Do Something Now! - Election 2024
Get active: Help more people register & vote
People reaching out to other people is how we will win
Daunted by trying to convince someone who to vote for? Don’t worry. There are many other things to do. You can help people register and find their polling place, remind them to get to the polls, do poll watching to look out for voter suppression, let people know if their ballot is rejected and how they can fix it, and more.
Work in a swing state
Are you in a swing state? (AZ, GA, MI, NV, NC, PA, WI) or a swing district, or want to travel to one and do this work in person? Contact the state Democratic party headquarters to learn about volunteer canvassing opportunities. Find training and support (incl. travel assistance) below in more ways to work on the ground. Protect the vote by poll watching in person or ballot curing from home below under voter protection.
Work from home (or with friends)
For all the rest of us there is much important work we can do to help those critical swing states from our homes or in local get togethers: phone banks, text banks, or writing letters and postcards (Yes, letters and postcards make a difference too! Each mode has audiences for which it works better and worse)
Find the right Get Out The Vote event for you this week
Check these resources to find voter outreach events that work for you. You might need to check several listings to find the events fit your schedule and resonate for you.
Harris Walz campaign - Official Democratic party campaign post-carding, door knocking, phone banking, and events.
Reclaim the Vote - Increasing BIPOC voter turnout throughout the South with post-carding, texting, and phone banking.
Vote Save America - Organized by the Pod Save America Obama staffers to have fun texting, phone banking and door knocking.
Indivisible - Local organizing throughout the country to push back since Trump was elected in 2016. Phone banking and door knocking
Swing Left - Local organizing for progressive candidates up and down the ballot through door knocking, letter writing (with Vote Forward) and phone banking.
Third Act - Channeling seniors energy with intergenerational voter registration at schools, plus postcards and phone banking.
Vote Forward - The largest letter writing organization. They organize letter writing for both broad based non partisan voter registration and engagement campaigns targeted at historically underrepresented communities in the electorate and more political campaigns targeted at citizens who are currently expected to be unlikely to vote, but likely to vote for Democrats if convinced to cast a ballot. (FAQ)
Mobilize - National clearinghouse for get out the vote events, both virtual and near your zip code.
GOTV Training events - Nervous? New to this? Or feeling rusty? Most events have a quick training at the beginning. For more in depth support, check out this listing covering trainings for phone banking, canvassing & more
Not finding what works for you? Come back soon. We will be continuing to add new opportunities.
Help with Voter Protection
We need not only to get out the vote, but also to make sure everyone's vote is counted. The Republicans are actively seeking to confuse and intimidate voters from voting and to disqualify ballots and block counting. New complicated voting rules are leaving more people confused or not knowing their ballot has bee rejected. There is much you can do either remotely from home anywhere or in person in the swing states to help inform voters, answer their questions, and ensure their votes are counted whether by watching the polls or helping people whose ballots are rejected get them fixed (ballot curing). Here are groups you can work with:
Arizona - Election Protection Arizona & Native Vote (both non partisan) & AZDems Voter Protection Team (Democratic party)
Florida - Florida Democratic Party Voter Protection Team
Georgia - Georgia Dems Voter Protection Team (Democratic party)
Michigan - MIDems Voter Protection Team (Democratic party)
Minnesota - Vote Safe MN (DFL Democratic party)
Nevada - NVDems Voter Protection Team and Contact the NV ACLU who organized non partisan voter protection activities in the past.
North Carolina - We Are Democracy NC & ProtectOurVoteNC & NC Black Alliance Voter Safety+Protection (all non partisan) & NC Democrats Poll Observers (Democratic Party)
Pennsylvania - Ballot cure phone calls with Working Family Party (non partisan) or in person poll watch or virtual answer hotline calls with PADems Voter Protection Team (Democratic party) & Common Cause PA (non partisan)
Virginia - VADems Voter Protection Team (Democratic party)
Wisconsin - WIDems Voter Protection Team (Democratic party)
Any state - Fair Fight & Vote Save America LFG(V) Project will help you hook up with volunteer voter protection efforts anywhere in the US.
I'll be adding more state voter protection teams as I learn about them
National - Election Protection 866 Our Vote (non partisan)
Are you a lawyer, law student, paralegal or have other legal experience? Volunteer with 866TheVote, a program of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to staff call centers and polling places to protect voters. You don't need to be a lawyre to be a poll waycher
More opportunities in other states:
Tennessee
More ways to work on the ground
Seed the Vote - training and support volunteers to door knock and phone bank with local partners in swing states.
NextGen America - training and support for door knocking in key states.
Common Power - organized supported trips to canvas in key swing states. See list of states and dates in collaboration with Vote Save America.
HeadCount - registering voters at concerts & festivals.
Note that most of these organizations can help with travel and lodging for those who need.
Wish you could go but can't? Consider donating to one of these organizations to support another volunteer