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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 18/07/2026

So I only could afford to get one thing from the auction this year, and this is what Mr. Bree chose. Thank you so much @bethplusbooks.bsky.social for your gorgeous work! (Mr. Bree is hiding behind it)

A gorgeous crocheted lap blanket in squares of color on greens and maroons ans blues and browns

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 14/07/2026

Also... We've officially passed $260K raised on ActBlue right now! Thank you all so much. We're so proud of this amazing community!

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$261,103.56 raised
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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 10/07/2026

Mr. Bree is about to haul the first 84 packages to the post office! If you got an email from us this morning, yours are among them! We have many more to go, however, and will have even more in our second export after the payment deadline! 💓

my tracking showing that we packed 84 invoices, with 232 left. And in those we packed 389 items, with 360 left.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 08/07/2026

Good evening! We've officially crossed 200K donated on the ActBlue account.

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$200,896.13 raised

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 07/07/2026

Updated amount raised (based on actual contributions)! We are 48 hours from the end of the auction.

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$193,681.13 raised

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 06/07/2026

Hello! It's been less than five hours since we sent our payment request email, we have more than 50% of the money. THANK YOU ALL WE LOVE YOU

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$122,524.77 Raised (Goal $150,000)

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 06/07/2026

trying to download the sales summary and oh we BROKE broke 32Auctions. lol

a gateway timeout saying that 32auctions just has given up for the moment

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 05/07/2026

HOLY CRAP WE ALREADY DID IT!!!!! with over 5 hours to go!!!!

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 05/07/2026

What is our new weirdly specific goal, you might ask? That is the exact number we made during the span of the auction in 2024. And we're about to blow past it before we even get into the final brutal hours. 💓💃 (this, of course, doesn't count all the rounding up & second chance offers from 2024!)

the new goal is $189,469.49 and we are 99% of the way there!

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 05/07/2026

To give you some idea of what we've done in prior years...

2020 $504,490
2022 $273,988
2024 $249,607

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 04/07/2026

Virga has some instructions for how we should spend our day.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 03/07/2026

While the cookbook is fun, the cheat sheets (like the ones I keep on top of my oven!!!) are my real stroke of genius. 14 minutes at 465F, no looking that up in a book!

a shot of my messy stove top with a sheet pan and 3 long loaves of dough. the oven is preheating to 465F and above that I have one of my containers full of my little 3D printed cheat sheets. This is for the pizza dough, you can see Cheater Ciabatta time & temp down toward the bottom!

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 03/07/2026

Uh this apparently happened while I was hyper focusing today. I didn’t see who did it. It could be anyone.

A bathroom floor, on which a roll of toilet paper has been absolutely shredded.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 03/07/2026

THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT!!!! I'll start releasing Buy it Nows whenever the dogs wake me up tomorrow. lol

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 03/07/2026

if anyone is curious how we're doing on night two...

214,856 page views. $129,057.08 raised. 8,051 bids.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 02/07/2026

WE DID IT! We've raised $100,000 for voting rights, and it hasn't even been a full day. Thank you all so much--now let's see what we can do over the next four days!

A picture of an incredibly cute puppy, with black and white markings, floppy ears, and little brown cheeks, who happens to be Courtney Milan's Virga.

The text says: $100,000 raised for voting rights

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 01/07/2026

if you guys think I'm lying about having an evil plan...

a screenshot of part of our spreadsheed with all the bee plushies, and a dropdown menu where each is listed as Thursday

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 28/06/2026

A few of them also include examples of them being colored in and this one made me so happy.

a coloring sheet with a cute cat surrounded by flowers with a heart behind him that has been colored in with a rainbow of crayons, which are arrayed beside it.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 27/06/2026

Really excited about these Buy it Nows that I'm about to upload! Thanks to some whistle crew friends who printed the stencils and the matching pens, I have assembled a word count tracker journal package: journal, stencils, pen & day/date stickers! We'll have 2 different colors!

a picture of a blank journal surrounded by stencils. The stencils each are designed to make 20 boxes (or triangles, or hexagons) that you can color in to track how many words you've written: 100 per box = 2,000 words. I've colored them in in pretty rainbows. There is also a matching pen that has a dragon scale theme, and a set of stickers with days of the week and dates.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 26/06/2026

We're looking for sponsors who can help cover the cost of some of our Buy it Nows! $5 you spend to cover shipping could let us send $25 to our organizations! One of this year's Buy it Nows will be this holographic WTF fidget clicky! secure.actblue.com/d...

Want to help another way? Thanks to our partnership with Rainbow Broomfield, you can help sponsor the costs of the auction & shipping. Any money we don't use will go directly to VoteRiders and The Southern Coalition for Social Justice

the words "What the fuck?" in cute script printed in white on black, except it's also HOLOGRAPHIC. If you click the words, you get a clicky sound!

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 26/06/2026

searching in the listings for something, and this may be our queerest auction yet 😭💓

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 26/06/2026

One of this year's stickers is dramatically holographic. 💖

A black rectangle sticker with very simple font and the words "I fought this fascist regime and all I got was this awesome community" but the words are holographic rainbow

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 26/06/2026

we finally updated the form with all the coloring sheets & this year's stickers & magnets, and a few cool "attend a zoom" Buy it Nows... and the numbers are now approaching silly levels. LOL

Auction Items: 566, Buy it Nows: 12,832, Donors: 336

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 25/06/2026

Not everyone can afford the big ticket items, but $1 to download a beautiful PDF that you can fill with beautiful colors instead of staring into the horrors is a popular item every year! Have you got some artwork that can help bidders keep their chill??? form.romancingthevot...

