The 2026 midterm election cycle is taking place amid unprecedented federal interference, mounting legal uncertainty, widespread election disinformation, and ongoing attacks on the people and systems that run our elections. At the same time, election officials across the country are doing heroic work to ensure safe and secure elections, and pro-democracy partners are ready to defend our democracy.
Our Election Protection Hub provides a trusted source of key resources for voters and advocates to protect elections.
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Voting Toolkit: How Can I Protect the Elections?
This toolkit is provided as a service to partner organizations who are looking to provide their members and stakeholders with trusted, vetted information about how they can engage in elections to protect and defend our democracy.
The People’s Guide to Voting Rights
This guide covers the voting landscape of the 2026 midterm elections and informs voters about their rights and options.
Resources
Resources for Voters
Take Action
- Make a plan to vote: vote411.org (Vote411)
- Learn how to engage: Democracy Forward’s 100 Days of Action (Democracy Forward)
- Mobilize: Freedom Summer (Black Power War Room)
- Volunteer: Ground Control Hub (Ground Control)
- Sign up to be a poll worker: Power the Polls (Power the Polls)
- Post on social media: 866 Our Vote Election Protection (Election Protection)
Informational Resources for Voters
- Freedom Summer & Preparing to Vote (Democracy Forward)
- Vote Safely in 2026 (Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, Brennan Center for Justice, Fair Immigration Reform Movement, UnidosUS)
- Preventing Voter Intimidation by Federal Agents at the Polls (Brennan Center for Justice)
- Your Vote Is Precious — And Protected (Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC)
Resources For Partner Organizations
- Partner Voting Toolkit: How Can I Protect the Elections? (Democracy 2025)
- Note: includes a version with space for partner co-branding.
- Nonprofit Civic Engagement & Voter Registration Activities in 2026 (Democracy 2025)
- Host a Voter Registration Drive (Fair Elections Center)
- Defending Democracy at the Ballot Box: A Small Business Owner’s Toolkit for Protecting the Midterm Elections (Protect Democracy, Integrity Matters)
- Polling Hub: What Americans Think About Elections, Democracy, and the Rule of Law (States United Democracy Center)
- What’s Breaking Through About Deploying Federal Agents to Polling Places (States United Democracy Center)
- What’s Breaking Through About Public Safety at Polling Places (States United Democracy Center)
- Community Resilience in the 2026 Elections (Protect Democracy, Over Zero)
- Spanish: Resiliencia Comunitaria en Las Elecciones de 2026 (Protect Democracy, Over Zero)
Resources for Attorneys to Volunteer
- 2026 Guide to Voter Protection Opportunities for Lawyers (We the Action)
- Volunteer with the Poll Monitoring Program (Election Protection)
- Volunteer with Election Protection Hotlines (Election Protection)
Webinars
Democracy 2025’s Election Briefing Series
The Democracy 2025 Election Briefing Series provides accessible information about emerging threats to our elections, helps partners navigate a rapidly evolving landscape, and identifies concrete ways to get involved to protect our elections. Developed in collaboration with leading experts in the pro-democracy ecosystem, the series brings together diverse perspectives and offers practical guidance for organizations working to protect our democracy.
Topics for the briefings include:
- The Authoritarian Elections Playbook;
- Elections and Weaponized Immigration Enforcement;
- Racial Justice & the New Voting Rights Landscape in 2026;
- How Nonprofits Can Participate in Nonpartisan Voter Engagement;
- Elections and Weaponized Immigration Enforcement;
- Elections Communications & Narrative Setting; and
- How Business Leaders Can Support Free and Fair Elections.