02/16/2026
Alright y’all — it’s time. Early voting is HERE.
February 17-27!
Did you know you can take a sample ballot into the voting booth?
Yes, you can. Sample ballots are available online right now. Print one out, review every race, mark who you plan to vote for, and take it with you.
You cannot bring campaign materials for any candidate into the booth — but your sample ballot is allowed. Use it. Prepare yourself. Walk in confident.
And let me be very clear:
This is not about desire.
This is not about obligation.
This is about our right — a right Black people did not always have.
People fought, marched, bled, and sacrificed so that we could stand in a voting booth and make our voices heard. That fight was not generations ago — it was in our parents’ and grandparents’ lifetimes.
And now, these primary elections are our chance to choose who will represent us moving forward.
Representation matters.
Every single day, someone is speaking on your behalf — in rooms you’re not in, at tables you may never sit at. That’s what representation is: choosing the person who will carry your voice when you’re not there to speak for yourself.
So ask yourself:
Who do you trust to speak for you?
Do you even feel represented right now?
Because here’s the truth: if you don’t choose, someone else will choose for you. And the person elected — whether you voted or not — is the one you’ll be complaining about if they don’t represent you. When we don’t show up, they don’t represent us… they represent themselves.
This primary decides who will stand on the ballot in November.
This is where your influence starts.
So don’t sit on the couch.
Don’t let the day pass you by.
Don’t scroll past your power.
Get up. Go vote.
Honor the people who fought for this moment.
Honor yourself.
Exercise your right.
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Shenequa Harrison for Justice of the Peace
Shenequa Harrison for Justice of the Peace, PCT2, Brazoria County
