Text from Philly Startup Leaders’ Yuval Yarden yesterday at 7:06 p.m.
Right, and we know better than to say no to Yarden.
Here’s a voting guide from Philly Mag and here’s a look at who’s voting in the tech scene.
Some voted at the break of dawn:
I voted this morning! Exercise your rights! #phillytechvotes pic.twitter.com/6fFvitHaf7
— Tracey Welson-Rossman (@TWelsonRossman) April 26, 2016
Here's the proof #phillytechvotes pic.twitter.com/1uaNfo4uDt
— Rachel Robbins (@RachieRobb) April 26, 2016
Some sported their stickers on SEPTA:
https://twitter.com/laurenlewis1618/status/724952864137859072
Some used lots of hashtags:
Go out and #vote! #PA #PhillyTechVotes #civicduty #Clinton #Cruz #Kasich #Sanders #Trump pic.twitter.com/68YCYkhsr2
— Wayne Kimmel (@waynekimmel) April 26, 2016
Some went in pairs:
We voted! #phillytechvotes pic.twitter.com/nVG3LuPbN5
— Ellen Weber (@ellenweber) April 26, 2016
Above, that’s Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ Alan Kraus and Robin Hood Ventures’ Ellen Weber. Below, we spotted Chief Data Officer Tim Wisniewski in the reflection of Code for Philly Executive Director Dawn McDougall’s sunnies.
Votes and bikes #phillytechvotes @yyarden03 pic.twitter.com/lEzdDigJ8r
— Dawn McDougall (@de_mcdougs) April 26, 2016
Some advertised a Philly-built product in the process:
Could've used one of these at my polling place: https://t.co/TpO5v8Nbl3 #phillytechvotes @startupleaders @NoriaCool
— Joel Ruffini (@joelruffini) April 26, 2016
Some were upside-down:
And here’s Yarden herself:
“It’s important to show our elected officials that we’re more than residents, we’re citizens who can impact their political futures,” Yarden said of the tech scene’s social media effort. “We are under-utilizing our power to influence decision making when we go into a city council member’s office, or invite the mayor to speak at events, if we cannot also show them that we take part in our political system.”
Done!! #PhillyTechVotes 🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iZWHOZRyvO
— Yuval Yarden (@yyarden03) April 26, 2016
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