Who This Is For

Voting rights advocates, election protection volunteers, voter registration organizers, poll monitors, and anyone working to ensure free, fair, and accessible elections. This path covers the 56-jurisdiction voting guide corpus, GOTV operations, and election protection.

Emergency Reference

Election Day voter suppression / intimidation: Election Protection Hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)

Spanish language: 888-Ve-y-Vota (888-839-8682)

Voter turned away at polls: They have the right to cast a provisional ballot. Insist on it. Report to 866-OUR-VOTE.

Voter intimidation near polling place (federal crime 52 U.S.C. § 20511): Report to DOJ Voting Section: 800-253-3931 and 866-OUR-VOTE.

Learning Sequence

Step 1: Master Your State’s Voting Rules

Read: Your relevant state files in the State Voting Guides section

56 jurisdiction guides (all 50 states + DC + 5 territories), each covering:

• Voter registration deadlines and online registration
• Voter ID requirements
• Absentee / mail-in ballot procedures
• Early voting schedule
• Polling place finder
• Rights if registration is challenged
• How to report violations

Priority states for suppression risk: Study states where voter ID laws or recent purges have been challenged. Cross-reference with the accountability profiles for relevant Secretaries of State.

Step 2: GOTV Campaign Operations

Read: Get Out the Vote: Campaign Operations Guide

Full operational guide: voter registration drives, canvassing, phone banking, text banking, absentee ballot programs, Election Day operations, and election protection. Includes legal compliance requirements for registration drives by state.

Step 3: Voter Suppression Law and Tactics

Read: the State Voting Guides section for suppression-specific details Reference: Voter suppression tactics documented in current literature — voter purges, voter ID requirements, polling place closures, gerrymandering, and the post-Callais legal landscape.

Key context documents:

• knowledgebase/regulatory-legislative-executive-sources.md — track ongoing legislative developments
• knowledgebase/accountability/ — Secretary of State profiles for states with active suppression

Step 4: Regulatory and Legislative Monitoring

Read: knowledgebase/regulatory-legislative-executive-sources.md

How to track state and federal legislative developments, executive orders affecting voting rights, and administrative rule changes that affect election administration.

Step 5: Accountability — Election Subversion Actors

Read: knowledgebase/accountability/j6-coup-plotters.md Read: knowledgebase/accountability/j6-investigation-resources.md Read: Relevant Secretary of State profiles in knowledgebase/accountability/

Background on individuals who have attempted to subvert elections, their current positions, and their ongoing activities. Essential for understanding the threat landscape.

Step 6: Election Day Operations

Read: Get Out the Vote: Campaign Operations Guide (Part VI: Election Day Operations) Read: Get Out the Vote: Campaign Operations Guide (Part VII: Election Protection)

Polling place coverage, provisional ballot rights, voter intimidation reporting, and the legal basis for each.

Key Organizations

Related Use-Case Playbooks

• Organizing Get Out the Vote
• Organizing a Peaceful Protest — for voting rights demonstrations
• Witnessing Constitutional Rights Violations — documenting voter intimidation
• Finding Legal Representation — voting rights attorneys