Get Out The Vote (GOTV)
MVP doesn’t lead GOTV work ourselves; instead, we focus on funding the local organizing groups best positioned to turn out key voters in critical states and races.
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Election Day and Beyond
Ballot Curing
One of the most important things we can do now and post-election is help swing-state Democratic voters correct signature errors on their ballots.
Vote Save America has a curated feed of ballot-curing volunteer opportunities by phone and in person. Find opportunities »
Legal Support
Lawyers Mobilizing for Movement, a coalition of progressive legal organizations has issued a call to action for progressive lawyers, legal workers, and law students across the country to support organizations planning mobilizations or other activities by providing:
- pre-mobilization legal consultation and advice;
- know-your-rights information and trainings;
- assistance navigating law enforcement interactions at the polls or protests;
- rapid response legal research; and/or
- legal representation in criminal or civil rights proceedings.
Top GOTV Recommendations
Here are MVP’s top recommendations for getting out the vote — and making sure every vote counts — by text, phone, and in person:
Seed the Vote
Seed the Vote (STV) is an MVP ally (and grantee) that is the best at deploying volunteers to phone bank and canvas in person with locally-based grassroots organizations — most of which are MVP grantees!
Why we love Seed the Vote:
- STV partners with locally rooted groups. STV works with grassroots groups that are of, for, and led by those most impacted by injustice, organizing year-round to win elections in the short term and build power over the long term.
- STV works with groups that can use non-local volunteers. Some groups working in marginalized communities aren’t set up to easily absorb or make effective use of outside volunteers. STV has identified the groups that can.
- STV follows and amplifies local groups’ strategy. STV routes volunteers directly to its local partners on the ground, and also organizes its own remote phonebanks, using partners’ voter lists, scripts, and training materials.
- When you volunteer with STV, you are furthering MVP’s mission. When you volunteer at the direction of and in collaboration with local groups, the voters you reach and the messages you carry support and leverage the groups’ work — which carries impact that goes well beyond that of candidate campaigns.
People’s Action
People’s Action is extremely adept at onboarding and absorbing new volunteers from around the country. They run an excellent deep-canvassing phone banking program, as well as text banking and door-knocking. Find opportunities »
Showing Up for Racial Justice
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) runs an excellent phone bank program geared toward white people talking to other white people about why we need to vote for Democrats, as a key step toward advancing racial and economic justice. Find opportunities »
Swing Left
Swing Left plugs volunteers into battleground campaigns across the country. Their team maintains a one-step shop of strategic voter contact opportunities — in-person and virtual — where your time will go furthest to protect and expand Democratic majorities. Find opportunities »
Working Families Party
Working Families Party is building a progressive political apparatus that can shift the center of political gravity in this country. They offer high-impact opportunities to phone bank, text bank, canvass in person, and more, for key elections nationally. Find opportunities »