22 Days until Nov 3! Are you vote ready? | Candidate and ballot measure townhalls | ❌👑No Kings: Vote Early KC Oct 17 | Be informed! Take action! It’s up to us to save democracy!
Welcome to Missouri Mondays!
“Voting is not the whole of democracy but democracy can not be whole without the vote.” Rev. Traci Blackmon, Interfaith Alliance “The Vote is Sacred” Bus Tour 2026 in at St. James Church in Kansas City
🗳️ ARE YOU READY TO VOTE?? Just 22 days until Nov 3 so make sure you are ready. Attend this week’s candidate forums and ballot measure townhalls. See important dates and voter resources below and share with friends and family too.
❌👑 NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY KANSAS CITY SAT OCT 17 - MILL CREEK PARK - Join NO Kings Rally at Mill Creek Park with action-specific Get Out The Vote (GOTV) activities to take place elsewhere or nearby. Door knocking! Phone bank prep! Postcards! Business area canvassing! Pedestrian area literature! And more!
💥 TURN FRUSTRATION INTO ACTION FOR THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE! Help elect pro-democracy candidates and volunteer for ballot measure campaigns. Opportunities everywhere! See details below.
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📣 CALLS TO ACTION / UPCOMING EVENTS
MON OCT 12 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE)
👥 MISSOURI VOTER PROTECTION COALITION (MOVPC) MEETING
📅 Mondays
⏰10AM Online (Zoom)
✔️Sign up here: https://movpc.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=90d5fdc569e873a58aff5887a&id=cf802f0c87
📣Oct 7 MOVPC e-newsletter packed with MO voter information and resources: https://mailchi.mp/movpc/missouri-voter-registration-deadline-today-5pm?e=846087103b
💲Help sustain our Election Protection efforts! Funding is critical for sustaining the outstanding Election Protection work of coordinators like Pat Jones Macklin and Anita Russell in Kansas City for another 20 years! Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/missouri-voter-protection-coalition-1
MON OCT 12 - INDEPENDENCE
👥JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE MEETING
📅 Mon Oct 12
⏰ 3PM
📍Eastern Jackson County Courthouse, 308 W. Kansas, Independence, Missouri, Ground Floor, Legislative Chambers
💻 Watch Oct 12 meeting online here: https://jacksoncountymo.new.swagit.com/events/49684?Mode2=Video
🗓️Calendar / Meetings & Agendas here: https://jacksonco.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
IMPORTANT VOTER INFORMATION - KC / JACKSON COUNTY / STATEWIDE
▶Sept 22 Absentee Voting Begins - In-person absentee voting with an excuse opens at the KCEB office
▶Oct 7 - Voter Registration Deadline - Last day to register to vote and be eligible to vote on Election Day
▶Oct 20 - No-Excuse Absentee Begins - Vote absentee in person, no excuse needed. At select satellite poll locations
▶Oct 21 - Absentee Ballot Request Deadline - Last day to request a mail-in absentee ballot for the election
▶Nov 3 Election Day - Polls will be open 6 AM - 7 PM. Bring valid Photo ID
✅ Voting information - all Missouri voters: https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri
✅ Voting information - Kansas City: https://kceb.org/
✅ Voting information - Jackson County (outside Kansas City):https://jcebmo.org/
📞 Questions or problems voting? Call or text ELECTION PROTECTION 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
MON OCT 12 - KANSAS CITY
☑️ MISSOURI BALLOT ISSUES FOR NOV 3 - What You Need to Know w/ League of Women Voters KC, Jackson, Platte & Clay Counties
📍Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., KCMO
⏰ Doors open 5:30PM | Presentation begins 6PM
Register here: https://kclibrary.org/node/49508/register
MON OCT 12 - KANSAS CITY
👥 FUNDRAISER IN SUPPORT OF KEMP STRICKLER STATE REP. HOSTED BY SEN. PATTY LEWIS, STATE REPS. PATTIE MANSUR & EMILY WEBER
📅 Mon Oct 12
⏰ 5:30PM - 7PM
📍 Charlie Hooper’s Brookside Bar & Grille, 12 W 63rd St., Kansas City, MO 64113
🚩 Join us for an evening with friends and supporters as we work toward victory on November 3! Can't attend? You can still make a difference! Every contribution helps Kemp reach voters and get his message out during these final weeks. Thank you for standing with Kemp! Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kempstrickler?refcode=100926
TUES THRU SAT - LEE’S SUMMIT / EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY
👣 JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS - CANVASS FOR STATE LEGISLATURE CANDIDATES
📅⏰ Tues, Wed, Thurs, 10AM - 6PM
📅⏰ Fri, Sat 10AM - 2PM
📍Jackson County Democrats LS Campaign Office, 1639 NE Douglas St., Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
📞Call Tyler 816-812-0411 for more information
🙋Volunteer to knock doors in Eastern Jackson County and help us elect Democrats running for state legislature. Candidate and ballot issue yard signs are also available for pickup.
