Lots of the celebrities in that Rock the Vote video didn't vote last midterms

Lots of the celebrities in that Rock the Vote video didn't vote last midterms
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When GOTV organization Rock the Vote encouraged young Americans to "turn out for what" in the midterms a couple weeks ago, it neglected to mention one little detail: Many of the featured celebrities didn't actually vote in the last midterm cycle.

The Washington Post reports that actress Lena Dunham, comedian Whoopi Goldberg, Orange Is The New Black actress Natasha Lyonne, reality TV star E.J. Johnson, and actor Darren Criss all failed to vote in 2010. Additionally, the Post "was unable to locate voting records for six others who appeared in the PSA, including Lil Jon."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.