Vote Protection

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Free and fair elections are fundamental to our democracy. But we don’t have to sit back and worry that our rights will vanish. You can take action leading up to elections and immediately following them to help ensure every vote is counted.

Both legal professionals and community members have vital roles to play in vote protection.

Specific Roles for Lawyers

  • Canvass or Counting Observer: monitor the formal counting and processing of votes.
  • Poll Worker Support: help ensure adherence to established procedures.
  • Hotline Support: assist on election protection hotlines.
  • Officials Support: help election officials facing harassment.

 Specific Roles for Non-Lawyers

  • Social Media Monitoring: monitor social media for election-related misinformation and flag content
  • Poll Watching: ensure election workers follow regulations
  • Poll Monitoring: track and report on voting conditions at polling places.
  • Mail-In Voting Support: help eligible voters navigate the mail-in process.
  • Provisional Ballot Education: share information about how provisional ballots work.
  • Ballot Curing: help voters understand how to correct errors on mail-in ballots.

Volunteer for one of the actions listed below or consult your local election officials. If we don’t protect our vote in 2026, will we have one to protect when the presidential election rolls around in 2028?


Campaign State: National/Multi-State
Action Type: Vote Protection

 

Actions to Secure Our Elections

1. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Across the country, we’re organizing and mobilizing with our neighbors as part of our largest ever election safeguarding initiative, investing more than $24.5 million to protect our right to vote and empower voters across the country to participate fully in our democracy.

  • Democracy Defenders Task Force – ensure voters feel empowered to vote, monitor election certification processes (polling sites and election results), ensure mass mobilization response planning and more. Sign up here.
 

2. Election Official Legal Defense Network

Connecting Election Officials with Pro Bono Attorneys.

  • Sign up today to join us in defending democracy’s front line! Get involved here.
 

3. Election Protection

The national, nonpartisan Election Protection coalition is made up of more than 300 local, state and national partners, We work year-round to advance and defend the right to vote.

  • Election Protection Hotline for lawyers, paralegals, law students or other legal professionals. Sign up here.
  • Poll monitoring program. Sign up here.
 

4. Power the Vote

Find a list of voter protection volunteer opportunities at state Democratic Parties.

  • Voter protection opportunities including poll watchers, hotlines, ballot monitors, ballot curing, local litigators for Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Sign up here.
 

5. VoProPros

We can’t sit back as Republicans and conservative legislatures around the country attack our fundamental right to vote.

The Voter Protection Project will fight back against the GOP’s attack on our right to vote – and make sure our voice will always be heard!

  • Rapid Response Network – Quick opportunities that have an impact, such as joining a phone bank to call voters needing help and providing them with necessary information to vote without issues, or to recruit other volunteers, including poll observers. Sign up for a newsletter here.
  • Ongoing projects include ballot curing, research, leading phone banks, managing hotlines, back-office work, and more. Requires computer savvy. Sign up here.
 

6. Voter Protection Corps

Dedicated to protecting every vote and defending our democracy.

  • Join this team to monitor social media for election-related misinformation and disinformation, flag concerning content, and support rapid response efforts leading up to and on Election Day. Many shifts available. Sign up here.
  • Attend a training session to be part of the misinformation response team. Sign up here.
 

7. We The Action

Unites lawyers with nonprofits to expand access to justice and deliver free legal services where they are critically needed. We build innovative technology and collaborative relationships that transform unmet legal needs into actionable, high-impact projects for civic-minded lawyers.

  • There are 22 projects looking for volunteers to assist in Voting Rights and Fair Elections work. Sign up here:
 

8. We The Action Election Protection

Thousands of lawyers and voting rights activists volunteer to ensure every voter’s voice is heard at the polls.

  • Answer voter assistant questions at Call Centers. Sign up here.
  • Assist voters at the polls through Field Centers. Sign up here.
 
     
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