Get Involved in the Midterms

NOW is the time! Commit to at least ONE action in the next critical 3 weeks until the November 3rd midterm election. We the people have the power! But we have to use it!

Commit to do at least one action before the midterms. Sign up now.

There are many things you can do to support the midterm effort. It doesn’t take a ton of time! Here are our suggestions with links to sign up or get more information on each action. Let us know what you can commit to!

Check our Events page for important trainings for post-election mobilization!

No Kings Vote Early Day – October 17: https://www.nokings.org/

• Encourage friends, relatives and neighbors to vote early and in person. Find an event: https://www.nokings.org/#map
• No Kings Soap Box to Ballot Box! – October 17, 1:00-3:00 PM in Boston. Sign up: https://www.mobilize.us/truenorthactionallianceboston/event/1036334/

Visibility – Spread the Word

• Bridge Brigades: Join the ongoing Otis Street Bridge Brigade in East Somerville every Friday from 4:00-5:00 PM until Daylight Savings Time and then switches to 3:00-4:00 PM. More info and a map: https://www.mysticmashup.org/events/#bridge

• The Interstate Midterm Visibility Brigade: Extra Otis Street Bridge standouts on Saturday, October 31 (wear costumes!) and on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3 from 12:00-1:30 PM https://www.visibilitybrigade.com/#what-can-you-do

• Visibility Brigade – Get more ideas for actions to take: https://www.visibilitybrigade.com/#actions-to-take

Canvass in nearby states – Knock doors and talk to voters in New Hampshire and Maine

• The Maine Coordinated Campaign is regularly running canvasses in various locales in ME: https://www.mobilize.us/mainecoordinated/
• Organize NH is regularly running canvasses in various locales in NH: https://www.mobilize.us/organizenh/

Write Postcards to Voters (until October 26)

• https://www.signsofjustice.com/
• https://turnoutpac.org/postcards

Know and share what’s on the ballot

• Ballotpedia
• Blue Voter Guide
• Ballotready
• Massachusetts Ballot Questions
• MA Ballot Question Printable Quick Reference

Vote Tripling

• What is it and how it works

Phone Banking

You can find a phone bank anywhere in the country, almost every day.

• Find an Indivisible phone bank
• Phone bank to Maine
• Recruit volunteer poll observers in North Carolina. Call Democrats in NC and ask them to be poll observers in this critical battleground state.: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/1043000

Text Banking

• Field Team 6 organizes text banks all the time: https://www.fieldteam6.org/
• Text on Tap
• Text Arcade

• Maine Senate – GOTV Textbanking

• More text banking opportunities

Social Media – Use your network to spread the word

• Women Forward Social Media Storm Team
• Social Storm
• Grow a Spine Campaign trainings every Thursday
• Amplifier Army
• Help 3 friends get ready to vote early

Donate

• Movement Voter Project
• Ground Truth
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (election protection)
• Common Cause (election protection)
• Any of the organizations supporting our vulnerable neighbors, such as:
  • International Institute of New England
  • LUCE
  • MIRA
  • BIJAN
  • The Immigrant Learning Center

On Election Day – Plan ahead now

• Poll Observing
  • MA: https://www.mass50501.org/povpolls
  • NH: https://www.opendemocracynh.org/pollobservertraining
• Ballot Curing – Contact voters whose ballots are marred in some way and give them information about how to fix them: https://www.vopropros.com
• Drive people to the polls in MA: https://www.mass50501.org/povpolls
• Holding signs near the polls. Check with your favorite candidate to sign up.
• Voter protection and registration: https://democrats.org/voter-protection-and-registration/

• Voter Hotline 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683). Report any issues at the polls.