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"\r\nElection season is still one year away, but Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins and Ana&amp;#xEF;s Mitchell have announced a major U.S. tour to make sure that all voices are heard on Election Day 2016. The trio has teamed up with the League of Women Voters to launch the Use Your Voice Tour 2016, which kicks off February 12th in St. Petersburg, Florida, at the Mahaffey Theatre.\r\n\r\nLeague president Elisabeth MacNamara explains the purpose of the tour as &amp;quot;a way to help fans get the election information they need, whether it&amp;apos;s how to update their voter registration, find easy-to-understand local candidate and voting information, or learn about getting involved in the League&amp;apos;s work.&amp;quot; The League of Women Voters conducts nonpartisan voter registration and education each year with the goal of empowering millions of voters to participate and ensure they have fair and equal access to the vote.\r\nGiven the shift in direction of Griffin&amp;apos;s recent album, Servant of Love, Watkins&amp;apos; family band project Watkins Family Hour and Mitchell&amp;apos;s album successes, the acclaimed trio of voices will likely offer show-goers a far more interesting form of political participation than your run-of-the-mill rally. Griffin in particular has never shied away from the political. The moving Servant of Love track &amp;quot;Good and Gone&amp;quot; was inspired by a 2014 police shooting of a man holding a pellet gun in an Ohio Walmart. &amp;quot;One of the things that has always gone on is beating up on poor people and unfairness via economic circumstances,&amp;quot; Griffin told Rolling Stone Country. &amp;quot;Instead of going to the source of that problem, people point blame at things that have nothing to do with their frustration.&amp;quot;\r\nThe 38-city Use Your Voice Tour will continue through early April, including stops throughout the south and northeastern United States, before it wraps up in Northridge, California.\r\nHere are the announced dates for the Use Your Voice Tour:February 12&amp;#xA0;- St. Petersburg, FL @&amp;#xA0;Mahaffey Theatre&amp;#xA0;February 13 &amp;#xA0;- Jacksonville, FL @&amp;#xA0;Florida Theatre Performing Arts CenterFebruary 16 - Athens, GA @&amp;#xA0;Hodgson Hall&amp;#xA0;February 17 &amp;#xA0;- Opelika, AL @&amp;#xA0;Opelika Center for Performing ArtsFebruary 18 - Atlanta @&amp;#xA0;Egyptian Ballroom&amp;#xA0;February 19 &amp;#xA0;- Paducah, KY @&amp;#xA0;Clemens Fine Arts CenterFebruary 20 &amp;#xA0;- Lexington, KY @&amp;#xA0;Otis A. Singletary Center for the ArtsFebruary 23 &amp;#xA0;- Greenville, SC @&amp;#xA0;Peace Center Concert HallFebruary 25 &amp;#xA0;- Newport News, VA @&amp;#xA0;Ferguson Center for the Arts Concert HallFebruary 26 &amp;#xA0;- Durham, NC @&amp;#xA0;Page AuditoriumFebruary 27 - Richmond, VA @&amp;#xA0;Camp Concert Hall&amp;#xA0;February 28 - Roanoke, VA @&amp;#xA0;Shaftman Performance Hall&amp;#xA0;March&amp;#xA0;1 - North Bethesda, MD @&amp;#xA0;Music Center at StrathmoreMarch 2 - Wilmington, DE @&amp;#xA0;Grand Opera House&amp;#xA0;March 3 - Lewisburg, PA @&amp;#xA0;Weis Center of the Performing Arts&amp;#xA0;March 4 &amp;#xA0;- Morristown, NJ @&amp;#xA0;Mayo Performing Arts Center TheatreMarch 5 &amp;#xA0;- Storrs, CT @&amp;#xA0;Jorgensen AuditoriumMarch 6 - Fairfield, CT @&amp;#xA0;Kelley Theatre&amp;#xA0;March 8 - St. Johnsbury, VT @&amp;#xA0;Fuller Hall&amp;#xA0;March 9 - Albany, NY @&amp;#xA0;Hart Theatre&amp;#xA0;March 10 - Boston @&amp;#xA0;Sanders Theatre&amp;#xA0;March 11 &amp;#xA0;- Portsmouth, NH @&amp;#xA0;Music Hall PortsmouthMarch 12 &amp;#xA0;- Tarrytown, NY @&amp;#xA0;Music Hall TarrytownMarch 13 - Union, NJ @&amp;#xA0;Wilkins Theatre&amp;#xA0;March 15 - York, PA @&amp;#xA0;Strand Theatre&amp;#xA0;March 16 &amp;#xA0;- University Park, PA @&amp;#xA0;Eisenhower AuditoriumMarch 18 &amp;#xA0;- Middletown, OH @&amp;#xA0;Dave Finkelman AuditoriumMarch 19 &amp;#xA0;- Clinton Township, MI @&amp;#xA0;Macomb Center for the Performing ArtsMarch 20 &amp;#xA0;- Carmel, IN @&amp;#xA0;Palladium Center for Performing ArtsMarch 22 &amp;#xA0;- Austin, TX @&amp;#xA0;Bass Concert HallMarch 23 - San Antonio @&amp;#xA0;Tobin Center for the Performing ArtsMarch 24 &amp;#xA0;- Houston, TX @&amp;#xA0;Dosey Doe Coffee HouseMarch 25 &amp;#xA0;- Dallas, TX @&amp;#xA0;Granada TheaterMarch 26 &amp;#xA0;- Hutchinson, KS @&amp;#xA0;Hutchinson&amp;apos;s Historic Fox TheatreMarch 28 &amp;#xA0;- St. Paul, MN @ the O&amp;apos;Shaughnessy AuditoriumMarch 30 - Davis, CA @&amp;#xA0;Jackson HallMarch 31 &amp;#xA0;- Napa, CA @&amp;#xA0;Uptown TheatreApril&amp;#xA0;1 &amp;#xA0;- Escondido, CA @&amp;#xA0;California Center for the Arts Concert HallApril 2 - Northridge, CA @&amp;#xA0;Great Hall"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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