No Kings - Vote Early - October 17

Not a protest but an action. Get the votes in and protect the ballot. The Kickoff call is on September 10, but will be available as a Youtube shortly afterwards. We’ll add the link then. (Event at https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1012262/)

Non-partisan doesn’t mean we don’t have an opinion and viewpoint . We do (see the banner above). We just aren’t tied to a political party. No speeches by candidates. No partisan messages near voting sites (illegal in any case), including early voting sites.

While we should do an event on October 17, early voting doesn't start until October 20. Much of our effort will accordingly focus then.

So the question is: What events and actions should we undertake and which other groups will be involved? If one of them has a planned action within the guidelines, we will support it.

Can we meet? We are inviting any interested group to a yet-to-be scheduled meeting to coordinate our activities and make these actions as impactful as possible. Looking for a site the week of September 28-October 3.

Indivisible Toolkit list potential events and actions, as well their the coalition's guidelines for No Kings.- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HeRXaxJh5ULLMzNhhFcwdb7XywQ5HKsWMLZ4n9DAIb0/edit?tab=t.0

Types of events (a partial list)

Big event to promote voting on 10/17?

Protest at Overpass - ongoing and can be varied, but normally Friday and Sunday, not Saturday.

Encourage registration

Encourage early voting

Promote time and place of early voting

Community gathering(s) or block parties?

March to vote / register (and then to Belts?) (not on 10/17)

Event at Library with LWV (are you registered? How to early vote.)

Event at Lincoln Center (are you registered? How to early vote.)

Event at UWSP (are you registered? How to early vote.)

Encourage people to check their registration using MyVote

Souls to polls - getting rides to polls