TUES OCT 13 - VIRTUAL (ONLINE)
📞 RESPECT MO VOTERS YES ON 6! PHONE BANKING
📅 Tuesdays - Now to Nov 3
💻 Virtual (Online)
⏰ 12PM-1:30
✔️Details & Sign up: https://www.mobilize.us/respect mo voters campaign/event/1022011/
🚩Join Respect MO Voters as we phonebank and connect with voters across the state about the importance of voting Yes on Amendment 6 this November.
WED OCT 14 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE)
👥 PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS MO COALITION PARTNER UPDATES
📅 Wed
⏰ 10AM
💻 Zoom
✔️Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/MiMB-XDlRyC0oL4LtCxlGA
❓Questions? Email Jamie Johnson: jamie@peoplenotpoliticiansmo.org
🚩We’re supposed to choose our representatives, but Proposition A takes away Missouri voters’ power and lets politicians choose their voters to guarantee their own re-elections. Vote NO on Proposition A in November to stop DC politicians from rigging elections to benefit themselves at our expense!
🚩Join our coalition call for latest news and legal updates and find out what’s next on the road to November and DEFEATING Proposition A, the politicians power grab map! Sign up here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/MiMB-XDlRyC0oL4LtCxlGA#/registration
WED OCT 14 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE)
👣 PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS MO Kansas City - Knock Doors to Talk to Voters about Voting NO on Prop A
📅 Wed
⏰ 4PM-8PM
🖊️Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/pnpmo/event/1026469/
🚩Join People Not Politicians Missouri for a canvassing shift to help educate Missouri voters about the referendum process and ensure community members have the information they need.
WED OCT 14 - KANSAS CITY
👣 RESPECT MO VOTERS YES ON 6! CANVASS
📅 Wed - Sept-Nov
⏰ 4pm-7pm
📍800 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108
✔️Details & Sign up for location near you: https://www.mobilize.us/respect mo voters campaign
✔️KC area volunteers sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/respect mo voters campaign/event/1033006/
WED OCT 14 - KANSAS CITY
👥 OCTOBER TOWN HALL - REVIEW OF NOV 3 BALLOT MEASURES W/ STATE REP. PATTIE MANSUR & STATE SEN. PATTY LEWIS
📅 Wed Oct 14
⏰ 5:30PM - 7:00PM
📍 HJ’S COMMUNITY CENTER, 6425 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64113
☑️ Join Rep. Pattie Mansur and Sen. Patty Lewis for a Town Hall focused on the amendments and proposition on the Nov 3 ballot. We look forward to providing information and answering your questions. Please share this invitation with your family, friends, and neighbors so they can join us and stay informed ahead of Election Day.
WED OCT 14 - STATEWIDE (ONLINE)
📞 NO ON 3 - STOP THE BAN VIRTUAL WEEKLY PHONEBANK
📅 Mon and Wed - Sept-Nov 3
⏰ 6:30PM - 8PM
📍 Virtual join from anywhere!
✔️ Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/stoptheban/event/970049/?timeslot=6065500
🚩Join NO on 3 to Stop the Ban! for our Weekly Phonebank every Monday and Wednesday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm CT via Zoom! Once you receive our training, you can phonebank at your own pace.
THURS OCT 15 - VIRTUAL (ONLINE)
📞 PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS MO - VOTE NO ON PROP A PHONE BANK
📅 Thursdays - Sept-Nov
⏰ 5pm-7pm
💻 Virtual (Online)
✔️Sign up: https://www.mobilize.us/pnpmo/event/1030575/
🚩Join People Not Politicians Missouri for a phone banking shift to help educate Missouri voters about the referendum process and ensure community members have the information they need. No prior phone banking experience is required. Volunteers will receive training before making calls. You’ll phone bank with support from the team, talk with voters, and help share accurate information about the referendum.
THURS OCT 15 - KANSAS CITY
RESPECT MO VOTERS BINGO FOR THE PEOPLE FUNDRAISER
📅 Thurs Oct 15
⏰ Meet & Greet 5PM | Bingo 6PM - 8PM
📍KC Bier Co., 310 W 79th St, Kansas City, MO 64114
✔️Sign up here: https://secure.ngpvan.com/lXPvWDYZO0yLbacmSE7NXA2
🎉Join Respect MO Voters for a night of good food, good company, and bingo for a good cause. Casual meet and greet starts at 5PM. Connect, grab a bite, and spend some time together before the games begin. Then 6PM, we'll settle in for a traditional night of bingo, complete with a bingo caller, paper cards, and daubers provided by KC Bier Co.
