They’ll never forget their firsts! Ryan Reynolds, Jana Kramer and more stars are casting their votes for the first time in the November 2020 election — and encouraging their fans to do the same.
The Deadpool actor, 43, was born in Vancouver, Canada, and earned his dual American citizenship in 2018. On Thursday, October 22, he revealed via Instagram that he and wife Blake Lively had successfully voted by mail.
“This is my first time voting in America,” Reynolds wrote. “I’d like to thank my wife Blake for making my first time so gentle and loving. It was super scary at first, then exciting and now I’m a little tired. But proud. #VoteEarly.”
Lively, 33, joked in her own Instagram post the same day that her husband was “understandably scared” to take on the big responsibility for the first time. “It all happened so fast. Like, REALLY fast. He wept. I pretended to weep. Then he called all his friends. #voteearly,” she wrote.
Now more than ever, celebrities are using their platforms to show their followers that when it comes to presidential elections, every vote counts. On October 22, Kramer, 36, stated that she spent too much of her life believing the opposite after she and husband Mike Caussin both voted for the first time.
“I hate to admit this but I am anyways….This is the first time I’ve ever voted 
. The first time Mike has ever voted,” she captioned an Instagram selfie with the retired football player, 33, outside of their polling place. “I don’t know why but I always felt like my vote didn’t matter. But this year I just felt differently and I know more than ever it does matter. … Let’s be honest, voting is more important than the sticker 
.”
As Election Day approaches, stars are making sure each and every person who is capable of casting a vote has a plan to do so. In September, Tyler, the Creator told his fans exactly what would be on his mind when he went to the polls.
“This is actually going to be my first time voting, but I see the light,” he said in a video shared to Twitter. “The s–t that I actually give a f–k about is more art in schools and more music classes in schools, and then changing the curriculum. … I have female friends who need certain things, and I like being able to f–k on and marry whoever the f–k I want at any given moment. And if we want to keep some of those options, then we have to start somewhere.”
Scroll down to see more celebs share their first-time voting experiences!
The “Rare” singer shared why the 2020 presidential election is the first time she’s casting her vote. “Honestly, I’m not ashamed to say this but I kind of — this was my first time,” she said during her Voting Power Hour appearance on October 24. “And I’m going to say that because I never felt — and this is so true — and I’m now like admitting it to people, like my vote counts. Like, every little thing counts so I just think some people get in their head, like, oh well, what does it matter? And then once I really, really started going in and diving in to this, it’s been all I can focus on.”
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The Proposal actor posed alongside his wife, who revealed that it was the Canada native's first opportunity to vote as a U.S. citizen. "It was Ryan's first time. He was understandably scared," the Gossip Girl alum joked via Instagram on October 22. "It all happened so fast. Like, REALLY fast. He wept. I pretended to weep. Then he called all his friends. #voteearly."
In an Instagram post of his own, Reynolds wrote that he was "proud" to have participated in the upcoming election. "I'd like to thank my wife Blake for making my first time so gentle and loving," he joked.
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After sharing a selfie with her husband outside of their polling place, the One Tree Hill alum revealed that it was the first time both of them had ever voted. "I don't know why but I always felt like my vote didn't matter. But this year I just felt differently and I know more than ever it does matter," Kramer wrote via Instagram on October 22. "Are you going to vote?"
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The county singer donned a "Cool Girls Vote" shirt and showed off her official "I voted" sticker in a lengthy Instagram post on October 17. "Embarrassingly but honestly, this is my first time voting. I'm not proud of it, but my naivety has kept me sheltered through a lot of my young adult life," she wrote, adding that she's come to realize that it's a "responsibility and privilege" to use her voice.
"America stands for so many beautiful things and I hope (and vote) that it continues to evolve and grow to be a place where EVERYONE is protected, respected, and given equal rights and opportunity," she continued. "Left the polls feeling really empowered by exercising my right and showing up for what I believe in and the change I want to see. I encourage everyone to do the same."
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"I voted for the first time, and it feels good," the retired NBA player told fans of "The Big Podcast with Shaq" during the October 7 episode. Though he wouldn't reveal which candidate got his vote, he explained that he hadn't ever cast a ballot because he "never understood" the electoral college system. "I've never voted before, America," he said. "But now I'm doing all these voting campaigns, and you know one thing I never like to do is be a hypocrite."
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On September 28, the Grammy winner issued a passionate PSA to his Twitter followers — even though he admitted he's "the last person y'all should ever take advice from." In a two-minute video, the "Yonkers" rapper said, "Please, please, if you are young, and your f--king back don't hurt, go to them polls, and cast a f--king vote. ... This is actually going to be my first time voting, but I see the light."
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"This election will be my 1st time voting," the former pro boxer tweeted in honor of National Voter Registration Day on September 22 with a call to action for his followers. "I never thought I could because of my felony record. I'm proud to finally vote."
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During a tell-all interview with Forbes after launching his own presidential campaign in July, the "Jesus Walks" rapper confirmed that he had registered to vote in Wyoming and would be casting a ballot for the first time.
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While speaking with the hosts of Real 92.3's Big Boy's Neighborhood radio show in June, the "Drop It Like It's Hot" rapper admitted that he thought he wasn't able to vote because of his past felony convictions. "For many years they had me brainwashed thinking that you couldn’t vote because you had a criminal record," he explained. "I didn't know that. My record's been expunged so now I can vote. ... I ain't never voted a day in my life, but this year I think I'm going to get out and vote because I can't stand to see this punk [Donald Trump] in office one more year."
The Joker's Wild host said that he wanted to "lead by example" and help "make a difference" in the 2020 election. "I can't tell you to do it and then not go do it," he added. "If I tell you to do something, I done it already."
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