Actions

Resources including Immigrant Support, Eastside Protests, Postcarding and more.

For the week of October 26, 2026

 

🎙️Oct 26, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 It’s GO TIME. Eight days until election day. This issue’s actions are dedicated to ways YOU can have an impact. 

🔷 We had a great time at Ballots And Brews on Wednesday chatting and eating and voting! See this sweet Instagram video shared by Redmond CM Jessica Forsythe. Our next Indivisible Eastside Group meeting will be Sun Nov 15th on zoom 3-4:30 pm with a new member welcome at 2:30. We’ll have a lot to talk about!

🔷 The organizers within the No Kings coalition have been considering how we can respond if there are attacks on our elections anywhere in the US, such as interference with voting, with vote counting, or with the certification of elections. We don’t know if/when such attacks will occur, but if needed, we can use the networks we have already built to create a rapid response. If you’d like to learn more, check out the recording of the Final Preparation for Election Defense training call that was streamed on Oct 22. It’s an hour-long call, and is very open-ended (because our situation is very open-ended), so you might start at 40:22 and watch for ~5 minutes.

🔷 We still have spots available on our King County Ballot Processing Center Tour in Renton this Thursday Oct 29 (10 am-12 pm). Come and see how your ballots are processed and learn how secure and efficient the process is!

Weekly Actions

 

✊ Action 1 – Help Cure Ballots in Battleground States

Call people who actually want to hear from you! When there’s an issue with a ballot, voters want to know about it. Here are two opportunities to help make sure every vote counts:

Chase and cure: North Carolina Absentee Ballot Phone Bank (multiple dates/times – listed in Eastern time zone)

The Republican-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections got the go-ahead for drastic new rules on mail-in ballots that are expected to disqualify thousands of votes based on minor technicalities. Over 13,000 voters have already voted by mail this year! This is where you can make a direct difference, no matter where you live: every one of those disqualified voters has the legal opportunity to correct their technical issue and make sure their vote is counted, but first they have to know about the problem. From now through election day, you can notify voters in North Carolina whose absentee ballots were rejected. All you need is a phone and a laptop to attend. You’ll be provided with training, script, and support to help you make an impact on voters!

Call Voters who need assistance

As data on rejected ballots is received in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, and Ohio, VotePro volunteers will help voters fix mistakes, known as curing, so their votes count! Call likely Democratic voters to help cure mail-in/absentee ballots. Shifts available most days from now through Nov 12th. Note that the listed times are in the Eastern time zone.

✊ Action 2 – UPDATED WEEKLY: Help to Get Out the Vote!

It’s time to reach ALL the VOTERS

💥 First: You and your family 

Is your ballot still on your counter? How about your spouse/child/parent? Please get it in as soon as possible so that your vote can be counted. If you have not received your ballot yet, please call King County Elections at 206-296-VOTE (8683) to request a replacement ballot or go to VoteWA.gov – Washington state’s official voter registration and information portal. Ballots are due November 3rd at 8 pm. After Oct 28th, use a drop-box to make sure your vote is counted. 

Do you need help dropping off your ballot, or want to offer help? Contact us at hello@indivisibleeastside.com.

💥 Next: Reach out to friends via email or text. Sample text to copy and paste:

I just voted – have you? There are 3 initiatives and 5 WA Supreme court justices on the ballot you should not skip.  It’s not always easy to decide, but here are some great resources: https://www.progressivevotersguide.com/washington and https://www.kcdems.org/our-party/e/2026-endorsements/. Finally, if you vote after Tuesday Oct 26, please use a Ballot Drop Box. Postmarks from USPS can be delayed up to two days and I want every vote to count. I’m happy to answer any questions. Thanks for voting!

Bonus: Download and include in your text or email: Supremes and Initiatives Graphic

If you have a group text with family or friends around the country, try this conversation starter:

I just voted and hope everyone who can vote early does! Who has voted? 

💥 Reach voters on the freeway with GOTV bridge bannering!

Encourage others to vote! Indivisible Eastside’s large ‘VOTE NOW’ and ‘BALLOT BOX’ banners on I-405 overpasses are seen by thousands of people every hour! See Calendar for signups. Shifts thru Nov 3.

💥 Reach voters at their homes 

There are opportunities aplenty out there! 

