- Title: Jane Fonda, Cher, Tiffany Haddish urge the electorate to vote
- Date: 5th November 2018
- Summary: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 4, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) MICHELLE YEOH SAYING: "Go out and vote. Please go out and, because, you know, that is your chance every voice matters and you can't sit back and say well, you know, don't do that, go out and vote , make what you're wishes are, speak up for them, because I'm very sad when I see when it's inciting hate and all this . . . why? I mean you have such a beautiful community and you see so much love so we need to spread that around, how you work together, ho you're so inclusive of each other and you know what, set a great example for the rest of the world." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, VIGGO MORTENSEN, SAYING: "In the short term, absolutely vote. If you're registered to vote, you can't-you know, if you don't vote, and you're registered, and you're able to go or someone can take you to vote, and you don't do it, you have no right to complain about anything. You really don't." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR RUSSELL HORNSBY SAYING: "This is going to be an evolutionary process but it's an evolutionary process if everybody participates, everybody votes and you have to realize we have to do a one vote, one day at a time and we will certainly get there but it has to start now." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS, CONSTANCE WU, SAYING: "Yeah, it's just to go out there and vote, to really, that's exercising your power and I know a lot of people think like 'oh, if my state goes the way i go, usually so I'm not going to go out there and vote.' It's about more than that, it's about participation, it's about taking the time to get out there and kind of like love your country enough to care about what's going to happen to it. And it's so easy, it's so easy to vote. So everyone's got to vote." (SOUNDBITE) (English). DIRECTOR, GEORGE TILLMAN, JR., SAYING: "I think the most important thing in the polls is go out and vote. I was able to do it early and put it in and mail in my information. That's it. How are we going to make a change? How are we going to be able to do something and stand up and really make a contribution, and that's what it's about. By making a contribution and going and voting that's the most important thing." (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUSICIAN, DAN REYNOLDS (Imagine Dragons/ Documentary "Believer") SAYING: "I think the most important message is, are you voting? And if you are, that's all that matters. I don't care who you're voting for, I don't care what side you're on. As long as you did your research and you're passionate about who you're voting about - rad. It's not voting and being indifferent that is destructive and doesn't help anybody. So vote, vote, vote , vote vote, vote."
- Embargoed: 19th November 2018 23:39
- Keywords: vote mid-term congressional elections Hollywood celebrities get out the vote Jane Fonda Cher
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND WEST HOLLYWOOD AND LOS ANGELES AND BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITEDS STATES / TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND WEST HOLLYWOOD AND LOS ANGELES AND BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITEDS STATES / TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
- Country: USA
- Topics: Celebrities,Arts / Culture / Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA003958D64N
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- Story Text:While both Taylor Swift and Rihanna have used their Instagram accounts to promote voting in the upcoming midterms, other celebrities have used the old fashioned way of talking about it.
Jane Fonda thinks Tuesday's (November 6) mid-term congressional elections are the most consequential in her lifetime. "More than any other election that I can remember this particular election is going to determine whether we can continue to call ourselves a democracy," said the 80-year-old two-time Oscar winner.
While promoting her new album, Cher told Reuters "the only thing I think that we can do and must do is vote. Every woman in the United States of voting age has got to vote. Otherwise, stop complaining. Do not complain if you don't vote."
Debra Messing also expressed her concerns about the upcoming election, saying "The number of people who show up on voting day is so abysmal and lower than... It's horrible and it's a privilege of ours to be able to give our voice and participate. It doesn't matter which political party you're part of, just vote!"
Upcoming star Tiffany Haddish said "I think it's important to vote so that we can have checks and balances because some people need to be checked and we need to get things back in balance."
Although in the past, celebrities have worn their political views on their sleeves, with the midterms, numerous Hollywood actors, like Gina Rodriguez, John Cho, Milo Ventimiglia, Jeffrey Wright, Michelle Yeoh and Constance Wu have simply called on people to register and get to the polls.
The more seasoned political celebrities, like Michael Moore and Alyssa Milano, have been calling on people to help flip the swing districts. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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