For the week of October 5, 2026

🎙️Oct 5, 2026 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 Last week we made signs for each of our No Kings Vote Early Day of Action locations happening on October 17th. Indivisible Eastside will be showing up in highly visible street corners near 11 ballot box locations around the Eastside, Oct 17, 11 am – 1 pm to urge people to be an Early Voter! See details HERE. We have plenty of people signed up at Bothell and Downtown Kirkland, but would love more people to help make a splash at the other locations. Grab a friend, make a sign, help get out the Early Vote!

🔷 Become a Certified Election Observer for the Democratic Party! We need you now to support our excellent election system here in King County. Weekdays during the November General election cycle King County will process ballots and they request volunteers from each of the political parties to observe and ensure that the electoral process is transparent and accountable. Your training is good for 2 years, so if you get certified now, you will be all set to observe in upcoming elections including this very important 2026 mid-term election!

📆 King County Elections will be holding 5 trainings prior to the November General election cycle:

Tues, October 13, 11 am – 1 pm
Wed, October 14, 4-6 pm
Thur, October 15, 1-3 pm
Fri, October 16, 10 am – 12 pm
Mon, October 19, 12-2 pm

They are only allowing 10 participants from each political party at each of these training sessions, so sign up now! You need only attend ONE training, and once certified, your training is good for 2 years. We need you now! Sign up HERE. Questions? Email elections@kcdems.org

🔷 Many detainees at the NW Detention Center ask for a pen pal. Would you like to support the mental health of these imprisoned neighbors? And let them know that some Americans care about their plight and hope for their freedom? You don’t have to speak a foreign language, though be sure to indicate on the application form if you do.

AIDNW (Advocates for Immigrants in Detention NW) does a lot of work at the NW Detention Center. One of the programs they run as a pen pal program. If you’re interested, mark an X in the “Pen Pal” box at the top of this AIDNW volunteer application form and fill out the rest of the form.

You will not use your home address to receive letters. Rather, your pen pal’s letters will go to AIDNW’s office, and they will scan the letters to you by email.

Weekly Actions

✊ Action 1 – Oppose Unconstitutional Census Rule Change

From LWV & Hands Off Our Census

On September 10th, the Census Bureau announced sweeping changes to how we count people on the census. The proposed rule would:

Count only US citizens and green card holders.
NOT count other visa holders or undocumented immigrants.
Stop collecting race and ethnicity data.
Ban the collection of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data from any future Census Bureau surveys, including the census.
Create bad and unreliable federal data.
Erode a key doctrine of representation: “one person, one vote.”

In short, it will have major adverse effects across daily life in our democracy. These changes will severely distort population counts, create inaccurate representations of communities during apportionment and redistricting, and disrupt how state and local governments plan essential public services.

Not only are these changes unprecedented and unconstitutional, but the Census Bureau is also giving the public only 33 days to comment on a rule-changing process that would normally take months and include at least 90 days of public comment for every incremental change. Now is the time to make your voice heard before October 13th!

Tell Secretary Lutnick and the Census Bureau to roll back these proposed rules and to extend the public comment period until December 9th. Follow these steps:

Assemble your comment with the easy-to-use template provided by Hands Off our Census. (Scroll up on that page for general guidelines for writing a strong comment.)
Submit your comment HERE by October 13th. Do not put your name, address, or other personal information into the body of the comment itself.

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

💥 Top Tips

VoteWA.gov – Washington state’s official voter registration and information portal: For voter registration and tracking the status of your ballot, visit votewa.gov .
Ballots are placed in the mail to registered voters by October 14. If you have not received your ballot by Monday, October 19th, please call King County Elections at 206-296-VOTE (8683) to request a replacement ballot.

💥 Attend a candidate forum

Mon Oct 5, 6 pm – LD 45 & LD 48 Housing Equity Candidate Forum – General Election – virtual.
Mon Oct 19, 6 pm – Exploring Countywide Affordable Housing Revenue – virtual.

💥Volunteer to GOTV

There are opportunities aplenty out there! Keep an eye on this space and check this page for previous actions.

