演员派珀·佩拉博和凯丽·华盛顿、女权主义偶像格洛丽亚·斯坦内姆和其他名人周二在社交媒体上分享投票的重要性，并敦促人们履行公民义务。
选民周二前往投票站进行州和地方选举。然而，在关键领域，一些人有能力将州立法机构从共和党转变为民主党。
施泰纳姆把注意力集中在弗吉尼亚的选举上，共和党在州众议院和参议院各占两个席位的多数。如果民主党成功，该党不仅将控制众议院和参议院，还将控制州长职位。民主党州长拉尔夫·诺森在2017年的选举中击败了共和党前州长埃德·吉莱斯皮。
斯坦内姆解释说，获得众议院的控制权意味着可能批准《平等权利修正案》。国会于1972年通过了《电子逆向拍卖》，但截至1982年，该法案未能得到38个州的批准，因此未被纳入宪法。截止日期前，该法案得到了35个州的批准，内华达州和伊利诺伊州在1982年后批准了该法案，这导致了关于是否只需要一个州的意见分歧。尽管如此，弗吉尼亚的代表们，包括一些共和党议员，还是努力争取让弗吉尼亚成为第38个批准修正案的州，但是该法案在二月份众议院的一个小组委员会中失败了，当时共和党投票反对该法案。
佩拉博，纽约市居民，见多识广的她的推特粉丝们在所有五项投票措施上都投了赞成票。这些措施将改变选举进程、民事投诉审查委员会以及《纽约市道德和政府宪章》、《预算宪章》和《土地使用宪章》。
这位演员不仅专注于在她自己的州召集选民，而且还运用了推特在每个举行选举的州，如加利福尼亚、科罗拉多和得克萨斯，倡导人们去投票。她写道，“投票吧，就像你的权利取决于它一样。”像施泰纳姆一样，她在弗吉尼亚的选举中倡导时代。
许多人都知道华盛顿丑闻奥利维亚·波普在选举日之前敲开弗吉尼亚州的门，想知道居民们是否计划投票，以及为什么他们认为投票很重要。她的行动主义部分是为了让有色人种知道他们的声音很重要，他们需要出去投票。
10月1日，在加利福尼亚州好莱坞，凯丽·华盛顿和好莱坞星光大道上的一位明星一起参加了纪念泰勒·佩里的仪式。华盛顿是敦促人们在周二选举中投票的几位名人之一。
这也不是华盛顿第一次试图说服人们投票。她曾为前总统巴拉克·奥巴马和前弗吉尼亚州州长特里·麦考利夫竞选。
佩拉博、斯坦内姆和华盛顿并不是唯一告诉人们去投票的人。其他名人，如网球传奇人物比利·简·金、音乐家奎斯特洛夫和前第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马，也利用他们的平台传播这个消息。
周二是2020年总统选举前人们最后一次投票，这些结果可能表明他们打算如何在这些选举中投票。
CELEBRITIES URGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE ON ELECTION DAY: 'VOTE LIKE YOUR RIGHTS DEPEND ON IT'
Actors Piper Perabo and Kerry Washington, feminist icon Gloria Steinem and other celebrities took to social media Tuesday to share the importance of voting and urged people to exercise their civic duty.
Voters headed to the polls Tuesday for state and local elections. However, in key areas, some had the ability to flip state legislatures from Republican to Democrat.
Steinem focused her attention on Virginia's election, where Republicans held a two-seat majority in the State House of Delegates and one in the Senate. If Democrats succeed, the party would control not only the House and the Senate, but also the governorship. Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, defeated former Governor Ed Gillespie, a Republican, in the 2017 election.
Gaining control of the House, Steinem explained, meant the possible ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
Congress passed the ERA in 1972, but it failed to be ratified by 38 states by 1982, and therefore, wasn't added to the Constitution. It received approval from 35 states by the deadline and Nevada and Illinois ratified it after 1982, causing discrepancies of opinion as to whether only one more state is needed. Still, Virginia Delegates, including a few Republican lawmakers, campaigned to get Virginia to become the 38th state to ratify the amendment, but the bill failed in a House subcommittee in February when Republicans voted against it.
Perabo, a New York City resident, informed her Twitter followers she was voting yes on all five ballot measures. The measures would change the election process, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, and the New York City Ethics and Government Charter, Budget Charter and Land Use Charter.
The actor wasn't solely focused on rallying voters in her own state but used Twitter to advocate for people to go to the polls in every state where an election was being held, such as California, Colorado and Texas. She wrote, "vote like your rights depend on it." Like Steinem, she advocated for the ERA in Virginia's election.
Washington, who many know as Scandal's Olivia Pope, knocked on doors in Virginia ahead of Election Day to find out whether residents planned to vote and why they thought it was important. Her activism was, in part, to inform people of color that their voices mattered and they needed to get out and vote.
Kerry Washington attends the ceremony honoring Tyler Perry with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 1, in Hollywood, California. Washington was one of several celebrities who urged people to vote during Tuesday's election.
This wasn't Washington's first time trying to convince people to vote, either. She previously campaigned for former President Barack Obama and former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe.
Perabo, Steinem and Washington weren't the only ones telling people to go to the polls. Other celebrities, such as tennis legend Billie Jean King, musician Questlove and former first lady Michelle Obama, also used their platforms to spread the word.
Tuesday marks the last time people will vote before the 2020 presidential election, and these results could be indicative of how they plan to vote in those races.
