08/03/26 Missouri Mondays - TIME TO VOTE and make your voice heard! Final days to help DEFEAT Amendments 4 & 5! Volunteer with Election Protection! Get tickets NOW for Aug 8 Truman Gala!
- Aug 3
- 7 min read
Welcome to Missouri Mondays!
“Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.” “Make sure your voice is heard and your vote is counted." - Congressman John Lewis
🗳️TIME TO VOTE AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! Make a plan! Mon Aug 3 is the final day to vote early in person or vote on Election Day Aug 4. Check with your local election authority for poll locations and hours information, sample ballots, and more. Share information with family, friends and EVERYONE!
🚨FINAL TWO DAYS TO GET OUT THE VOTE NO ON AMENDMENTS 4 & 5! You still have time to help defeat Amendments 4 & 5! Multiple canvassing opportunities available with Show Up Missouri Mon Aug 3 and Election Day Aug 4. Dates and time details below for KC locations. Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/mogotv/event/984981/
✔️WORK A POLL FOR YOUR FAVORITE KC AREA CANDIDATES - Volunteer to work a poll and help elect KC area state legislature candidates. Call Tyler 816-812-0411 for more information or contact your local county party or local clubs for candidate volunteer information.
✔️ PROTECT MO VOTING RIGHTS AND FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS! Join Missouri Voter Protection Coalition every Monday on Zoom. Sign up here: https://movpc.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=90d5fdc569e873a58aff5887a&id=cf802f0c87
‼️ELECTION PROTECTION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Every eligible voter deserves to have their vote counted. Sign up to be a non-partisan Election Protection poll monitor NOW for the early voting period and on Election Day Aug 4: https://protectthevote.net/
📣 SPREAD THE WORD! Share this email with 5 friends and the link to sign up for our weekly Missouri Mondays e-newsletter: https://www.moactionalliance.com/signup.
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📅 TIME TO VOTE! DATES/DEADLINES FOR AUG 4 ELECTION
JUN 23 - Absentee voting begins - (In-person, with an excuse)
JUL 8 - LAST DAY to register or update your registration to vote in Aug 4 Election
JUL 21 - No-Excuse absentee voting (In-person) BEGINS
JUL 22 - Absentee ballot request deadline - last day to request a mail-in absentee ballot
AUG 3 - LAST DAY for No-Excuse absentee voting (In-person)
AUG 4 - Election Day - LAST DAY TO VOTE - Polls open 6 AM - 7 PM - Bring valid photo ID
📌 MISSOURI VOTER RESOURCES AND REMINDERS
✔️ Check your voter registration! (MO Secretary of State website): https://voteroutreach.sos.mo.gov/portal/
‼️ DO YOU HAVE YOUR VOTER ID? Approved forms of ID are listed below (your address does not need to match the address on the ID):
A non-expired* Missouri driver or non-driver license;
A non-expired military ID, including a veteran's ID card;
A non-expired United States passport; or
Another photo ID issued by the United States or the state of Missouri, which is either not expired *or expired after November 5, 2024, the date of the last federal election - every 2 years in November
Voter ID cards issued by your county clerk, driver licenses from other states, and student IDs are no longer accepted as valid IDs to vote.
✔️ Identify your local election authority (i.e. Board of Election) for polling locations, sample ballot & more: https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/localelectionauthority
✔️ Additional voting resources - League of Women Voters KC Jackson Clay
Platte Counties. Select “Voting & Elections” tab: https://lwvkc.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=477430&module_id=408128
✔️Voting related Questions? Problems? Intimidation? Election Protection - Hotline 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683)
📣 CALLS TO ACTION / UPCOMING EVENTS
MONDAY AUG 3 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE)
📌 MISSOURI VOTER PROTECTION COALITION (MOVPC) MEETING
🗓️ Monday, Aug 3
⏰10AM Online (Zoom)
✔️Register here: https://movpc.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=90d5fdc569e873a58aff5887a&id=cf802f0c87
✔️Read MOVPC Aug 2 Action Alert here: https://mailchi.mp/movpc/movpc-call-today-10am-9fflk96zg3-17472550?e=16a5ca0c23
📣 TIME TO VOTE! Please join our next MOVPC weekly statewide voting rights call where we'll cover everything you need to know for the August 4 elections and how to make sure your vote counts!
Join MOVPC and voter protection advocates from all across the state! We will discuss the upcoming Aug election and what you can do to help protect voting rights and ensure free and fair elections. MOVPC urgently needs Election Protection volunteers! Sign up to be an Election Protection poll monitor for the Aug election here: https://protectthevote.net/
NOW - STATEWIDE
‼️ ELECTION PROTECTION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NOW!
📌 POLL MONITORS
🗓️ AUG 3 EARLY VOTING - AUG 4, 2026 ELECTION DAY
⏰ 3 HR SHIFTS ON ELECTION DAY!
📍You'll select poll location and time slot after you sign up; Early voting days, times and locations vary by county
✔️SIGN UP: PROTECTTHEVOTE.NET
Missouri Voter Protection Coalition (MOVPC) is expanding our nonpartisan Election Protection Program to provide direct support through the Early Voting Period to ensure that all Missourians will be able to make their voices heard!
