodon

#RomancingTheVote milestone! Across the three auctions held, the total so far stands at $800,000. Can we reach a million to support voting rights?

You can get context here:
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/06/30/romancing-the-vote-2024-is-live/

You can go directly to the auction, to select from over 600 items--bookish, writerly, crafty and more, here:

https://www.32auctions.com/romancingthevote2024

@romancelandia @bookstodon

#RomancingTheVote has raised over $55,000 in under five hours of bidding.

You can get in on the action here:

https://www.32auctions.com/romancingthevote2024

If you use other social media, they're in blusky and twitter, where they're announcing the many "buy now" items as they go along.

https://twitter.com/RomancingVote

#USPolitics #2024Election

@romancelandia @bookstodon

Check out #RomancingTheVote 2024--in just under twelve hours, it has raised over US$75,000, and we have four more days to go.

There are almost 650 items up for auction, from bookish to writerly to crafty.

Auction is here: https://www.32auctions.com/romancingthevote2024

Context, if you need it, here:
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

#2024Election #US

@romancelandia @bookstodon

We are doing this until Friday at 8PM EDT (plus bidding extensions, because things do get HEATED at #RomancingTheVote auctions)

You can get these here:
https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/74830/auctions/164081?t=search&v=SCOTUS+hand+embroidery

@romancelandia @bookstodon

Just over 40 hours into the five day auction, another milestone: #RomancingTheVote 2024 edition has already raised $100K to help folks vote in the #2024Election

You can get lots of stuff and fight for democracy here: https://www.32auctions.com/romancingthevote2024

There are 688 items to bid on right now--with more coming out as "buy now" items are posted.

Need context? Here:
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

#USPolitics

@romancelandia @bookstodon

The #RomancingTheVote twitter account just announced 30+ Buy It Now items--go, go, stake your claim!

https://www.32auctions.com/romancingthevote2024

Context:

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

@romancelandia @bookstodon

The #RomancingTheVote 2024 auction ends today at 8PM EDT (plus bidding extensions as needed)

Reminder: it's raising money for Fair Fight and VoteRiders, because in a democracy, everyone should be able to vote.

The auction is happening here: https://www.32auctions.com/RomancingTheVote2024

Need context? Find it here:
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

@romancelandia @bookstodon

The #RomancingTheVote 2024 auction ends in just over two hours (8PM EDT); the proceeds benefit Fair Fight and VoteRiders--because in a democracy, everyone should be able and allowed to vote.

the auction, with over 765 items on offer, is here:

https://www.32auctions.com/RomancingTheVote2024

Need more context? See this post:

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/romancing-the-vote-2024-edition/

#2024Election #USPolitics

@romancelandia @bookstodon

For veterans of the #RomancingTheVote auctions: the Bree half of Kit Rocha has gotten the livestream of the bidfeed up and going on their YT channel; bids keep trickling in, one dollar at a time (and the proxy bid counter immediately after)

In an hour or so, and until all the extensions are done, it will be fast and furious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYpK8X02R_U

Custom song? check. Worldbuilding custom? check. Fiber art? check. 765 items to bid on.

https://www.32auctions.com/RomancingTheVote2024

@romancelandia @bookstodon

#RomancingTheVote

Twitter thread explaining what happens as the auction ends:

https://twitter.com/RomancingVote/status/1809311618842439931
https://twitter.com/RomancingVote/status/1809311641105768474
https://twitter.com/RomancingVote/status/1809311662903628188
https://twitter.com/RomancingVote/status/1809311684906942748
https://twitter.com/RomancingVote/status/1809311706780258650
https://twitter.com/RomancingVote/status/1809311728766746764
https://twitter.com/RomancingVote/status/1809311750560317526
https://twitter.com/RomancingVote/status/1809311772433616918
https://twitter.com/RomancingVote/status/1809311794478944459

@romancelandia @bookstodon

to recap a few key figures:

$175,673 raised by the end of the auction, takes the lifetime amount raised by #RomancingTheVote to $950,000

$225,673 raised by the end of the auction takes the lifetime amount raised by #RomancingTheVote to ONE MILLION DOLLARS

with an hour to go, the auction just broke $170,000, and now is when things get fast and furious. Watch the madness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYpK8X02R_U

bid: https://www.32auctions.com/RomancingTheVote2024

@romancelandia @bookstodon

Also, for those intimidated by some of the more expensive items: there are a bunch of things at $10.

