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October 25, 2026

Early voting in New York is underway! Maybe you're already wearing your I Voted sticker. Maybe you’re wondering, worrying about what to do next to help flip the House and the Senate and put an irrevocable check on MAGA’s deadly, devastating fascism and illegal, unconstitutional actions to hack our democracy.

Take a deep breath, a beat, and remember, “We are the ones we have been waiting for,” as June Jordan wrote in her anti-apartheid anthem, Poem for South African Women.

We are the ones to take action now to make a brighter, more equitable, peaceful way forward for all New Yorkers. We are the ones to knock the doors, make the calls, and leaflet to get out every vote and make the results Too Big to Rig. We are the ones to defend the vote by training up and turning out, together.

Be the one who helps make the difference in the midterms. Read on… sign up… and “join this standing up!”

Your Top actions for this week

  1. 🎃🚪 Hop on the bus to canvass in Allentown (PA-07) to flip the House! Saturday, October 31, departing from Barclays at 9am. Knock on doors to support Bob Brooks. This is a seat we can’t leave on the table. Pack your favorite Halloween treat and sign up here.
    Want to canvass in the Hudson Valley on Halloween? (Yes, Sleepy Hollow is in NY-17.) Get on the bus to help turn the Hudson Valley blue – and the House with it – by knocking doors for Cait Conley. There’s a bus leaving from Hudson Yards (600 W 34th St.) at 9:30am. Sign up here.

  2. 💪🚪 Knock Doors with Chris McCreight and Mike DeCillis: Sunday, November 1 at 1pm in Bay Ridge. INBK is proud to endorse Chris McCreight to represent southern Brooklyn in the NYS Assembly and Mike DeCillis to represent NY-11 in Congress! Let’s turn out together with Council Member Kayla Santosousso and PSC-CUNY for an Almost Election Day rally and canvass to flip these seats and get Chris and Mike elected. Bring comfortable walking shoes and a well-charged phone. No previous experience is required. RSVP here.
    Also: please volunteer to show support for Chris and Mike at polling sites in Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton through November 3. Check your calendar and sign up for a poll site visibility shift — or more than one! — anytime between now and Election Day.

  3. 🗳️ Vote early – and get 3 friends to do it too! Now until Sunday, November 1. The last day to vote is Election Day on Tuesday, November 3.

  • Check your voter registration. Note that the last day to register to vote in the midterms was October 24.

  • Go to findmypollsite.vote.nyc to find your poll site, voting hours, and a sample ballot so you’ll be ready.

  • Make a plan to vote and put it in your calendar. We strongly recommend voting early in person if you can. If you’re voting by mail, send in your ballot as quickly as possible: please don’t wait. Mail-in ballots can also be dropped off at your county’s Board of Elections office, at any poll site within your county during early voting, or at an election day poll site no later than 9pm on November 3. You can track your absentee ballot here.

  • Remember to flip your ballot and vote in every race. Indivisible Brooklyn recommends voting for Democratic candidates using the Working Families Party ballot line when available. You can learn more about the candidates in Brooklyn’s competitive races from the New Kings Democrats Voter Guide. You can learn more about the 5 ballot proposals approved by Mayor Mamdani’s Commission on Government Efficiency at NYC Votes, nyc.gov/fast, or local news coverage like The City Reporter.

  • If you have questions or encounter issues while trying to register or cast your vote, call 866-OUR-VOTE. You can learn more about the nonpartisan election protection services they provide here.

Upcoming Events

Indivisible Marathon Monday Phone Bank: Monday, October 26 at 5:30pm on Zoom. Indivisible is running phonebanks to help flip congressional seats across the country so we can win back the House. Talk with voters from coast to coast from the comfort of your home by signing up here. Find even more Indivisible phone banks, including coast-to-coast GOTV phone banks, on November 1 and 2. RSVP here.

GOTV Leafleting at Staten Island Ferry: October 26-November 2 in Lower Manhattan. Join fellow resistance activists and leaflet outside the Staten Island Ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan. We’ll inform ferry riders about the critical importance of showing up to vote this year, urge them to vote for Mike DeCillis, and hand out palm cards from his campaign. RSVP here.

