The election on November 3, 2026 is six months away. We're worried about
people being kept from voting or votes not being counted in five states:
Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona. We're asking people to
sign up as poll workers, learn how voting works in their town, build
groups that help neighbors get to the polls, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE for
training, and watch for warning signs. Research shows that when 3.5% of
people show up peacefully, the effort almost always works. We need to
build that infrastructure before October.
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**Cluster mandate M1: Protect the Nov 3, 2026 federal election.**
The 2026 midterm elections are six months away. Federal-level interference,
state-level certification refusal, polling-place disruption, and disinformation
together threaten the basic ability of citizens to vote and have their votes
counted. This mandate calls for a coordinated, lawful, citizen-led response
across five priority states (Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona)
during the pre-election, election-day, and post-election periods.
**What we ask people to do:**
1. **Sign up as poll workers** in their county before the registration deadline.
2. **Document and verify** voting infrastructure — polling-place locations,
machine types, mail-ballot deadlines — using local-government primary sources.
3. **Build mutual-aid networks** in their state for transportation to polls,
ballot-drop-off, and translation support.
4. **Connect with the Election Protection coalition** (866-OUR-VOTE) for
training and reporting infrastructure.
5. **Watch for early-warning signals**: troop pre-positioning, disinformation
surges, federal-personnel polling-place presence, certification refusal threats.
**Why this matters:**
Erica Chenoweth's research finds no civil-resistance campaign has ever failed
when mobilizing more than 3.5% of the population during peak participation.
For a 5-state midterm push, that bar is reachable — but only with
infrastructure built before October.
**What we will not do:**
This is a within-the-law mandate. We will not advocate any action that
violates state or federal election law, voter intimidation statutes, or
the rights of election workers themselves.
Beneficiary signal (Maria / Tom / Jamal)
Maria (single mom): if voting access is protected, her ballot — and her
right to vote on childcare-related funding measures — is protected too.
Tom (67, retired, fixed income): mail-ballot deadlines that aren't moved
mid-stream, plus drop-box access, mean he doesn't have to drive to
crowded polls. Jamal (22, recent grad, first-time voter in this district):
working polls in Atlanta or Phoenix earns civic experience AND protects
the vote of every neighbor in line behind him.
Statements — vote agree / disagree / pass
Voting + statement submission are open to remembered citizens (identity level 2+). Sign in with your email — takes one tap, no password.
Signing up as poll workers in PA/NV/GA/WI/AZ before October is the highest-leverage thing most citizens can do for 2026.
This is a Polis-style discussion (per vTaiwan lesson):
citizens vote on statements, not on each other. The cluster geometry that will compute from these
votes — once Phase B wiring lands — surfaces co-equal viewpoints, including dissent. Replies-to-replies
produce flame wars; statements-and-votes produce maps.