Promote the Vote; Protect the Vote

NCJW advocates have encouraged voter engagement for decades by registering people to vote, educating communities on the issues we care about, strengthening and expanding voting rights, and getting out the vote on Election Day. Use the calendar and resources below to plan out your efforts between now and November 5, 2024.

You can make a difference by voting in the next election.  Verify you are register to vote.  Then, ask your friends and family if they are too.  If they are not, encourage them to register.  It is quick and easy.

Live in Kansas, you can register here.

Live in Missouri, you can register here.

Now – November 5, 2024

• Set your intention
  • Get inspired by NCJW’s Judaism and Voting Resource as you plan your GOTV work.

• Keep it non-partisan
  • Review what you can and cannot do to GOTV as a 501(c)(3) organization. 

• Check your registration
  • Use NCJW’s portal to check your voter registration or register to vote. You can also bring voter registration forms to all Section events and activities (check your state laws to ensure compliance).

•  Learn the landscape
  • Educate yourself on both the laws protecting the right to vote and barriers to the ballot box, including accessibility challenges.

• Collaborate in your community
  • Identify and partner with new or existing GOTV efforts in your community. Consider working with local chapters of the League of Women Voters, Common Cause, or NAACP, or local houses of worship. 

• Share your passion for voting
  • NCJW is partnering with Vote Forward to connect our advocates with potential voters across the country.

• Take action to strengthen and expand the right to vote
  • Tell Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act, which would protect our democracy by implementing systemic changes to improve voter access, election integrity, and civic participation and empowerment.

September 19, 2023 – November 5, 2023

In addition to all the above:

• Get your voter ID ready
  • NCJW & VoteRiders partnered on a one pager with information about Voter IDs.

• Partner with National Voter Registration Day
  • National Voter Registration Day, a nonpartisan civic holiday celebrating our democracy, is on September 19, 2023 and September 17, 2024. Plan a voter registration drive or volunteer at one to celebrate.

• Consider voting early.
  • Share information with your local section, network, and community about how to vote early, absentee, or by mail in your state.

Learn more  here