So a year ago this week, I remember what I was doing.

I went on television and spoke confidently about Hillary Clinton's upcoming victory.

I, on Election Day, wore a nasty woman sweatshirt and my absolute loudest lipstick and huge

sunglasses and walked down the street in New York City on my way to the MTV election.

I'm going to call it a party. It was intended to be an election night celebration.

And as a joke, we had a puppy pit intended for comfort.

And the dancing and temporary tattoo part of our coverage turned out to be a lot less

used than the puppy pit. I went to the puppy pit several times.

I wish that I could have a mobile puppy pit with me most of the time these days.

Because it turns out that was just the beginning, right?

A lot has happened and not very much of it good.

And what lies ahead with this administration is uncertain.

But we do know a few things.

One is that the history of our democracy has never been a simple story of linear progress.

There have been setbacks before and at each turn, people have been willing to raise their voices

to march and to vote. We can't defend our liberty or secure rights for immigrants, our trans,

brothers and sisters and others. Advance racial justice or ensure a woman's right to make

decisions about her own body without the right to vote. The right to vote is the most important

right that we possess. Yet lawmakers and many states are working to make it harder for everyone

to cast a ballot with maybe some specific targets. As we gear up for the year ahead,

I hope you'll join me in preserving the right to vote by getting involved in the ACLU's Let

People Vote campaign. Visit vote.Peoplepower, all one word, dot org. That's vote.Peoplepower.org.

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