Watch Obama masterfully shut down all your excuses for not voting

'Voting early is like going to a private Beyoncé and Jay-Z concert.'
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Nicole Gallucci
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Watch Obama masterfully shut down all your excuses for not voting
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President Barack Obama has heard every excuse not to vote in the book, and you know what? He doesn't care! He's sick of them!

The former president sees absolutely no reason why eligible registered voters can't turn out to cast a ballot on Nov. 6 for the 2018 midterm elections. And to persuade Americans he's addressing their excuses directly in this informative and hilarious ATTN: video.

Don't care about politics? Obama doesn't care about Pokémon! "But that doesn't mean it won't keep coming back," he said. Feel you can't relate to the candidates? Obama gets it, but wants you to know you have the power to elect hip people who can use the internet to replace old farts like those guys from the Zuckerberg trial. You just have to use it.

Obama wants every American to value their midterm vote as highly as their Dancing with the Stars votes, and if you think you're too uniformed to fill out a ballot, he recommends a nifty little tool called Google. He even suggested voting early, which he promises "Is like going to a private Beyoncé and Jay-Z concert, just without Jay-Z and Beyoncé."

"Elections, by the way aren't boring. You know what's boring? Scrolling through endless photos of your dinner on Instagram," the extremely relatable former POTUS argued.

You can't deny the man makes a prettttty solid point. Voting sounds great and you should register.

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.


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