Everyday Election Activism: The Opportunities
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The Opportunities: How to Amplify Our Voices
We are already using our voices to speak out, but we need to get louder. What better way than bringing in more voices? Read below to see all the ways we can empower other people to take direct action, hold their elected officials accountable, and vote in every election.
I’ve included ways to be involved nationally, but the opportunities for my home state of North Carolina are listed first (Part 1). Politics in North Carolina are a microcosm of the power struggle between MAGA Republicans and the rest of us. For our state and for the sake of the whole country, help us out wherever you live! But even we North Carolinians can look across our borders, so I also encourage people to use their activist energy for other states as well (Parts 2-4).
Part 1: North Carolina
Part 2: National - Holding Elected Officials Accountable
Part 3: National - Critical Elections Across the Country
Part 4: National - Fighting Misinformation & Lies
NOTE: Starred Actions (*) are Virtual
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PART 1: NORTH CAROLINA
Building the Resistance and the Democratic Party: Phone Banks
Amplify your voice by inviting voters across NC to join us in holding Congress and the NC state legislature accountable. For information about additional virtual and in-person events in the Triangle area, and about local groups, check out the Durham Resistance Hub. If you live elsewhere, plug in to the local action!
* Protect Medicaid by making phone calls with Down Home NC! Invite North Carolinians to call their Congress members and get involved. Receive deep canvassing training and make calls 6-8 pm EDT on 7/10, and maybe future Thursdays. Click here.
* Phone bank with County2County/Neighbors on Call to connect voters with their Democratic representatives in the NC legislature. Make calls all July for NC Sen. Everitt and NC Rep. Cohn. The Kick-Off is 7/8, but you can make calls after that on your own. Sign up here.
* Phone bank with the NC Democratic Party to recruit volunteers across the state for upcoming Project 100 and direct voter contact events! Sign up here for phone banks Wednesday evenings and Thursday afternoons (7/9, 7/10, 7/16, and 7/17).
* Make phone calls to NC voters with Democracy NC, a nonpartisan organization devoted to voting rights and access to the ballot. Join their monthly Monday evening phone banks. The next ones are on 7/28 and 8/25. Sign up here.
Building the Resistance and the Democratic Party: Canvasses
Face-to-face conversations are the best - we can tailor our words to connect to each individual we meet. That’s how we learn what people care about and what they know, whether they are engaged with political news and elections, and what barriers they face to voting. Below are opportunities to canvass with organizations that either serve the entire state or work in multiple counties.
A note about the importance of the 2026 NC court races. We need to re-elect Justice Anita Earls to the NC Supreme Court and re-elect/elect three Democratic judges to the Court of Appeals. This is part of the plan to retake the court in 2028, so we can protect public education, healthcare access, voting rights, and fair redistricting.
Canvass for judicial races and to hold Sen. Tillis accountable. The Democratic Party is holding events across the state, with judicial-focused canvasses educating voters about the importance of the courts and asking voters to re-elect Justice Anita Earls in 2026. Sign up here for canvasses across the state, including in Alamance, Buncombe, Cherokee, Dare, Granville, Harnett, Iredell, Johnston, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Person, and Randolph Counties!
Canvass for judicial races with Flip NC, a volunteer-led Durham-based group that works statewide to turn out left-leaning voters, reduce ballot drop-off in state court races, and spread the word about the importance of our state courts. Join a monthly canvass in Durham (7/27 and 8/17). Statewide events to come! Click here for details and sign up.
Canvass with County2County/Neighbors on Call to hold Sen. Tillis accountable and to support Democrats in critical state legislative seats so we can build Democratic Party power (and break the Republican supermajority in the NC Senate). Join a canvass for Sen Everitt/Rep. Cohn on 7/12 or an accountability canvass on 8/2. Sign up here.
Help NC Voters Register to Vote, Obtain Photo IDs, and Get Rides to the Polls
Join an in-person voter registration drive with You Can Vote to register and educate voters about elections. Attend a most excellent online training (7/8, 7/9 or 7/21) and then sign up here for an event in one of many locations around the state.
