Why we do it:

The obstacles to voting are real, and growing. From registration purges to a constant stream of propaganda designed to convince you it’s hopeless, useless, or naive, every election in America is decided by who doesn’t come to the polls. This will only get worse in the next few elections, so we FIGHT BACK, one voter at a time. This is time-consuming, laborious work, but it is necessary.

Pick a task:

• Volunteer to drive people to the polls
• Offer to watch a neighbor’s kids while they stand in line, or drop off dinner
• Share verified information about polling locations or drop-off boxes
• the USPS no longer postmarks envelopes same-day. Mail ballots at least one week before the deadline. After that, drop them in a collection box. (Offer to help busy or mobility-impaired friends. This is legal most places.)
• post your local-race thoughts, or offer to research races for busy friends.
• offer to “body-double” a first time voter by sitting with them as they go through the pamphlet, or going to the polling location with them.
• Normalize voting as a sacred civic duty. Post about it, talk about it, thank people for doing it, wear your sticker. Make sure everyone knows when it’s election day!
• share verified information about how to vote or polling issues. Don’t share rumors.
• Create fun voting traditions. Create “Voting date night” or have a party where you invite each person to research and present information on one race. Take the kids reverse trick-or-treating by passing candy out at polling places. (Check the laws first.)
• Counter “voting doesn’t matter” messaging. If it didn’t matter, the 2024 election wouldn’t have resulted in all this. Elections matter.
• Counter “it’s all stolen anyway” messaging. They are trying to corrupt our elections, but they’re doing it through voter suppression not fancy technical theft. From registration purges to challenging ballot signatures, they’re using the system to cancel our votes. We respond by voting harder!

If you encourage someone to vote and they say they aren’t registered, help them prepare for the next election.