Illustrators and Artists! Have a digital b&w drawing that could be printed and used as a coloring sheet for stress relief? Donate the sheet to the auction as a PDF!

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 24/06/2026

Don't have time to knit or paint something before the deadline? Send us pictures of your favorite hats or scarves or other crocheted or painted or quilted projects and offer to do a custom version for your winner! form.romancingthevot...

Artists & Crafters, we don't just want your finished work! Are you willing to do a custom project for some special winner?

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 24/06/2026

Have you got 5+ copies of any of your books just hanging around? Want to raise money for VoteRiders and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice? We want YOU! form.romancingthevot...

Authors! Do you have extra author copies hanging around? Donate them as Buy it Nows & find new readers while raising money for voting rights.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 23/06/2026

We may have started as a literary auction, but crafters have been one of the backbones of Romancing the Vote since 2020. We are so excited to have so many of you back again! form.romancingthevot...

Bring us your arts & crafts! We want your knitting and crocheting, your 3D printed master works and your ceramic wonders! Let us bid on you for a good cause!

important dates: Donations are due by 6/28, Auction opens 7/1 at 9am CDT and ends 7/5 at 7pm CDT

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 21/06/2026

This offering from a Whistle Goblin was so large I had to take it outside to photograph it. It scoffed at the confines of my otherwise generously sized light box. Someone is going to win an incredibly cool fantasy box and hide ALL THEIR TREASURES IN IT!!!!

a giant box designed like a dwarven sarcophagus, as if carved out of marble with gold and metal designs, and a dwarf with an axe on top

a shot of the box open with the cover leaning against it. it is so incredibly cool y'all and really looks like marble somehow.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 21/06/2026

REMEMBER THE BEES????? they're coming back, y'all.

a picture of a bunch of adorable crocheted bees hanging in the grass, all created in pride colors

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 21/06/2026

We're looking for agents who represent every genre! In the past, you've helped us raise tens of thousands of dollars for voting rights. Whether it's a consultation, a frank chat, or a query critique, people are desperate to compete for you! form.romancingthevot...

Are you a literary agent? Are you willing to critique a query or a partial, or do a chat with an author about the state of the industry? Donate a crit or consult!

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 20/06/2026

We love our editors! (And hope they aren't judging our scheduled posts for grammar. Eeek!) We are looking for editors from all genres willing to work with that special winner to make their manuscript shine!

In search of editors! Whether you edit romance, SFF, mystery, or non-fiction, there are writers out there who want to bid on you!

Donations are due by 6/28, Auction opens 7/1 at 9am CDT and ends 7/5 at 7pm CDT.

All auction proceeds go to Vote Riders and The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, two organizations experienced in fighting to make sure every person's vote counts.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 19/06/2026

I suspect this one will have some big fans.

a cross-stitch that says "Every day is shut the fuck up Friday" with shut the fuck up in rainbow

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 19/06/2026

Every year, screenwriters and showrunners show up for us! (In 2020 we did a massive group gang of Among Us, where I found out that screenwriters are terrifyingly good at tricking you into getting murdered in space!!!!) Come join us in 2026 to raise money for voting rights! form.romancingthevot...

In search of screenwriters and showrunners willing to donate a critique or a chat with people who want the real scoop on what it's like to write for TV and movies.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 18/06/2026

In 2020, the amazing Sheryl J. Anderson popped up in our donation form, opening us up to a world we had never considered: consults with hollywood writers & showrunners. Since then, y'all have shown up every year and raised thousands of dollars! Join us again! form.romancingthevot...

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 18/06/2026

Calling all scientists and academics and researchers who want to raise money to fight voter suppression! Have you got a professional special interest? We have nerds willing to bid to pick your brain about it! form.romancingthevot...

Looking for experts! Donate a consultation for an author looking to research your specialty or nerds who are obsessed with what you do!

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 17/06/2026

The auction may have been started by romance writers, but from the very beginning all of our genre friends have shown up to save the day! Bring us your SFF, your YA, your mystery, your poetry! Bring us your graphic novels! We will bring you the book nerds! form.romancingthevot...

Authors of all genres (including you, graphic novelists!), we want your signed copies, your early sneak peeks, and your promises to name a character after the winner--and possibly kill them terribly.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 17/06/2026

Romancing the Vote is BACK! Y'all helped us raise over $1,000,000 for voting rights orgs since 2020. But the work is never done, and we want YOU! Send us your art, your books, your crafting skills and nerdy knowledge and editing experience! form.romancingthevot...

Auction opens 7/1 at 9am CDT. Auction ends 7/5 7pm CDT.

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 16/06/2026

Every year, readers fight each other for the chance to share a zoom meeting with one of their favorite authors! Offer them the chance to talk about your worlds, hold an impromptu book club with their friends, or just talk about hobbies with an author they love! form.romancingthevot...

Looking for authors who want to discuss their characters and worlds with their readers!

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 15/06/2026

We may have started as a literary auction, but crafters have been one of the backbones of Romancing the Vote since 2020. We are so excited to have so many of you back again! form.romancingthevot...

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 15/06/2026

One of the highlights of previous auctions has been the chance for authors to bid on a consult with someone who can help them build that perfect world or craft the perfect crime. Do you know obscure information that needs to be turned into a book? Donate your time! form.romancingthevot...

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 14/06/2026

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 13/06/2026

Don't let our name fool you! The romance community may have started this auction, but we have friends everywhere. Whatever genre you write, we want you!!! form.romancingthevot...

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 12/06/2026

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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 12/06/2026

what's this??? oh, just giant fidget clicker balls that glow in wild colors under a blacklight??? the 3D printers are going above & beyond to make magic for the auction this year!!!

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