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No Kings Holds 3,000 Vote Early Marches, Urges Voters to Check Registration
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No Kings plans more than 3,000 nationwide 'Vote Early' events this weekend. Events emphasize encouraging early voting and voter participation ahead of the midterm elections.
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Vote Early, Not Protests
No Kings organizers shifted their focus to voting this weekend, with the coalition holding over 3,000 "No Kings: Vote Early" marches and other events across the country on Saturday.
Ezra Levin, the co-founder of Indivisible, said, "We're done sending a message." and he framed the effort as turning "people's power into electoral power" rather than staging street protests.
Levin said the coalition’s goals included helping people check their voter registration, make a plan to cast their ballot, and understand their voting rights, while also training volunteers as poll watchers.
Antonio Arellano, National Director of Communications for Indivisible, urged Latino families to use the day to say, "I’m here. My family matters. My community matters. And my voice matters."
The coalition also launched a fully Spanish-language website at www.SinReyes.org to give Spanish-speaking voters equal access to information and election-protection resources.
Locations and Local Plans
No Kings events were scheduled in the Chicago area, with Arlington Heights at North School Park and an early vote rally in Hyde Park at East 57th Street and Hyde Park Boulevard, both beginning at 2 p.m.
In St. Cloud, Americans for Democracy of St. Cloud planned a No Kings Rally from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the sidewalks outside the St. Cloud Public Library, with voter registration and early voting information.
In Texas, organizers scheduled "No Kings: Vote Early" demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18, with rallies expected in Dallas, Houston, Austin, El Paso and Midland.
In Washington state, organizers said "No Kings: Vote Early" is "not a protest," and they described it as "the next step of reclaiming our power after a year of mass mobilizations."
In Connecticut, organizers said early voting runs from Monday to Nov. 1, and they planned a Hartford gathering on the South Lawn of the Capitol at 11 a.m.
Election Integrity Stakes
Ezra Levin said the coalition’s voter-turnout push was in response to efforts he viewed as threats to election integrity, including the failed SAVE America Act that he said would have required voters to show a document proving their U.S. citizenship. Levin also raised concerns about federal immigration officers being sent to the polls and about President Trump’s attempted restrictions on voting by mail, as No Kings groups sought volunteers trained as poll watchers. The Guardian reported that No Kings organizers and partners planned thousands of events across all 50 states and Washington DC to get people to the polls early for the US midterm elections.
Ezra Levin said, "Saturday will be an anti-election sabotage effort," and he added, "The single best thing you can do to push back against sabotage is to massively increase the vote and do it early." The Guardian said organizers worried about fears involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the FBI, or armed militants at the polls, and it said they wanted results "simply too big to rig".