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Do This: Make your Voting Plan for the Midterm Elections

Oct 22, 2026 | Easy A, Voting

Make your 2026 voting plan.

There are probably a lot of reasons fewer people vote in midterm elections than in presidential elections.

Maybe they don’t know that they’re happening. Maybe they don’t know who is running for state and local offices, or they don’t realize how important those offices are to our day to day lives. Or maybe they have every intention to vote, but something unexpected happens on election day that keeps them from getting to the polls.

What can we do to change this trend and increase voter turnout in the midterms? Researchers at Notre Dame and Harvard have the answer. They’ve shown that simply making a voting plan can increase voter turnout by more than 4%.

Just taking a moment to decide how, when, and where you’re voting — and arranging for any special help you might need to make it happen — can make all the difference.

So, earn your Easy A this week by making your own plan to vote in this year’s midterm elections. Use our worksheet here to help.

We can be the voters who definitely show up this year, and next week, we’ll take one more easy action before November 3 to turnout as many other voters as possible.

My 2026 Voting Plan
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