FUCK SCOTUS sticker: https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/74830/auctions/164081/auction_items/5471896

I Romanced the Vote 2024 magnet:
https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/74830/auctions/164081/auction_items/5464480

The trilogy of Romancing the vote magnets at $15:
https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/74830/auctions/164081/auction_items/5472045

#RomancingTheVote

@romancelandia @bookstodon

TFW you are trying to finish a review, but keep getting distracted by the #RomancingTheVote bidfeed

(at $172,500+ right now, thirty minutes to go)

watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYpK8X02R_U

bid:
https://www.32auctions.com/RomancingTheVote2024

@romancelandia @bookstodon

#RomancingTheVote just passed $176,000 in this auction--that's over $950,000 across the three auctions.

Lots of craft items at well below actual value, lots of professional writer development same; twenty minutes left: GO FERAL!!!

https://www.32auctions.com/RomancingTheVote2024

@romancelandia @bookstodon

And past $180,000 with ten minutes to go!

#RomancingTheVote

Bid: https://www.32auctions.com/RomancingTheVote2024

ETA; we did go feral, and we crashed the auction site...

KEEP TRYING!! There's extended bidding going on!!!

@romancelandia @bookstodon

Because the auction site crashed (again--it's almost tradition at this point), the extended bidding ended after only ten minutes or so, with the amount raised just shy of $190,000

#RomancingTheVote

@romancelandia @bookstodon

If you are in BluSky, there may be a few "BuyItNow" items offered there tomorrow/over the weekend.

Thank you to everyone!

#RomancingTheVote 2024 is over (for now)

ETA: here's the account
https://bsky.app/profile/romancingthevote.bsky.social

@romancelandia @bookstodon

Final-final #RomancingTheVote 2024 update:

You can ALWAYS donate directly!

US citizens:
donate.romancingthevote.com

International friends of democracy, you can donate for other non-election-law-breaking causes, here:
http://international.romancingthevote.com/

@romancelandia @bookstodon

The #RomancingTheVote team has updates!

@romancelandia @bookstodon

#RomancingTheVote team has an update, 24 hours after the auction ended:

@romancelandia @bookstodon

a record ONE MILLION raised by #RomancingTheVote is now withing reach.

You can watch the number go up (and/or contriute) at this link:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/romancingthevote2024

ETA: just before 11PM, $5,000 closer...

@romancelandia @bookstodon

#RomancingTheVote broke the ONE MILLION DOLLARS raised so far for voting rights organizations earlier today.

And they've confirmed they'll be back in 2026, and until voting suppression isn't a thing in the U.S.

All of this in blog form (with useful links!) here: https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/07/09/romancing-the-vote-one-million-dollars/

@romancelandia @bookstodon

And because the women behind #RomancingTheVote (Bree half of Kit Rocha and Courtney Milan) are the fucking class acts they are, now I'm crying happy tears:

(the last few posts in blog form, with useful links: https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/ )

@romancelandia @bookstodon

#RomancingTheVote has posted their final-final tally for the 2024 auction.

#USPolitics #2024Election

@romancelandia @bookstodon

Keep up to date with efforts to stave off fascism by signing up for updates from the #RomancingTheVote crew. here:
http://updates.romancingthevote.com/

For more immediate concrete action, you can always sign up with the ladies of the Fated Mates podcast for their regular #FatedStates phonebanking to voters, starting on August 24!
https://fatedmates.net/fatedstates

#2024Election #USPolitics

From #RomancingTheVote
"Hey friends! This has been a rough week, and everyone needs time for grief. We are in the bleak moment for sure.

But all of us here at RtV believe that part of the key to the next four years will be keeping our community close & finding defiant joy whereever we can.

We're ready to work. 💓 Join us."

You can sign up here:
http://updates.romancingthevote.com/

@romancelandia @bookstodon

@herhandsmyhands

"Secure site not available"

and

"Secure connection failed""

only for this site. 😞

@herhandsmyhands I wasn't expecting a reply, but still, thank you for confirming it's not an error everyone is getting.

Different issue I was reminded of—do you know if Romancing the Vote will continue using Google for storing contact info?