SAT OCT 17 - KANSAS CITY
❌👑 NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY KANSAS CITY
📅 Sat Oct 17
⏰ 1PM - 4PM
📍Mill Creek Park, West 43rd St and Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111
✔️Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/1048175/
🚩What: Big Rally and GOTV (Get Out The Vote) action | When: 1pm Rally starts, 2pm | GOTV action starts Oct 17 | Where: Rally at Mill Creek Park (east side of the Plaza), with action-specific GOTV activities to take place elsewhere or nearby, as appropriate | Who: All of Kansas City is invited! This is the time to save our Democracy, so YOU are invited! | How: 👣 Door knocking! 📞Phone bank prep! ✍️ Postcards! 👣 Business area canvassing! 📄Pedestrian area literature! And more! This one will be different from past No Kings events. Please come ready to work! Bring your signs and other protest items too, but after the rally, we are going to get to work together to maximize the Early Vote. This will be a mass mobilization effort. If we all do our part, we will save our nation.
SAT OCT 17 - KANSAS CITY
❌👑 RESPECT MO VOTERS KC NO KINGS YES ON 6! CANVASS EVENT
📅 Sat Oct 17
⏰ 1PM - 4PM
📍Mill Creek Park, West 43rd St and Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111
✔️Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/respect mo voters campaign/event/1061849/
🚩On October 17th we will be taking our canvass launch to the No Kings rally in Mill Creek Park. The rally begins at 1pm and we will have a tent with free yard signs, t-shirts, buttons and bumper stickers. Canvass training will begin at 2pm at the Respect MO Voters tent and then we will head out to knock doors.
SAT OCT 17 - LEE’S SUMMIT / INDEPENDENCE / EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY
👣 JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS - CANVASS FOR STATE LEGISLATURE CANDIDATES
📅 Sat
⏰ 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
In these final weeks before November 3, take action to help elect pro-voter, pro-democracy candidates and replace every single politician trying to take away your voice with power grab maps and repeatedly overturning your votes!
SAT OCT 17 - KANSAS CITY
📌 PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS MO - VOTE NO ON PROP A CANVASSING KC
📅 Sat
⏰ 10pm-2pm
📍 Kansas City (Sign up for details)
✔️Sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/pnpmo/event/1022390/
Join People Not Politicians Missouri for a canvassing shift to help educate Missouri voters about the referendum process and ensure community members have the information they need. No prior canvassing experience is required. Volunteers will receive training, materials, and everything needed before heading out. You’ll canvass with support from the team, talk with voters, and help share accurate information about the referendum.
SUN OCT 18 - KANSAS CITY
👣 RESPECT MO VOTERS YES ON 6! KC Yes on 6! Canvass Event
📅 Sat Oct 18
📍800 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108
⏰ 1pm-4pm | 3pm-6pm
✔️KC area volunteers sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/respect mo voters campaign/event/1033006/
Join Respect MO Voters to knock doors and let our neighbors know why they should vote Yes on Amendment 6!. We will begin with a short training before pairing up to talk about voting Yes on Amendment 6.
☑️ VOLUNTEER FOR BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGNS!
▶YES on 6 and NO on Everything Else! Find info using the links and see details below.
▶VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT 6 - Respect MO Voters! Join this effort here: https://www.mobilize.us/respect mo voters campaign/
▶STOP THE BAN! NO ON AMENDMENT 3! Sign up here: https://abortionactionmissouri.org/events/
▶NO ON PROP A! Defeat power grab maps with People Not Politicians MO: https://www.mobilize.us/pnpmo/
💥 TAKE ACTION TO HELP ELECT PRO-DEMOCRACY CANDIDATES!
▶STATE CANDIDATES
• Quentin Wilson - Missouri State Auditor - https://quentin4mo.com/
▶JACKSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE
• Stacy Lake - Jackson County Executive Campaign Website - https://www.jacksoncountyexecutive.com/
▶JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS
• 📍Jackson County Democrats Lee’s Summit Campaign Office, 1639 NE Douglas St., Lee’s Summit 64086
• 📅 Tues, Wed, Thurs 10a-6p
• 📅 Fri - Sat 10a-2p
• ✔️Volunteer to knock doors in Eastern Jackson County and help us elect Democrats running for state legislature. Candidate and ballot issue yard signs are also available for pickup.
• ✔️If you would like to help us staff the Jackson County Democrats Lee’s Summit office, call or text Diana at 816.807.1184 to volunteer.
▶FEDERAL
• Emanuel Cleaver, II Campaign website - U.S. Congress MO 5th District - https://www.cleaver4congress.com/
• Jordan J Herrera Campaign website - U.S. Congress MO 4th District - https://jordanjherrera.com/
• Josh Smead Campaign website - U.S. Congress MO 6th District - https://votesmead.com/
• Fred Wellman Campaign website - U.S. Congress MO 2nd District - https://www.wellmanformo.com/
▶COUNTY (JACKSON / CLAY / PLATTE / CASS)
THANK YOU! for staying informed and taking action to make a difference!
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In solidarity,
Missouri Action Alliance
“Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto” - “Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.” –State of Missouri Motto
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