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4 Ways to Defend an Election
FIGHT for an election where every voice is heard (Click here to read)
Closed polling places, purged voter rolls, and false texts with the wrong date all shut eligible people out before a single ballot is tallied. A count can be accurate and still be unfair. No Kings Portland’s guide to FIGHT shows how to spot barriers and help your get past them. It’s the right place to start if you want to protect the vote in your own community.
Have you ever Encountered a Barrier when Trying to Vote?
WIN with a candidate who will defend our democracy (Click here to read)
Most people who skip an election, did so for a reason. Usually something gets in their way. For example: they didn’t have a ride, plan, or someone to go with. No Kings Portland’s guide to WIN covers how to close these gaps, one person at a time. If you want to make a measurable difference in a close race these last few weeks, read this one.
Do you Think Most of us Underestimate how much the Midterms Affect our Lives?
PROVE the pro-democracy candidate won (Click here to read)
The winner announced on election night is a projection and the result isn’t official until local officials reconcile ballots and certify. The days and weeks leading up to that are when bad faith challenges and fraud-attempts usually surface. This guide to PROVE explains the process, how trained observers and careful documentation catch fraud and answer false claims or misinformation with a paper trail. If you’ve ever wondered what happens behind the scenes, start here:
ENFORCE the will of the people (Click here to read)
In 2000, when Slobodan Milošević wouldn’t accept that he lost Yugoslavia’s presidential election, coal miners walked off the job and a general strike spread across the country. Within a week he conceded. Widespread noncooperation can undermine a government’s ability to function but that kind of response has to be organized before it’s needed. No Kings Portland’s guide to ENFORCE goes over peaceful mass non cooperation and escalating tactics help protect the will of the people.
What Peaceful Action do you think has been the Most Effective Historically?
No Kings Portland’s series is worth the time to read before November 3. You can help by subscribing to No Kings Portland to read all 4 guides and get the next steps as they come.
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