**👻 The call is coming from inside the house. 👻**
The most chilling thing this October? Not knowing what’s on your ballot!
Join us Saturday, October 17 for a family-friendly day focused on making voting information accessible, building community, and helping people feel prepared for the polls.
Activities throughout the day:
🗳️ Election Protection – Info on protecting your rights and help with voting issues
🚗 Make Your Vote Plan and sign up for a ride to the polls
👋 Sign up to work the polls for the county
💆 Spooky, election-themed palm readings and a raffle to support the work behind the event
☕ Food and beverage station with info on the ongoing boycott of Starbucks that Hands Off Central TX has endorsed
📜 The Giant Constitution and other interactive civic activities
🎧 DJ keeping the day moving
⚰️ The Democracy Graveyard, an art exhibit that symbolizes voting faux paux that we’re leaving behind
📸 Spooky photo booth
💀 Día de los Muertos ofrenda honoring voting heroes that have passed
👑 Drag Queen Story Hours — drag performers read books about Halloween and voting
📱Relational Organizing Training — learn to connect with friends, family, and networks to get them to the polls
🩹 Information and resources on Harm Reduction at the Polls
🎤 Singing greeters welcoming you as you arrive
This is a nonpartisan event. There will be no candidate endorsements or campaign activities. The focus is on community, voter education, and making sure people have access to the information and resources they need for the upcoming election.
Bring your friends, family, and neighbors. Come for the activities, stay for the community, and get connected with people working to make civic participation more accessible for everyone.
All ages are welcome and costumes are encouraged!
Please note:
– no masks
– no weapons
– keep it non-partisan
RSVP for updates, and follow **@HandsOffCentralTX** on Instagram to be first to know extra spooky details.
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**We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.**
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to reject the idea that power belongs to kings, billionaires, or politicians who believe they are above the people and the law.
Now, we are taking the next step, turning people power into voter power. Unlike previous No Kings actions, No Kings: Vote Early, is not purely a protest. Instead, on October 17th, it’s a day of nonpartisan voter participation: we are bringing **our community** together to make a plan to vote early and ensuring every eligible voter understands their options for how to vote and has the opportunity to make their voice heard.
Because no one person gets to decide our leaders before voters do. On October 17th, join us in local events across the country as we get out the early vote and say it loud: no thrones, no crowns, no kings.
*No Kings: Vote Early events are nonpartisan and are designed to increase participation from all eligible voters.*
*A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.*