Each holiday offers plenty of opportunities to host fun and informative in-person or online events to help your community prepare for upcoming elections! Over the years, partners have hosted everything from town halls to speaker panels, block parties, letter-writing gatherings, phone-banking efforts, and more. As long as you have a few trained volunteers and a creative way to increase attendance (having a prominent speaker, providing food, or hosting musical performances), these can be entertaining ways to reach voters and get local media attention. Even setting up a table with voting information is a great way to be visible as a trusted resource in the community!
One of the easiest ways to celebrate the different Civic Holidays is by emailing your members on the day of! Make sure that everyone in your network is ready for their upcoming elections by using our template emails and reaching out to voters in your community.
Use the Civic Holidays as an opportunity to connect with voters in your community through nonpartisan door knocks, phone calls, or texting campaigns. Talking directly with voters where they are provides a vital opportunity to ensure they have the tools and knowledge to share their voice in our democracy
All of the holidays make this easy by providing plenty of sample materials you can use on your social media channels. Use the Civic Holiday hashtags, to reach more voters in your immediate and expanded community with information about upcoming elections and reminders to register, make a plan to vote, and turn out.