Make sure voters are ready to cast their ballots. This resource includes ways for voters to do the following: confirm your registration status or register to vote; how to vote as a student; see what’s on your ballot; request an absentee ballot; find tips for researching candidates and ballot measures; exercise your voting rights. This resource also includes voter info for “target states” that include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas.

Learn how to become an activist, plan a political campaign strategy, and start a grassroots movement -- all while not burning out. This guide includes chapters on organizing, campaign strategy, action tactics, wellbeing, communication, digital tools, legal rights, and theory of change. Learn how to set up an inclusive movement, how to make decisions democratically and how to mobilize people and keep them engaged. There are different types of strategies depending on local political and social contexts. Find tools for editing videos, designing graphics, managing social media, developing websites and much more. Even though you might not refer to yourself as an ‘activist’, this handbook can be useful for anyone who would like to achieve societal change.

Voter registration is a prerequisite to political participation. Throughout American history, organizations have served to directly counter efforts to suppress Black political power. Before casting a ballot on Election Day, voters must register to vote with their local election officials. Nonpartisan voter registration groups play a key role in ensuring that this happens – and their work is especially important for Black communities. This resource examines the past and present role of nonpartisan voter registration organizations in Black communities and look ahead to the work they will engage in during election season and beyond.

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The Environmental Voter Project (EVP) employs a unique climate form of a “get out the vote” (GOTV) strategy. Rather than convincing people to care about climate change, it identifies people who already do, but don't consistently vote, and works to get them to the polls. In this Volts podcast episode, EVP founder Nathaniel Stinnett discusses how to find these voters, keep them engaged, and measure their impact. EVP has been involved in many elections to date and has studied its own impact. Its long-term goal is to build a national bloc of climate voters that politicians must listen to.

Here’s how to cast your ballot, in person or by mail, if extreme weather disrupts your life. With just weeks to go until Election Day, Hurricane Helene has destroyed critical infrastructure and displaced thousands in North Carolina and several other states. State and local officials are scrambling to restore basic services. It’s still possible to vote if you live in western North Carolina. If a disaster strikes, the governor can extend voting deadlines, allow ballots to be forwarded to a new address, allow local officials to change or add new polling places, or postpone municipal elections. The U.S. Vote Foundation has a tool to access your county election office’s contact information. In the wake of a disaster, first confirm where you should be voting. Has your polling place been damaged or moved? Was your car damaged in a disaster? Need a ride to the polls? Early in-person voting is a useful option if you’d like to avoid lines on election day or will be out of town. Absentee voting is often called “mail-in voting” or “by-mail voting.” Every state offers this, but some require you to meet certain conditions, like having a valid excuse for why you can’t make it to the polls on election day. This guide describes these voting rules and policies for every state.

Legal Defense Fund’s holistic initiative is building Black political power at a critical moment for American democracy. As the nation’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice, protecting the right to vote has been a core part of LDF’s work since its founding in 1940. And, for just as long, a holistic approach to voting rights advocacy has been intrinsic to making this happen. The Black Voters on the Rise program continues to champion this multifaceted approach – and serves as the foundation for carrying this work into the future, with an emphasis on empowering the next generation of Black voters to make their voices heard, especially amid a critical election season. Black Voters on the Rise will continue to invest in deep partnerships in seven focus states and, alongside these partners, will support the development of nonpartisan resources that support the long-term work of building Black political power. This support includes creating infrastructure and building on-the-ground capacity that advances Black people’s interests and achieves the promises of America’s multiracial democracy.

Millions of people say they care deeply about climate change ... yet they're not showing up at elections to turn their concern into political power, says environmental voting advocate Nathaniel Stinnett. In this TED Talk, he explains why increasing voter participation is essential to advancing the climate movement and shows how his team is mobilizing millions of new environmental voters — without talking about climate change at all. Even though the main reason why climate policy doesn’t progress as much is due to fossil fuel companies’ political activities, increasing climate voters coming to the polls will enhance the prospects for climate progress.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including newly released polling on the Sackett v. EPA decision and clean water protections, new polling on oil and gas accountability, and a new analysis on the gap between Americans’ interest in climate activism and their actual behaviors.

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