- Title: Jane Fonda, Cher, Tiffany Haddish urge the electorate to vote
- Date: 5th November 2018
- Summary: WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 22, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** (SOUNDBITE) (English) SINGER, CHER, SAYING: "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." BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JULY 29, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS, DEBRA MESSING, 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 what political party you're part of, just vote!" BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - SEPTEMBER 19, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE MEMBER, TOM MORELLO, SAYING: "The message I like to give people in general and it's not just about voting is that they are agents of history and that people that have changed the world, that made the Berlin Wall fall, overturned apartheid, that have given women the right to vote and desegregated lunch counters in this country had no more power, courage or intelligence than you do. It's average, ordinary people, they're the ones that change the world and it's time to change it right now." BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - SEPTEMBER 25, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTORS, TIFFANY HADDISH AND IKE BARINHOLTZ, SAYING: Ike Barinholtz: "I can't stress enough how important it is to vote and I know that people voting might not be the sexiest thing but it actually is because I look hot when I vote. I wear little hot pants, I have my shirt with the nipples cut out, but also people go 'It's not a presidential election, so I'm not going to vote'. This coming midterm election is bigger than any presidential election we've ever had, so please do your part, go register and vote and then you get your sticker." Tiffany Haddish: "Yeah, 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." LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - SEPTEMBER 17, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, MILO VENTIMIGLIA, SAYING: "I mean, listen. Politics in our country are very important right now and regardless of what side of it you're on, you have to get out and speak your mind. You have to do it, you have to do it. It's our duty as citizens to speak on behalf of our views so you have to." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JEFFREY WRIGHT, SAYING: "A very simple thought about what people should be doing. People should be voting, people should be participating in the democracy. There are forces at work right now that are trying to purge people of their right to vote. It's an active strategy, working to discredit voters, to limit participation, but the heart of our democracy is the right to vote. One man, one vote. That's the core tenet of our constitution and so everybody needs to participate. We take for granted that our vote doesn't count sometimes but our vote counts and I think now more than ever it's time to be heard so get out there, participate. It doesn't matter what side you're on. Just get out there and have your voice be heard." BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - SEPTEMBER 19, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, RICHARD SCHIFF, SAYING: "Yeah, do it. Go vote, go vote and I think Lyft is offering rides for those people who can't afford to or don't have the transportation to get to the voting polls so you can take a motorcycle or you can take a bus but get your friends and relatives to take you if you have trouble getting to the polls and everyone should be offering people rides to the polls. The last election in my minds was the most important in history. This is now double down - double the most important election in our history." LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - SEPTEMBER 22, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS, GINA RODRIGUEZ, SAYING: "Vote, vote. No matter what your opinion is, no matter what your perspective is, go out and vote. Make your voice heard because then we can all sit in the comfort knowing that we all contributed and the real whole of America had the voice and had the decision so go on and vote. Go use your power. That is your power, that is your voice. Vote, I'll be voting, I'm a voter. Are you a voter?" LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - SEPTEMBER 25, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, JOHN CHO, SAYING: "You know I'm cool with whoever we choose as long as there's maximum participation. If everyone is expressing themselves across the board, then that's how it works. So wherever you are, I feel like if you have an opinion of what's going on in one way or the other, you've got to go to the polls and vote." TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA (FILE - SEPTEMBER 6, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR, MICHAEL MOORE, SAYING: "Everybody watching this in the US lives within a three to four hour drive from a swing district and you should be planning to spend every weekend in October in those districts flipping the House of Representatives and maybe the Senate. If we can do that, it will be a huge blow to Trump and it will buy us some time but he's not going anywhere. He's not going anywhere and you have to embrace that idea. Even though he may go somewhere and we may get rid of him, if the same people who two years ago went 'Oh Hillary's going to win. There's no way she can lose to that guy'... I think everybody learned their lesson with that, right? You need to take him seriously. He doesn't plan on leaving." LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 9, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS, ALYSSA MILANO, SAYING: "Well I do this thing where I drive people to the polls, for every election I've done it since 2000. So I am very very excited to be a part of California's transition because we're hoping to flip 7 seats so I'm going to spend my day, my election day, not only voting in my polls but also traveling the state of California and driving people to the polls the entire day until the polls close."
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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: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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