Civic Engagement: Ways You Can Help

Running for, or thinking about running for, City Council, School Board, District Attorney, State House or State Senate? Not sure yet? Don’t know where to start? Want to be a campaign manager or volunteer for a campaign? Here are some resources to help you.

Tuesday, Oct. 9 is the voter registration deadline. And Tuesday, Nov. 6 - only four weeks later - is the election. Come volunteer with the organizations below doing critical voter registration – as well as GOTV/postcarding, voter ID assistance, and rides to the polls – in October and November.

National Voter Registration Day is a national holiday celebrating our democracy. On this day volunteers and organizations from all over the country will "hit the streets" in a single day of coordinated field, technology, and media efforts. Click on https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/events to find events going on in your area.

September 25 is National Voter Registration Day (https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org). It's also the last full month we have to register as many new voters as possible, before the Oct. 9 voter registration deadline in Georgia. It's getting down to the wire. Come volunteer with the organizations below doing critical voter registration – as well as canvassing and voter ID assistance – in September and October.

Common Cause Georgia, the ACLU of Georgia, Spread the Vote, Represent Georgia, and the Georgia Redistricting Alliance are touring the state, discussing: "general voting 101", voting system integrity, redistricting reform, election protection, and how you can be involved. Locations/dates below.

Want to help people commit to vote and get to the polls in the midterms? Canvassing, phone-banking, poll-watching and rides to the polls opportunities all over the state are listed here from the Democratic Party of Georgia.

Indivisible Georgia Coalition is joining forces with progressive partner organizations around the state to build progressive power on the ground and get out the vote in targeted, community-driven ways (knocking on doors, making phone calls, writing letters or postcards, driving volunteers or voters to the polls, providing childcare for volunteers, providing food or meeting locations for volunteers or staff).

The ACLU of Georgia is kicking off a new volunteer-led project to monitor local boards of elections in 20 key counties across the state. The goal is to keep a watchful eye on wrongful closures or changes to precincts, elimination voters from the rolls, and other actions that limit access to the ballot.