💥 Help to defeat the harmful initiatives on the ballot

🗳️ No Hate in WA State: Actions to Defeat I-001 and I-638:

Thank you to all who wrote in and spoke at this past week’s City Council (CC) meetings in Kirkland and Redmond where the city councils adopted resolutions to oppose the anti-LGBTQIA+ initiatives and joined Cities all over the state to defend and protect children’s rights to privacy. In our area, thank you to Bothell, Issaquah, Kenmore, and now Kirkland, Redmond, and Renton CCs for taking a stand, as well as King County Council! 

Notably, neither Bellevue nor Mercer Island CC have yet put the initiatives on a future agenda. If you’d like to see your city council take a stand and adopt similar resolutions opposing the initiatives, email them and/or show up at their meetings. Bellevue Oct 27, 6 pm, email, Mercer Island Nov 3, 5 pm, email.

Here’s how to get the word out to VOTE NO statewide:

  • Check out and share the ads opposing I-001 and I-638 on Youtube. “The Call” (No on I-001) educates voters that I-001 will endanger child abuse victims. “Inspection” (No on I-638) explains how  I-638 would require sex verification inspection for girls to play sports. Please share these videos on your social media and tag @nohateinwastate.
  • Phone bank virtually on Wednesdays (5-7 pm), Thursdays (5-7 pm), Fridays (10 am – noon) and Sundays (4-6 pm) – training provided before calling begins.
  • Canvass – Includes Bothell on 10/31 (11 am to 2 pm) and Issaquah on 10/31 (11 am to 1 pm).  Training provided.
  • Overpass Bannering – If you want to join a bannering with NO on ALL Initiatives, check Mercer Island Indivisible, who’s been doing it over I-90.  Next events planned are on 10/29 (4 -5 pm) and 11/3 (8 – 9 am).
  • Write a Letter to the Editor of your city/local paper – template and tips provided.
  • Make In-Person/Virtual Public Comment for city council meetings. If you know anyone who lives, works, visits Edmonds and/or Lynnwood, please ask them to write in and/or speak in person or virtually.  Young LGBTQIA+ voices make a huge impact at these meetings and voters watch the meetings!
    • Lynnwood – Mon, Oct 26, 6 pm, Lynnwood CC Chambers; Resolution to oppose the initiatives is being presented as a Business Item. View the meeting agenda and submit public comment here.
    • Edmonds – Tues, Oct 27, 6 pm, Edmonds CC Chambers; Public Hearings set for each initiative.  Check the meeting agenda, attend and/or write to: council@edmondswa.gov.  
  • Text your friends! Copy and paste the following into a text message and send to your friends:

Please Vote NO on Initiative 638.  It is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The neutral title is misleading, and this initiative puts up barriers for all girls in the state, and hurts girls sports.  It requires “sex verification”, based only on “reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels.”  Birth certificates will NOT suffice. Tens of thousands of girls in WA do not have a “family doctor” or pediatrician and can’t afford the time and money for these tests. All to discriminate against a handful of trans girls. Athletic Association rules are the better place to handle concerns about “fairness”, and in fact guidelines are in place in the 137-page handbook.  Join me in voting NO to Initiative 638!

🗳️ No on 645 – I-645 would repeal the Millionaires Tax, a historic new law that will modestly increase taxes on just the top half of one percent of Washingtonians – while cutting taxes for the other 99.5% of us. Check out their Mobilize page for volunteer opportunities! Other ways to support the campaign right now:

  • Donate to the campaign. Contributions of any size help fund the fight. 
  • Let the campaign know if you see pro-645 ads on TV or online. Email Erin, Bayley, or Aisling.
  • Connect the campaign to small businesses that may be open to endorsing. This is one of their big outreach focuses right now (see below for good info).    
  • Small business and the Millionaires Tax. See this one-pager from our coalition partner, Economic Opportunity Institute, for more information about how the Millionaires Tax supports small business.
  • Misinformation about the Millionaires Tax and retirement accounts. Our opposition is spreading misinformation. See this resource, also from EOI.

⛅ Bright Spots

  • Early voting is up everywhere! New analysis from TargetSmart based on preliminary data shows that early voting surged by 51% over the same Saturday in 2022 (the last midterms) in zip codes with a No Kings event.
  • Renton, Kirkland, and Redmond City Councils join other eastside cities in passing resolutions opposing I-001 and I-638.

Upcoming Events

📣 Everyday Actions

 

See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2026

See Ways to Help our Immigrant Neighbors

See Postcarding & Letter Writing resources on our website

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