Weekly Vigil for Democracy at Brooklyn’s ICE Jail: Tuesday, October 27 at 6pm in Sunset Park. Join INBK and our fellow organizers at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge for our weekly vigil outside the Metropolitan Detention Center (Third Ave. & 29th St.), where 200 of our abducted neighbors have been imprisoned, including New Yorker Oscar Belgal, who was shot by ICE earlier this month while his five-year-old son sat in the back seat. Let’s stand firm against ICE’s inhumane treatment and call for the release of all ICE detainees. Sing songs of resistance and bring a sign and a LED candle, if you have one, to bear witness in solidarity. Learn about opportunities to support families of detained people during visitation hours. RSVP here to stay updated. See our full vigil list and make a plan to bring folks with you to one of these events.

Carry a Torch in the Park Slope Halloween Parade: Saturday, October 31 at 6pm in Park Slope. By Halloween night, New Yorkers will have only two more days to vote in this election – Sunday 11/1 and Tuesday 11/3. But we’re not spooked – we’re getting out the vote! Join our flock of Lady Liberties and march with us in the Park Slope Halloween Parade, where we will encourage our neighbors to vote and to rally at the March for Democracy on November 7. All you need is to show up in a good pair of walking shoes. We’ll provide the crowns, costumes, signs, and banner. RSVP here.

Cheer for Democracy at the NYC Marathon: Sunday, November 1, 9am–noon in Bay Ridge. Come to Bay Ridge to cheer for the NYC Marathon runners – and democracy! We’ll have bright, beautiful signs reminding runners and spectators alike to vote, and showing the world that New York City runs on people power. No kings here! Hold a sign while you cheer, and hand out voter information to local spectators. You’ll have time after this action to have lunch and then go knock doors for Chris McCreight and Mike DeCillis. RSVP for marathon cheering here.

***Save the Date*** Indivisible Brooklyn Monthly General Meeting: Wednesday, November 4 at 7pm. Join us in person to celebrate the work we did through Election Day and get ready to protect the results. As always, we'll connect and be in community together as we struggle for a safer present and a path to a progressive democratic future. RSVP here.

March for Our Democracy: Saturday, November 7 at 12pm in Times Square. On Saturday, November 7, New Yorkers citywide are gathering for a mass march to celebrate our democracy – and to fight to defend it. No matter what post-election scenario we'll face, we need to be ready to make sure every vote is counted, because every vote counts. We stand ready to rise up, take to the streets, and say it loud: We stand up for democracy. Join us. RSVP here.

More Ways to Resist this week

Help flip key districts in nearby NY, NJ, and PA. Join canvasses and phone banks, including in Spanish, to elect Mike DeCillis (NY-11), Cait Conley (NY-17), Rebecca Bennett (NJ-7), Bob Brooks (PA-7), and Paige Cognetti (PA-8) and flip these seats.

Sign up for Election Defense training with Hands Off NYC. Learn skills to take nonviolent action, talk to your neighbors, and more as we prepare for what’s ahead in the days leading up to the midterms and beyond. Sign up here.

Join Indivisible’s Hands Off Our Vote team. Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible’s national program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot, every ballot is counted, and the results are honored. Even if the elections are secure where you live, you can help protect at-risk voters in targeted areas during rapid-response moments, help cure ballots, and be a trusted messenger against the flood of disinformation. Sign up here.

Demand justice for Oscar Belgal. Earlier this month, as families in the Marble Hill neighborhood were picking their children up from school, ICE officers stopped Oscar Belgal and fired multiple rounds into his car, hitting him in the neck. Belgal’s five-year-old son witnessed everything from the back seat. This horrific shooting is the inevitable consequence of the Trump regime’s unhinged and lawless campaign to terrorize, dehumanize, and deport our immigrant neighbors and rip apart our communities. We need to elect a Congress that will abolish ICE. At the same time, New York officials must act – NOW – to bring justice for Oscar Belgal and to protect our communities. Use this one-click tool from NYCLU to send an email to state and local leaders demanding an independent investigation and action now to strengthen our sanctuary laws and respect for our constitutional rights.

Stand with the families of ICE detainees. ICE is out in full force to abduct our neighbors from city streets. You can learn about the families we are partnering with in South Brooklyn on standwithsouthbrooklyn.org, which includes GoFundMes. If you are able, giving even just $10 to each of the families at the top of the page would help our neighbors stay housed, cover living expenses, and support their detained loved ones. If you prefer to give to an organization, we recommend MiTlalli or our South Brooklyn Legal Support Fund, used for commissary and legal support. To support individuals detained in Metropolitan Detention Center and their families, donate to MDC Brooklyn Community Support here.

In solidarity,
The INBK crew

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