Grimes Records PSA Encouraging Canadians to Vote

The Canadian election takes place on October 19. On her Tumblr, Grimes recorded a short PSA encouraging people to vote, which includes instructions on how to register. Watch it below.

She also wrote a short note about the election:

ok this is the worst most embarrassing video ever but i was really tired and trying to read off a cue card, but I’m blind.  anyway, voter registration for Canadians ends really soon!  It’s so important that everyone vote in the upcoming election.  Harper threatens poor canadians, arts funding, refuses to look into the missing and murdered indigenous women and seems to have a deep allegiance to the oil industry (among a million other things).  I know a lot of you don’t believe in democracy or voting, but so much of what we hold dear as Canadians is under threat.  

An important part of voting this time is voting strategically, since the Liberals and NDP are splitting the vote.  unfortunately, conservative government can win without a majority because the other parties split the vote.    If you live in one of the ridings below, you can follow this chart to vote strategically in order to kick out conservative gov!  i hope this is helpful and not too confusing, and i apologize again to non- Canadians who I am accidentally bombarding with election info.  much love!  xxxxx  

Recently, she gave an interview to VICE about the election, where she talked about getting young people to vote and how people outside of Canada are surprised to hear about the country’s recent political turmoil. “People are surprised when I tell them that Canada isn’t an environmentally friendly utopia where everyone is treated equally,” she said. 

Watch Grimes perform “Genesis” at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival:

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