Election Day – November 4 – is right around the corner, and it’s never too early to make your 2025 voting plan!
Use vote.org or your state’s board of elections website to complete this step-by-step checklist:
- Check your voter registration status. Make sure that your voter registration is active. If it isn’t, check out your options. Many states let you register at the ballot box.
- Check your state’s voter ID requirements. Make sure you have what you need.
- Decide how you’re voting. Are you voting early in-person? By absentee or mail-in ballot? Or in-person on election day? Your options will vary depending on where you live.
- Look up your early voting schedule and location(s).
- Look up your election day polling location(s) and hours.
- Research what’s on your ballot. Be prepared to vote for every race and issue on your ballot. Learn about your candidates and also make sure you know about any local bonds, levies, millages or other ballot initiatives. If you live in the following states, you can use our additional resources to educate yourself:
- Decide when and where you’ll vote, and put it in writing! Print and use this form to take with you to the ballot box. Don’t forget to plan for transportation, childcare, and anything else you may need to carry out your plan.
You know why it’s important to vote in local elections this November. But did you know research shows that people who make a plan to vote are more likely to actually do it? So let’s get our plans in place and make a difference this year through our local elections. As Heather Cox Richardson told us, it’s our best chance to save democracy!
