BAY GET
READY
HANDS OFF OUR VOTE
DEFEND DEMOCRACY.
DEFEND OUR COMMUNITIES.
The billionaire-backed MAGA movement is attacking our elections.
The Trump Administration and its allies are lashing out, changing the rules, and attempting to undermine the upcoming midterm elections to cling to power. They are blocking people from voting, threatening to send ICE agents to polling stations, and setting the stage to try to declare themselves winners, no matter the results.
If their regime succeeds, they will seize even more power to slash social services, expand ICE terror, and intensify imperialist wars, all while gutting democratic safeguards and handing even more power and tax breaks to the billionaires.
This is a fight for our futures. But if we Get Ready, we can win.
As attacks on democracy intensify leading up to the midterms, so must our readiness. We must stand together and prepare to act. The fight to defend democracy from an authoritarian power grab can’t be fought in battle ground states alone. What’s at stake touches all of us. Every region has a part to play.
The Bay Area Has A Key Role
Last year, Bay Resistance, alongside hundreds of community organizations, unions, faith leaders, and neighborhood groups, came together to prepare for a threatened ICE invasion of the Bay Area. When ICE was deployed, our collective organizing helped force Trump to call off a full ICE occupation. Together, we proved what is possible when our communities are organized before a crisis begins.
Now we are building on that foundation. What we come together to decide to do before, during, and beyond the November midterms will determine if the Bay is ready to respond to the severity of this threat.
The Bay has a unique legacy and responsibility in the fight to protect our democracy. We're home to the tech billionaires helping bankroll MAGA and build the infrastructure of authoritarianism, mass surveillance, and ICE violence. We're also home to movements with the power to stop MAGA from consolidating power by rigging the November midterm elections.
We’re joining with May Day Strong and cities across the country to launch an election defense strategy to activate voters, leverage our proximity to Trump’s allies in the tech industry, and be prepared to respond to electoral intimidation and sabotage.
The Redline Plan
If MAGA sabotages the midterm election anywhere in the country by:
Seizing ballots,
Deploying ICE, military, or vigilantes to the polls to stop people from voting,
Not counting all the votes,
Not following transparency rules & having secret counts,
Refusing to certify election results,
Refusing to seat the elected leaders, and/or
Other acts of overreach we cannot even imagine yet.
We will take action immediately, if any of these redlines is crossed.*
*We will get an assessment from organizers in the geography(s) where the election interference is happening and check in with the other major metro areas who are organizing to take action together to coordinate our response.
Phase 1.
Orient:
hold a mass call as soon as we see a red line crossed
Phase 2.
Day 1 Mobilization:
mass rally at 7am the following day
Phase 3.
Grow:
conduct daily ongoing outreach at transit stations and in our neighborhoods
Phase 4.
Escalate to mass noncooperation:
build pressure until elected congress members are seated on
January 4th, 2027.
What to expect on election day and beyond →
It takes time to count every vote so we won’t have results on election day.
Trump and MAGA will probably try to create chaos on election day to try to keep people from voting, but they can’t stop us.
Trump and MAGA will try to contest results if they lose because they are desperate to hang onto power.
We will need to be ready to mobilize to protect our votes and enforce the outcome.
I COMMIT TO GETTING READY.
I PLEDGE TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY & DEFEND OUR COMMUNITIES.
Take Action
We're preparing for sustained nonviolent protests, boycotts, and collective action if there is an attempt to undermine the midterm elections. We need you with us. Join us so you're connected, informed, and ready to mobilize.
The scale of our response will be determined by how many of us Get Ready.
Get Trained Up & Come Strategize
Get prepared in community.
On August 22nd, Bay Resistance held a 500+ person Bay Get Ready People’s Assembly and Nonviolent Direct Action Training at Mission High in San Francisco.
If you missed the Mass Assembly, come to our first Mass Call Wednesday, September 23 | 6–7 PM PT. More specialized calls will be announced soon.
Join us to assess the political landscape, prepare for potential election disruption scenarios, and learn how we’ll organize to Get Ready between now and November. We’ll share our strategy for using community power and strategic noncooperation to defend our elections and push back against intimidation.
Get plugged in and find your role.
Take on Authoritarian Tech
Call on key tech companies like Flock and Palantir that back the regime to stop contracting with ICE, to pay taxes, and to stand against fascism rather than profiting from it.
Sign up for our mailing list, follow us on Instagram and Facebook, join an action pod, and check our events calendar for ways to plug in.
Spread the Word & Get Out The Vote
Join Seed The Vote to connect to canvassing efforts and critical races at risk of being contested. Volunteer to doorknock, phonebank, recruit your friends & family, fundraise, and help out behind the scenes.
Want to doorknock with BR community?
Join Bay Resistance community to doorknock together in AZ on one of these 3 long weekends: 9/18-9/20, 10/10-10/12 and 10/31-11/3. (You can also doorknock any other times, but those are our special Bay Resistance community weekends)
Sign up to doorknock with Bay Resistance.
Vote as early as possible, either in person or by mail.
Check your voter registration, register to vote, find your polling place and more at vote.org.
If you have a past or current conviction, you can still register to vote if you are not currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony. Learn your voting rights.
Join a Bay Resistance Action Pod
Get your neighborhood organized and ready to take action. Sign up for a pod and learn more here.
Pods are a way to build relationships and community and stay plugged into the fight for our movements for the long haul, while taking leadership from groups in the Bay Resistance coalition, whose members and communities are on the frontlines, and are most affected by, Trump's assaults.
Sign the Bay Get Ready Pledge
Count Every Vote & Salesforce photos by Brooke Anderson, Ice Out of the Bay Photo by Anya Savanoe