💻 Watch this short video “How to sign up for Election Protection” to learn how to sign up for your Election Protection shift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdU_G6rDTk8
✔️ Read MOVPC Election Protection “The Difference One Poll Monitor Can
Every eligible voter deserves to have their vote counted. That is the cornerstone of our democracy. And we all suffer when eligible, registered voters are turned away from the polls, unable to find their polling place, or otherwise blocked from exercising their rights.
MON AUG 3 - KANSAS CITY
📌 SHOW UP MISSOURI - KC FINAL PUSH GOTV CANVASS - VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 4 & 5
📅 Mon Aug 3
⏰10AM-2PM, 12PM-4PM, 2PM-6PM
✔️Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/mogotv/event/984981/
FINAL PUSH! Join other volunteers as we work through the final push to defeat Amendments 4 and 5. Training and materials will be provided before you go out on the doors.
MON AUG 3 - KANSAS CITY
📌JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE MEETING
📅 Mondays
⏰ 3PM
📍Jackson County Courthouse, 415 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, MO, 2ndFL
💻 Watch online here: https://jacksoncountymo.new.swagit.com/events/48191?Mode2=Video
🗓️Calendar / Meetings & Agendas here: https://jacksonco.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
TUES AUG 3 - KANSAS CITY
📌 SHOW UP MISSOURI - KC ELECTION DAY GOTV CANVASS - VOTE NO
ON AMENDMENT 4 & 5
📅 Tues Aug 4
⏰9AM-1PM, 10AM-2PM, 12PM-4PM, 3PM-7PM
✔️Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/mogotv/event/984981/
FINAL PUSH! Join other volunteers as we work through the final push to defeat Amendments 4 and 5. Training and materials will be provided before you go out on the doors.
WED AUG 5 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE)
📌 PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS UPDATE: WHAT’S NEXT?
📅 Wed Aug 5
⏰ 6PM
💻 Zoom
📩 Questions? Contact Jamie Johnson: jamie@peoplenotpoliticiansmo.org
The fight for fair maps is not over! Missourians delivered 305,968 signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State to put politicians’ gerrymandered map on the ballot in 2026. Local election authorities have completed their review, and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has all the information he needs to certify the People Not Politicians referendum for the November ballot. Now that Hoskin’s August 4 certification deadline is here, join PNP to find out what’s next in the fight for fair maps!
EVENT DATE TBD - JEFFERSON CITY
📌 PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS Pledge to Attend: Let Us Vote! Final Rally
outside the MO Supreme Court
📅 TBD
✔️Sign up here: https://mobilize.us/s/ER5R2d
Soon the Supreme Court of Missouri will hear arguments in the final legal challenge to grant our constitutional right to a referendum on the politicians’ gerrymandered map. As soon as we know the court date, we’re coming together to show just how much this moment matters. Sign up here to be notified! Let’s show up in a way that reflects both the seriousness of this moment and the strength of our collective voice.
Missourians did what the law requires. We organized, gathered signatures, and exercised our constitutional right to a referendum by turning in 305,000+ signatures in December 2025. Sign up to join us and you’ll be notified as soon as we have a date.
SAT AUG 8 - LEE’S SUMMIT, INDEPENDENCE
📌JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS - CANVASS FOR STATE LEGISLATURE CANDIDATES
📅 Sat Aug 8
⏰ 10AM - 2PM
📍Jackson County Democrats LS Campaign Office, 1639 NE Douglas St.
Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
📍United Eastern Democrats Office, 308 W Maple Ave., Independence, MO
📞Call Tyler 816-812-0411 for more information
Join us for door to door canvassing for Democrats running for state legislature. YOUR HELP IS CRITICAL for PROTECTING our Blue seats in Eastern Jackson County and ELECTING more Democrats to end the Republican supermajority in the Missouri legislature!
HURRY GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!
SAT AUG 8 - INDEPENDENCE
📌 39TH ANNUAL TRUMAN GALA - Hosted by JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS
📅 Sat Aug 8
⏰ 7PM-10PM
📍Hilton Garden Inn Independence,19677 E Jackson Dr., Independence MO 64057
It’s time to celebrate at our biggest event of the year! Join Jackson County Democrats as we unite together before the November elections and prepare for the fight ahead! Guest Speaker: Artie Blanco, National Campaign Director AFL-CIO & DNC Vice Chair. Honorees include: Truman Woman of the Year - Melissa Douglas; Truman Man of the Year - Kenneth Bachus; Ronnie Depasco Public Service Award - Keri Ingle; Sybil Daniels Young Democrat Award - Tristin Amezcua-Hogan; Sen. Harry Wiggins Award for Best Democratic Organization - Lee's Summit Democrats; 5th District Women "Dutch Newman" Award - Andrea Bough; Special Message from Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver. VIP reception - 5 PM, Social Hour - 6 PM, Dinner & Program - 7 PM. See you there!
AUGUST ACTIONS - JEFFERSON CITY & STATEWIDE
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