2024 Election - Volunteer Opportunities
This election season, you can help protect democracy in Michigan together with Voters Not Politicians.
Volunteer opportunities will include canvasses (door knocking), tabling, and advocating while walking around. Choose the opportunity that works best for you!
Instructions: Click on the link and sign up, additional details will be provided upon sign up. If you have any questions about these events please direct them to the organizer listed in the Mobilize event.
Statewide
- Early Voting Period - Election Day (October 26 - November 5): Nonpartisan Election Poll Challenger (Multiple Locations)
- October 17: Poll Challenger Office Hours
- October 15th: Michigan Supreme Court Letters to the Editor Workshop and Write In (Virtual)
Region 1 (Upper Peninsula &
Upper Lower Peninsula)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 26th: Marquette Farmers Market
Have an upcoming event in your community? Reach out to alyson@votersnotpoliticians.com to add it to the list.
Region 2 (West Michigan/Western Lakeshore)
- [Door Knocking] October 20th: Benton Harbor My City Votes Canvass
- [Door Knocking] October 20th: Grand Rapids My City Votes Canvass
- [Door Knocking] October 20th: Muskegon Heights My City Votes Canvass
- [Tabling] October 24th: Soles to the Polls with ISAAC (Kalamazoo)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 26th: Halloween Forest (Kalamazoo)
- [Door Knocking] October 27th: Grand Rapids My City Votes Canvass
- [Door Knocking] October 27th: Muskegon Heights My City Votes Canvass
Have an upcoming event in your community? Reach out to alyson@votersnotpoliticians.com to add it to the list.
Region 3 (Thumb/Central Michigan)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 19th: Trucks & Treats in Downtown Port Huron
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 25th: Halloween at the Saginaw Farmers Market
Have an upcoming event in your community? Reach out to alyson@votersnotpoliticians.com to add it to the list.
Region 4 (South Central Michigan)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 19th-October 20th: Apple Butter Festival (Lansing)
- [Door Knocking] October 19th: Pro-Democracy Canvassing in Jackson (Jackson)
- [Door Knocking] October 23rd: Pro-Democracy Canvassing in Jackson (Jackson)
- [Door Knocking] October 26th: Pro-Democracy Canvassing in Jackson (Jackson)
- [Door Knocking] October 30th: Pro-Democracy Canvassing in Jackson (Jackson)
- [Door Knocking] November 2nd: Pro-Democracy Canvassing in Jackson (Jackson)
Have an upcoming event in your community? Reach out to alyson@votersnotpoliticians.com to add it to the list.
Region 5 & 6 (Southeast Michigan)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 19th: Fall Friends Fest (Dearborn)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 19th: Halloween Festival (Westland)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 19th: Nightmare on Fort Street (Lincoln Park)
- [Door Knocking] October 19th: Pro-Democracy Canvassing in Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills)
- [Door Knocking] October 20th: Warren My City Votes Canvass (Warren)
- [Door Knocking] October 20th: Pontiac My City Votes Canvass (Pontiac)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 23rd: City Square Street Fair (Warren)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 25th: Carnival at the Garden of Ghouls (Eastpointe)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 26th: Candy, Costumes, and Casting Votes (Pontiac)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 26th: Downtown Dearborn Fall Family Day +Trick-or-Treating
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 26th: Street of Treats (Northville)
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 26th: Witches Night Out in Downtown Trenton
- [Pass Out Flyers] October 27th: Birmingham Farmers Market
- [Door Knocking] October 27th: Pontiac My City Votes Canvass (Pontiac)
- [Pass Out Flyers] November 2nd: Dia de Los Muertos on the Detroit Riverfront
- [Pass Out Flyers] Weekly on Saturdays: Advocating While Walking Around at Eastern Market (Detroit)
Have an upcoming event in your community? Reach out to alyson@votersnotpoliticians.com to add it to the list.
New to volunteering? No problem! Our organizers will contact you before the event to make sure you have all the information and materials you need to get started. We can also connect you with an experienced volunteer before your shift!
About the Campaigns
- My City Votes: My City Votes is a comprehensive Get Out the Vote (GOTV) education campaign aimed at increasing voter turnout among low-propensity voters from historically disenfranchised communities. Through partnerships with local city officials, MCV aims to give voters the information and encouragement they need to make their voice heard in every election.
- Nonpartisan Poll Challenger: Nonpartisan Poll Challengers serve as voter advocates inside polling places and Early Vote Center. A nonpartisan poll challenger’s only priority is protecting the rights of the individual voter – not the party or candidates on the ballot by raising an official "challenge" with the election workers if the challenger believes that a poll worker or another individual is violating Michigan’s election law.
- Michigan Supreme Court: The Michigan Supreme Court has the highest legal authority in the state, and its decisions directly affect our voting rights, civil rights, and more. The only way to protect our current pro-voter majority on the Supreme Court is to get out and talk to voters so that they know why they need to vote in this down-ballot race and who will protect their voting rights.
- Pro-Democracy Legislators: In 2022, Michigan voters elected a pro-voter majority in the state legislature for the first time in decades. But we are one seat away from losing our pro-voter majority in the State House this election. We are reaching out to voters in a few key districts to let them know they have the power to protect our pro-voter majority and what’s at stake if we fail.