* Support NC voters to get state-issued photo IDs with VoteRiders, the only nationwide organization that provides free 1:1 assistance and goes the extra mile with every voter. They have a presence in Charlotte but provide virtual assistance to voters anywhere. Volunteer 1-3 hours/week. Click here to receive info or sign up here for a training session on 7/22 or 8/26 at 7 pm EDT.
PART 2: NATIONAL - HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE
You are already contacting your elected officials, right? Now you can help others do the same! Here are some ways you can boost calls to state and Congressional elected officials.
* Make phone calls to stop bad bills at the state level with Common Cause. They “mobilize voters to take action against dangerous legislation in state houses around the country.z’ They focus on “the most urgent campaigns that need our help to ensure voters … call their state representatives and demand they protect the freedom to vote.” Sign up here for phone banks every Tuesday and Thursday evening.
* Make phone calls with the Working Families Party. Sign up here to join one of the monthly Welcome Gatherings (next ones on 7/17 and 8/21) to “meet other working people with the same vision of building a world where we can thrive, and not just survive.” Or volunteer here as part of a team that jumps into action when accountability is most needed and to support WFP candidates in local elections!
* Phone bank with MoveOn.org to push back on dangerous legislation in Congress. Sign up here for their monthly phone bank (next ones 7/28 and 8/25).
* Write accountability postcards to hold Republican Members of Congress accountable with Activate America. The current campaigns go to IA, NJ, OH, CA, and NE, letting voters “know what their Republican representative is up to! Right now we are writing about the need to defend immigrants and democracy, and asking voters to call their representative and voice their outrage over his silence in the face of these abuses.” Sign up here.
* Sign up to make “Calls with Friends,” a creation of Swing Blue Alliance. By joining, you will have access to materials and weekly calls to action that you can use to urge people you know in red or purple states to call their members of Congress. Sign up here.
* Join the “Please-Grow-a-Spine Training” with Field Team 6! Use social media to hold elected officials accountable and ask them to stand up against corruption. Let’s amplify our messages on social media and bombard them with feedback! Attend a training on 7/7, 7/10, or 7/14 at 2 pm EDT. Sign up here.
* Tell Congress to impeach Trump by writing your members of Congress. The Watchdog Coalition has a template you can personalize and send. Sign up here.
Grow the Movement Wherever You Live
Host a Dinner (or Coffee) for Democracy with support from Democracy Forward, “a national legal organization that advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education, and regulatory engagement.” Invite at least 5-10 friends, and receive a toolkit with ideas on having productive conversations about how you can help advance democracy. Sign up here.
PART 3: NATIONAL - CRITICAL ELECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Equip Voters to Vote: Registration, Photo IDs, and Rides
* Write postcards to register voters, with Field Team 6, the largest partisan voter registration organization in the country. Sign up here to attend an info session about Field Team 6’s strategy (every other Tuesday at 3 pm EDT, on 7/15, 7/29, 8/12, or 8/26). Sign up here to write postcards to NJ, PA, NY, AZ, or CA. And if you like a postcard-writing party, sign up here to write postcards with other activists every Wednesday (7/9, 7/16, 7/23, and 7/30).
* Join a text bank to register voters in swing states with Field Team 6 most Thursdays (7/10, 7/24, 7/31, and 8/7). Sign up here.
* Support voters to get state-issued photo IDs with VoteRiders, the only nationwide organization that provides free 1:1 assistance. VoteRiders has a presence in a few locations and provides virtual assistance to voters anywhere. Volunteer 1-3 hours/week. Next training sessions are 7/22 and 8/26 at 7 pm EDT.
* Join a phone bank with Ride Share to Vote to spread the word about the availability of rides to the polls, reaching out to voters likely in need of transportation. To get involved and give rides in your state, look for volunteer sign-ups here.
Elections in 2025 and 2026
2025 is not an off year for elections! We are working on 2025 Special Elections, Primary Elections, and Runoff Elections, and Municipal Elections will be held most everywhere. Plus there are important Statewide Elections in New Jersey and Virginia and state Supreme Court races in WI and PA this fall. At the same time we are laying the groundwork for the 2026 midterms. Democrats have been racking up wins and flipping districts as people react to the new regime, so let’s keep going!
