STEP 1: Assign a point person to lead the local’s voter registration program
- Communicate program plan to your local political coordinator (PC), if assigned point person is not the PC
STEP 2: Evaluate the registration status of your members
- Request access to the Labor Action Network (LAN) for your political coordinator
- Obtain a list of unregistered voters in your Local from the LAN, or request from the Political/Legislative Department (polleg@iatse.net)
STEP 3: Learn and comply with the voter registration rules in your state
- Visit vote.gov and follow the link to your state
- Look up online voter registration rules in your state
STEP 4: Review and share your state’s registration deadlines and election dates
- Visit the IATSE Voter Toolkit to confirm voter registration and absentee ballot deadlines, election and early voting dates, voter ID requirements, polling locations, and more
STEP 5: Register your members
- Print voter registration forms and learn the required fields
- Set up a registration table at local meetings and events
- Share voter registration resources on your website, in your newsletter, and on social media
- Recruit volunteers from your local to assist in reaching out to potentially unregistered members with a phone bank or peer-to-peer text bank (reference the How to Establish a Local Union Phone/Text Banking Program for suggestions and sample scripts)
STEP 6: Share success and build momentum
- Share photos on social media and email to polleg@iatse.net
- Use #IATSEvotes and tag @IATSE in social media posts
