--- title: Rihanna Urges Fans Register to Vote for November Elections description: Rihanna took to her Instagram to encourage her followers to register to vote ahead of the midterm elections in November. canonical: https://time.com/5419409/rihanna-on-vote/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-09T15:20:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:22.572Z og:title: Rihanna Urges Fans 'Register to Vote' for November Elections og:description: "Who is awake this morning? And who's woke?" og:url: https://time.com/5419409/rihanna-on-vote/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64340750eadabc8f/69893c21fb4eac36de897dc9/rihanna-encourages-fans-to-register-to-vote-november-elections.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Fenty Beauty By Rihanna Anniversary Event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Urges Fans 'Register to Vote' for November Elections twitter:description: "Who is awake this morning? And who's woke?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64340750eadabc8f/69893c21fb4eac36de897dc9/rihanna-encourages-fans-to-register-to-vote-november-elections.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'This Is the Loudest Way to Make Your Voice Heard.' Rihanna Urges Fans to Register to Vote.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 9, 2018 3:20 PM UTC  SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 03: Rihanna attends the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Anniversary Event at Overseas Passenger Terminal on October 3, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Caroline McCredie/Getty Images for Fenty Beauty by Rihanna) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 03: Rihanna attends the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Anniversary Event at Overseas Passenger Terminal on October 3, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Caroline McCredie/Getty Images for Fenty Beauty by Rihanna)Caroline McCredie—Getty Images for Fenty Beauty by  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 9, 2018 3:20 PM UTC Although [Rihanna](http://time.com/5026366/rihanna-fenty-beauty-best-inventions-2017/) seems like she’s on the fast track to world domination with [her wildly popular (and very inclusive) beauty and fashion lines](http://time.com/5389428/rihanna-nyfw-2018/), [philanthropy work](http://time.com/5394342/rihanna-diamond-ball-2018/), [her forthcoming music project](http://time.com/5415363/rihanna-new-music-meme/) (at least, what fans hope is forthcoming), and [her general slayage of us all,](http://time.com/5396324/rihanna-diamond-ball-dress-2018/) it appears that the bad girl has still found time to prioritize encouraging political engagement. Rihanna took to her Instagram on Tuesday morning to urge her American followers to register to vote because October 9th is the last day in 14 states — Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas — for citizens to register to vote. In the caption of her post, Ri encouraged her followers to take initiative to make the kind of change they wanted to see in the world by voting. “I don’t care what responsibilities you have today, there’s no greater responsibility than being in control of your future and your future starts now!” she wrote. “We don’t have time, no procrastinating, don’t let the discouragement take you off course, that’s not how my people or my generation will go down…this is the loudest way to make your voice heard!” This isn’t the first time that Rihanna has made a statement about American politics despite being unable to vote in the U.S. herself, being from Barbados; she had previously spoken out against President Donald Trump immigration travel ban and seemingly threw her support behind Hillary Clinton by wearing [a meta t-shirt with Clinton’s face on it](https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7572574/rihanna-shirt-support-hillary-clinton-meta-again) on Election Day in 2016. 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