Phone Calls to Virginia
* Make phone calls with Sister District to help elect top-priority Democratic candidates to the VA House of Delegates, drive votes up the ticket to help flip the VA Governor's mansion, and send a powerful message to Trump and the GOP in November: not in our commonwealth. Click here for national phone banks every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday (7/9, 7/10, 7/12, 7/16, and 7/17) at 6 pm EDT. Click here for a ton of additional phone banks supported by Sister District groups around the country (7/12, 7/25, and 7/26), plus here is a new weekly phone bank for a VA candidate in the DC Metro Area (7/10, 7/17, 7/24, and 7/31).
* Make phone calls as part of a Virginia Listening Campaign to Rural Voters with Swing Blue Alliance. Call rural Democrats who didn't vote in the 2024 elections to find out what issues they care about. You will receive training and support to use active listening. Help find stories we can use in Virginia campaigns for 2025. Sign up for Wednesday phone banks at 6 pm (7/9, 7/16, 7/23, and 7/30) here.
* Make phone calls to recruit volunteers for the Spanberger campaign for Governor, every Saturday at 3 pm (7/12, 7/19, and 7/26). Sign up here.
* Make phone calls to voters for the Spanberger campaign for Governor every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Sign up here.
* Make phone calls into Virginia with the Bay Area Coalition to win in November. Sign up here to join a Wednesday phone bank (7/9, 7/16, 7/23, and 7/30).
* Join a text bank to spread the word about Abigail Spanberger for VA Governor! For Tuesdays at 5 pm, sign up here. For Wednesdays at 5 pm, sign up here.
*Join Phone Banks to voters in NY, VA, AZ, and PA
* Make phone calls with the Environmental Voter Project. A great organization to know about! They turn environmentalists into consistent voters. Call for GA (7/8), AZ (7/9, 7/10, 7/15, 7/16, 7/21, and 7/23), MI (7/22 and 7/30), and KS (7/29). Click here to sign up.
* Make phone calls to support Mikie Sherill for NJ Governor. Lots of phonebanks to recruit volunteers have started! Sign up here for 7/6, 7/8, 7/10, 7/12, and 7/13.
* Write Postcards and Letters for Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
* Write postcards to voters of color in Virginia with Reclaim Our Vote, a project of the Center for Common Ground. Postcards available starting 7/25. Sign up here for postcards to be mailed 9/15 - 10/20.
* Write innovative postcards with Postcards to Swing States to Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. One new campaign listed for Virginia will send 10 different postcards with news headlines to Democratic-leaning voters to combat disinformation and make sure they learn how harmful the Trump/GOP agenda is. This is a new idea being tested, with the results to be compared to a random control condition. Order your cards now! Sign-up here!
* Write postcards to Wake Up Virginia with Postcards4VA.org! Set up your account and then download addresses for the district of your choice. It’s easy. Sign up here.
* Write letters to Pennsylvania voters about the fall Supreme Court race with Vote Forward. Choose a campaign - write either to historically underrepresented voters or help turn out Democratic voters. Write to send in September and October. Click here to sign up.
* Write postcards with Postcards4WA for Washington State local and Congressional elections. These postcards support progressive candidates endorsed by BIPOC-led organizations who face barriers in running for office and are in close races. Sign up here.
* Write postcards with Postcards to Voters. As of today (7/6/25), they are between campaigns, but may begin a new one soon. Check by signing up here. When a campaign opens, you can request addresses for anywhere from 4-50 postcards. Write the cards within three days, and then request more!
PART 4: NATIONAL - FIGHTING MISINFORMATION & LIES
* Join a Truth Brigade with Indivisible. Learn how to share and amplify unified, factual messages to those who trust us, in order to shift the narrative. Attend the Truth Brigade Campaign Launch, Workshop and New Member Orientation on 7/9, to learn what this grassroots disinformation-countering project is all about--and where you fit in. This call is open to anyone -- new friends, longtime Brigaders, or in-between. Sign up here.
* Join Demcast to fight disinformation with your social media presence. Demcast is the ‘largest digital amplification network on the left.’ It trains everyday social media users to share pro-democracy & movement messaging across all platforms. Watch the video about their approach and sign up here.