Oct. 6 · Elections
Who you are contacting
One of your state legislators
What you are asking for
Ask them to publicly endorse all eight of these for your state:
- a state voting rights act
- automatic voter registration
- same-day registration
- a ballot mailed to every registered voter
- prepaid postage on every returned ballot
- a drop box for every 15,000 registered voters
- a voters’ pamphlet mailed to every household
- Election Day as a state holiday
The call to action as published on Oct. 6
Who you’re contacting and how: Reach out to one of your state legislators. You can do that by email, phone, FaxZero or even a printed letter. You could even go to their office, and you could even invite friends to join you. If participated in this call to action yesterday, pick a different contact method and/or a different officeholder to contact.
Find your legislators by clicking on this sentence.
What you’re asking for: Ask them to publicly endorse all eight of these for your state:
- a state voting rights act
- automatic voter registration
- same-day registration
- a ballot mailed to every registered voter
- prepaid postage on every returned ballot
- a drop box for every 15,000 registered voters
- a voters’ pamphlet mailed to every household
- Election Day as a state holiday
Let them know who you are, what you want, and why you care. Offices count identical messages once, so write it in your own words.