Join a local volunteer shift to assist the Washington Democrats in voter outreach.
- Tuesday Weekly Phonebanks 5:30-7:30 pm
- October 10th – Door knocking in Kirkland- morning shift 10 am-1 pm
- October 10th – Door knocking in Kirkland– afternoon shift 1-4 pm
- October 11th – Door knocking in Bothell – 1-4 pm
- October 11th – Door knocking in Issaquah– 1-4 pm
- October 18th – Door knocking in Bellevue – 12-3 pm
Learn to phonebank: This virtual and supportive session will give you training wheels to join phone banking efforts. Tuesdays from 3-4:30 pm PDT.
Then put your new phone banking skills ^^ to work this week for one of the phone banking events on the Indivisible website.
Join Team DelBene on phone banks into battlefield districts. IA this week.
Canvass for local candidates by searching for their websites and finding their volunteer page. (e.g. https://www.voteforsythe.com/volunteer)

💥 Help to Defeat the harmful initiatives on the ballot

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

The King County Council and City Councils from Tacoma, Seattle, Shoreline, Kenmore (incl. I645), Mountlake Terrace, Lake Forest Park (incl. I645), and Issaquah have all adopted resolutions to oppose these anti-LGBTQIA+ initiatives and stand up against hate in their cities. If you’d like to see your City Council, esp. Redmond and Bellevue, take a stand, write to them.

NEED for Letter Writing and In-Person/Virtual Public Comments for the following upcoming City Council meetings:

Bothell – Tuesday, October 6, 6 pm, Bothell CC Chambers, write to: CityClerk@bothellwa.gov
Sammamish – Tuesday, October 6, 6:30 pm, Sammamish CC Chambers, write to: CityCouncil@Sammamish.us
Kirkland – Tuesday, October 20, 7:30 pm, Kirkland CC Chambers, Public Hearings set for each initiative, write to: CityCouncil@kirklandwa.gov

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

Talk with your friends, neighbors, and anyone you meet about the harmful impacts of I-001 and I-638. Even non-voters know other voters, especially since the votes may impact them.
Phone bank virtually on Wednesdays (5-7 pm) and Sundays (4-6 pm) – training provided before calling begins.
Canvass – On various Sundays in Redmond and Kirkland areas.
Sign the online Pledge to Vote NO.
Write a Letter to the Editor of your city/local paper – template and tips provided.

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:

Contribute to the campaign. We’re in a strong position, but we have a gap we need to fill. Both 501(c)(3)’s and (c)(4)’s can contribute! Contributions of any size help fund our fight. Please email Bayley for more information.
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.

Three new campaign ads: On September 29, the campaign released new ads that will be airing across the state. See more info here!

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 (thanks, EOI!).

Misinformation about the Millionaires Tax and retirement accounts. Our opposition is spreading misinformation. See this resource, also from EOI.

⛅ Bright Spots

Judge reinstates U.S. attorney in Western WA who was fired by Trump.
Seattle banned surveillance pricing in grocery stores to ensure prices are the same for all customers.
A Federal Judge granted an emergency injunction to block the Big Bend Border Construction.

Upcoming Events

Tues Oct 6, 5:30-7:30 pm – Civics 101 Trivia Night, Newport Way Library, 14250 SE Newport Way, Bellevue.
Tues Oct 6, 7-8:30 pm – Constitutional Observer Training, online event.
Thur Oct 8, 3:30-5:30 pm – Stitch Squad, Kirkland Library, 308 Kirkland Ave. Access code ‘stitch’.
Fri Oct 9, 12:15-2 pm – Pop Up Postcard Event, Cascadia Pizza, 1820 130th Ave NE #2, Bellevue. Postcard supplies provided.
Tues Oct 13, 7-8:30 pm – Constitutional Observer Training, register to attend for location.
Wed Oct 14, Ballots mailed to WA voters and Fri Oct 16, King County Ballot drop boxes open. Watch for your ballot to arrive and make a plan to vote early!
Sat Oct 17, 11 am -1 pm – IE’s No Kings: Vote Early event (not a protest). 11 locations.
Oct 19 – Nov 2 (weekdays), 3:30-4:30 pm Get Out the Vote Bridge Bannering Bellevue & Kirkland. Sign up for one day or many!
Wed Oct 21, 4-6 pm – IE Ballots N Brews – Redmond. Sign up to attend.
Thur Oct 29, 10 am-12 pm – IE King County Ballot Processing Center tour. Sign up to attend.
Tues Nov 3 – Get Out the Vote Bridge Bannering Bellevue & Kirkland. Sign up for a 90 minute shift!
Tues Nov 3 – ELECTION DAY! – If you haven’t already voted, turn in your ballot to a ballot drop box before 8 pm!
Tues Nov 10, 7-8:30 pm – Constitutional Observer Training, register to attend for location.

📣 Everyday Actions

See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2026

See Ways to Help our Immigrant Neighbors

See Postcarding & Letter Writing resources on our website

Sign up for Take Action Network to take actions by Indivisible groups around the state

Additional resources for your activism

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