If you think your vote for dog catcher can't possibly make a difference, overwhelmed by what's on your ballot, or, just need some hope injected into your civic muscles - this free virtual event is for YOU.

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What’s Vote Local Day?

A nonpartisan FREE virtual event providing information, knowledge, and tools, so you can make informed decisions that positively impact your community and be ready to vote in local races. Vote Local Day is also about uplifting the stories hope and progress in our own backyards.

Local leaders and change makers will share these stories through short conversations & trainings exploring the intersections of electeds' jobs, issues like reproductive justice, education & voting access, and, how we can shape the communities and democracy we want to be a part of. 

Why Vote Local Day?

  • 4 in 10 say not knowing the role of Secretary of State or State Attorney General prevents them from voting

  • 33% admit to guessing at random when voting on down-ballot races 

  • 36% say they have left the bottom portion of their ballot blank when voting

Every person deserves to know the role their Secretary of State plays in determining how we vote, the Mayor & City Council's responsibility to protect reproductive access, and why prosecutors’ jobs determine how criminal cases begin and end.

In order for democracy to work, we have to know how and who makes it work.

And, while news outlets and pundits may try to make you believe that nothing is happening, the truth is, really good stuff is happening at the local level.

Let’s celebrate it, amplify it, learn from it, and use these stories to keep mobilizing and advocating for progress in our communities.

This is why Vote Local Day exists.

Yellow USA Map with Blue Text - Vote Local Day 2022 - short conversations and trainings to help voters be well informed and ready to vote local down ballot races and tell the stories of progress at the local level

Our innaugural Vote Local Day took place on October 8, 2022.

WATCH ‘22 DISCUSSIONS & TRAININGS:

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A snapshot of Vote Local Day ‘22 conversations & trainings:

Virginia Expanded Access To The Ballot (Your State Could Too) with Virginia State Senator Jenn McClellan, Virginia House Delegate Cia Price

Voting Rights Restoration in Alabama: Law & No Order (These Are Their Stories) with Dori Miles, Founder & Director, Return My Vote, Emuni Sanderson, Criminal Justice Reform Advocate, Mobilization Strategist and University of Alabama Birmingham PhD Candidate, Darius Gamble, Alabama Voter & Returning Citizen

Champions of Democracy: Secretaries of State & County Clerks with New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan, Boone County, MO County Clerk Brianna Lennon, Aida Carini, CT Secretary of State Office, Charley Olena, Senior Director of Advocacy, Secure Democracy

State Courts Strategy: Front and Center with Aviance Brown, Staff Attorney, Forward Justice

Reproductive Justice Beyond Our State Capitols with Liliana Bakhtiari, Atlanta City Councilmember, Allison Coffman, Director of Amplify Georgia Collaborative, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Comedian, Writer, Actress and Activist, Munir Meghjani, Community Organizer

Voting For And With The Transgender Community with Jack Knoxville, Founder & Director Trans Empowerment Project and Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe, A Run For More Documentary

Vote By Mail and Voter ID Challenges & Opportunities with Amanda Pohl, Executive Director, Deliver My Vote, Lauren Kunis, Executive Director, VoteRiders, Cecilia Silva, Deliver My Vote, Alexis Wynn-Coleman, Virginia Voter (this is a 45 minute panel)

“What Can I Do to Protect Reproductive Justice Locally?” Training Session with Danielle Castaldi-Micca, Vice President of Government and Political Affairs, National Institute for Reproductive Health, Max Carwile, Programs Director, Abortion Access Front

School Your School Boards: Get on Board with What You Need to Know Now with Elisa Hoffman, Founder & Executive Director, School Board School & Former Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education Member and Dr. Kareem Moncree-Moffett, PhD, Cincinnati Public Schools Board Member

  • Virginia Expanded Access To the Ballot (Your State Could Too!)
  • Voting Rights Restoration In Alabama: Law & No Order (These Are Their Stories)
  • Champions of Democracy: Secretaries of State & County Clerks
  • State Courts Strategy: Front & Center
  • Reproductive Justice Beyond Our State Capitols
  • Voting For and With The Transgender Community
  • Vote By Mail & Voter IDs: Challenges and Opportunities
  • What Can I Do To Protect Reproductive Justice Locally? Training

2022 Vote Local Partners:

We teamed up with community partners doing incredible work in their communities. Thank you to all our 2022 Vote Local Partners!
Click on their logo to learn more about them.

Reach - grassroots organizing app
Abortion Access & Clinic Information and Resources
Charleston South Carolina source for news about current events with focus on BIPOC communities
Trans Empowerment Project ensuring community has access to most basic needs
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Social impact platform empowering you to make positive change in real time while reading the news
Training for journalists & connecting them to best practices and resources
Increasing voter participation and turnout by making voting easier and more accessible - home or at the polls
Provides state and local advocates with guidance, hands on support and funding for reproductive health and justice
Advocates to protect and defend equality for all transgender and LGBTQ+ individuals in South Florida
Latino News Network online news source for Hispanic-Latinos
Provides free information and help with voter IDs in all US states
improving civic knowledge in high schools and community groups
End discrimination and bigotry in PA and provide educational resources
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Help restore voting rights to returning citizens in Alabama along with Alabama Voting Rights Coalition
Local podcast and newsroom that talks to local politicians, policymakers and influencers to expand access and opportunity
encouraging latinas and all to use their voting power
Advances policies that benefit working class people, nonpartisan law, policy and strategy center dedicated to advancing racial, social and economic justice
Local reproductive health, rights and justice organizations working with shared vision to expand abortion and reproductive justice access and opportunity
Help citizens impact their communities through civic education and engagement
community-rooted nonprofit working to enable Latinx community and reproductive justice and rights
Engages young marginalized residents, people of color and others in rural communities
Documentary film following Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe running for local office in San Antonio, TX as a transgender woman
Educates, trains and mobilizes passive male allies to be pro-choice and organize around abortion access and reproductive justice
Equips education advocates and aspiring school board members with the knowledge and network to drive systemic change
Multi-faith, multi-racial and multi-generational organization serving people, building community and pursuing justice in Birmingham and greater Alabama

Support This Work

We’re excited for Vote Local Day 2023 on October 7th. To ensure it’s a successful and seamless event, we need your help. Would you consider making a donation today to support Vote Local Day ‘23?

More Information:

Have questions, need additional information, or interested in partnership opportunities for Vote Local Day 2023, send us an email: hello@betheones.org