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Higher voter turnout in primaries tends to elect better candidates.

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Some polls may open earlier or close later. It is best to check with your local county election officials before Election Day.

Find your polling place at https://www.sos.nd.gov/elections/voter/voting-north-dakota/where-do-i-vote

To be counted, voted absentee ballots must be received by the municipal clerk by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Don't stick it in the mail today if you want it counted. Hand deliver at this point instead.

A lot of money has been spent to convince you it's too late. There are a number of reasons that's problematic. As climatologist Michael Mann explains:

>“It is not going off a cliff, it is like walking out into a minefield,” he said. “So the argument it is too late to do something would be like saying: ‘I’m just going to keep walking’. That would be absurd – you reverse course and get off that minefield as quick as you can. It is really a question of how bad it is going to get.”

-https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/27/extreme-global-weather-climate-change-michael-mann

In other words, things will be less bad the more we act to mitigate. So don't let deniers talk you into believing it's too late. Often they have a financial stake and are engaging in motivated reasoning.

The reality is, a growing proportion of global emissions are covered by a carbon price, including at rates that actually matter. This is meaningful because a price on carbon is widely regarded as the single most impactful climate mitigation policy, and for good reason.

Per the most recent IPCC report,

>Average annual GHG emissions during 2010–2019 were higher than in any previous decade, but the rate of growth between 2010 and 2019 was lower than that between 2000 and 2009. (high confidence) (Figure SPM.1) {Figure 2.2, Figure 2.5, Table 2.1, 2.2, Figure TS.2}

>Carbon intensity (CO2 from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes (CO2-FFI) per unit primary energy) decreased by 0.3% yr–1, with large regional variations, over the same period mainly due to fuel switching from coal to gas, reduced expansion of coal capacity, and increased use of renewables. This reversed the trend observed for 2000–2009. For comparison, the carbon intensity of primary energy is projected to decrease globally by about 3.5% yr–1 between 2020 and 2050 in modelled scenarios that limit warming to 2°C (>67%), and by about 7.7% yr–1 globally in scenarios that limit warming to 1.5°C (>50%) with no or limited overshoot.16 (high confidence) {Figure 2.16, 2.2, 2.4, Table 3.4, 3.4, 6.3}

>The unit costs of several low-emission technologies have fallen continuously since 2010. Innovation policy packages have enabled these cost reductions and supported global adoption. Both tailored policies and comprehensive policies addressing innovation systems have helped overcome the distributional, environmental and social impacts potentially associated with global diffusion of low-emission technologies.

IPCC AR6 WGIII SPM

> There has been a  consistent expansion of policies and laws addressing mitigation since AR5. This has led to the avoidance of emissions that would otherwise have occurred and increased investment in low-GHG technologies and infrastructure.

> Likely limiting warming to below 2°C would then rely on a rapid acceleration of mitigation efforts after 2030.

Here's what you can do to optimize.

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