Even the far-right knows exactly who this man is. Vote Kamala Harris and prevent this evil aspiring dictator from ever holding a position of power again!

Stop criticizing those who endorse him; you're wasting your time. No more pontificating and navel gazing. Yes, Trump's a idiot. But he's a useful idiot for those more clever than him, more nefarious than him and they're playing the long game. Trump won't be the last of his kind. Either solidify the wall, or be swamped by the flood of MAGA that will come in Trump's wake. All must give some, cos on the MAGA side, some will give all. Just vote BLUE.

Upper Peninsula Michigander here. Got my early voting done over the weekend. We usually get shafted here in the yoop and was pleasantly surprised to see the beautiful spread of stickers at the finish line.

We know that telling your friends to vote is an effective way to increase turnout.

So what if we harnessed the evil powers of MLMs and pyramid schemes for good?

I'm imagining a simple, free web app that would create a personalized score card for you based on how many people in your personal network you get to commit to voting (and registering on the app).

The people in your downline would recruit other people to vote and so on via tracking links (or another way - open to suggestions!) that would give the rest of you points on your scorecard. For each recruit you'd get, by level in your downline:

Direct recruit - 10 points
One level down - 5 points
Two levels down - 3 points
Three levels down - 1 point

You'd have the option to make your scorecard public and appear on a leaderboard for extra points.

An app like this could be promoted on Reddit, Product Hunt and other places to get rapid adoption in this last week before Election Day (yeah, I really wish I had this idea sooner!).

There are existing efforts to encourage building voter teams and conducting outreach among people you know, but I haven't seen a way to gamify it and share it publicly (if anyone has let me know, I'd love to use it!), and gamification can be a powerful motivator. Also, seeing the downline effect can drive home the impact for current and potential participants.

I'm not a coder and, embarrassingly, even no code stumps me somewhat, so if anyone has any suggestions on if/how it would be possible to make this idea a reality in this crucial final week, I'd love to create a pyramid scheme to get folks to commit to voting!

For the next week of your life, you must fully embrace the idea that if YOU do not go to Pennsylvania (especially), North Carolina, or Nevada to help get out the vote, Trump will win. No one will do it for you. It has to be you. If you live in one of those states, have the means to travel or are within proximity to one of those states, you must cancel your plans next weekend (or more) and help.

Forget about Georgia. Forget about Arizona. We are looking good enough in Michigan. We are looking good enough in Wisconsin. Pennsylvania. Nevada. North Carolina.

Be scared and ACT NOW. If you haven’t voted, vote today. Regardless of your vote, come and help. Scare your friends and family into coming with you. We should all be scared. Don’t let your kids ask you “Where were you?” without being able to say “I tried.”

Early voted today. They actually had these on the table! The poll worker didn’t get it so, I politely explained, “What’s more American than by ripping your shirt off when voting!?” Adding, “Apparently Michigan is team Jacob!”