Actions for the Week of 10/11/26

Written By Darbie Maccubbin

How to contact your elected officials

Use this link to find contact information for ALL of your elected officials – Federal, State, City, and County – just by entering your address: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

Other useful links:

Action 1: Help Cure Ballots and Make Sure Absentee Ballots Get Counted

From Rogan's List 10/8/26

Election Day isn’t just a single day anymore. Absentee ballots are already pouring in across the country. And for reasons both completely fair and the product of rules carefully crafted to suppress our votes, some of them are being rejected. One of the great advantages of voting early, though? We have plenty of time to make sure they don’t stay that way.

Ballot curing, the process of contacting people whose votes have been tossed out for whatever cause and helping them correct errors to get them officially counted, is mostly a post-Election Day scramble. But in multiple states, they’re getting underway now. The Arizona and North Carolina Democrats and the ACLU of Michigan have begun making calls on Tuesday and Thursday nights to connect with people who need to fix their votes. This is precise but relatively light work, doing outreach to people who are mostly glad to hear from us. Sign up to help cure ballots at the links below:

Arizona: Make Calls for Ballot Cure · Mobilize

North Carolina: Chase and Cure: Absentee Ballot Cure Phonebank · Mobilize

Michigan: Volunteer Phone Banking - Virtual · Mobilize

Action 2: Join the Text Team and Be Part of Potential History in Texas

From Rogan's List 10/8/26

We might be in for some very big results in Texas this fall:

One great way to get involved: the Texas Democratic Party’s coordinated campaign is seeking volunteers for its texting program. You can sign up to be onboarded at noon ET on Thursdays or 6 PM ET on Tuesdays and take on assignments as needed moving forward. Register to join the team here: Text Bank Training with Texas Together! · Texas Together

Action 3: Hands Off Our Census

From Chop Wood Carry Water 10/8/26 and Rogan's List 10/5/26

Have you heard about the proposed rule change for the 2030 US Census? It’s bad! To not count all US residents would be a huge mistake and detrimental to our country. Not collecting racial and ethnic information would be an additional problem. This type of information has been collected since the very first census in 1790.

A group called Hands Off Our Census has put together information on the proposal and how to write an effective comment opposing it. It’s really well done! They provide a template and suggestions on how to personalize your comment. They’re also holding weekly information webinars on Wednesdays until the comment period closes. Their first web meeting held on September 18th was recorded and is available on the website.

The website is here: https://handsoffourcens.us/

The link to sign up for webinars is here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ecx0W27NRr6AmnKxSONpQQ#/registration

You can also use this portal from Common Cause to help write your comment: https://act.commoncause.org/letters/demand-an-accurate-2030-census/?source=roganslist

Choose your own outrage with 5 Calls

5 Calls has been around since the first Trump term and offers a quick and easy way to make calls to your elected representatives. Enter your zip code or address and pick a topic. Then choose the representative you want to call, make the call, and read the script provided. Calling your congressperson is the most effective way to influence policy. Please check it out here: https://5calls.org

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Darbie Maccubbin
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