Coordinate a biweekly action team that monitors and responds to voter suppression, election subversion, and attacks on democratic processes.

Run a biweekly action team focused on protecting the right to vote and the integrity of elections. This includes tracking voter ID laws designed to disenfranchise, polling place closures, aggressive voter roll purges, gerrymandering, restrictions on mail-in and early voting, voter intimidation, mass challenges to voter eligibility, attacks on election workers, and efforts to undermine election certification.

This is a topic with a broad scope that could get overwhelming. Each meeting, pick a focus. This might be a specific bill, a court hearing, an attempt to gain access to voter information, or positive efforts by organizations that are pushing back.

Responses can include writing to local, state, and national representatives, reaching out to local press, sharing accurate information on social media to counter election disinformation, contacting election officials to support their work, and helping participants get involved as poll workers or election observers. The team also supports participants who are interested in running for local office or serving on election boards.

The group meets every other week to coordinate, divide up tasks, share updates, and plan the next round of outreach. Off-weeks are for carrying out the work.

The group caps at 15 participants.

Essential skills:

• Ability to monitor news and organizational alerts for voter suppression and election integrity developments
• Strong written communication skills for letters, emails, and social media
• Comfort coordinating group tasks and keeping a team organized
• Willingness to engage with contentious political topics and push back on election disinformation

NOT required:

• Legal expertise or elections administration background
• Prior advocacy or lobbying experience

Operative must provide:

• An account with the digital platform that will host the team meetings
• Monitoring of news and organizational alerts for voter suppression and election integrity issues
• Coordination of team outreach between meetings
• Promotion and participant recruitment for the team

MFU will provide:

• An interest form on the MFU website to help identify the best times for the meetings
• A scheduling app on the MFU website that allows people to sign up for the team
• A channel on the MFU Discord server for coordination and discussion
• Template letters and outreach guides, if needed
• Promotion and participant recruitment for the team

You are welcome to use these sources to help you get started:

• The Brennan Center for Justice tracks voter suppression and election integrity issues nationwide, including restrictive voting laws, voter roll purges, threats to election workers, and election disinformation. Their state-by-state legal guides cover protections against voter intimidation, mass eligibility challenges, and election subversion.
• The Voting Rights Lab Election Policy Tracker provides near-real-time analysis of voting legislation across all 50 states and D.C., with detailed bill tracking, weekly analysis, and data on which bills restrict or expand voter access.
• The State Democracy Research Initiative's DOJ voter data tracker at UW Law School monitors the Justice Department's lawsuits against 29+ states seeking access to sensitive voter registration data, including birthdates, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers. Tracks case status, key rulings, and legal analysis.
• Democracy Docket's DOJ anti-voting timeline tracks the Justice Department's shift from protecting voting rights to supporting voter suppression laws, documenting each step in the DOJ's reversal, including withdrawn cases, new lawsuits, and policy changes.
• Election Protection is the nation's largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, led by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The 866-OUR-VOTE hotline (866-687-8683) connects voters with trained volunteers year-round. The coalition includes 300+ partner organizations and offers volunteer opportunities for legal professionals and non-lawyers alike.
• The NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Voting Rights page publishes reports on voter suppression efforts and their disproportionate impact on Black voters, along with community-based strategies for preventing voter intimidation.

For general questions, you can message your handler through your dashboard, contact @Owlett on Discord, or email info@myflyinguniversity.org.

If you have an idea for a different approach to all or part of this mission, please feel free to reach out before you get started!