Parish Election Challenge: Building Community with Election Engagement / El Desafío electoral en las parroquias: Cómo construir comunidad a partir del compromiso electoral
Parish Election Challenge: Building Community with Election Engagement
The Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the United Methodist Church are together calling on our member parishes, congregations, and worship communities to take part in the 2024 Parish Election Challenge to help facilitate voter participation in this year’s U.S. national election.
Participate in the Parish Election Year Challenge taking non-partisan action through your faith community to encourage voter engagement as Tuesday, November 5, 2024, approaches.
Please share on social media to let others know you are involved!
The acts of casting one’s vote and ensuring others can vote is an expression of the Gospel call to love our neighbors. Christians have the opportunity to be involved in the public square through healthy, faith-informed civic engagement. In an environment with increasing disinformation and misinformation, our church communities can serve as trusted voices about the election. All our actions as parishes and congregations to encourage voter engagement will be non-partisan.
What election engagement action will your parish, congregation, or worshiping community pledge to undertake?
CONNECT WITH LOCAL ELECTION OFFICES – Ask how your faith community can be helpful.
SHARE ACCURATE, LOCAL INFORMATION – Use tools like newsletters, social media, and bulletin boards to identify polling sites, mail-in/early ballot rules, identification policies and more. Keep this specific to your election context, and share both within your parish/congregation and with outreach ministries.
BE PART OF THE ELECTION PROCESS – Encourage members to serve as poll workers and in other roles. Volunteer with organizations doing voter protection such as 866-OUR-VOTE.
EXPRESS GRATITUDE – Thank election workers of all kinds, from volunteers to elected officials, throughout the election process.
ENCOURAGE PEACEFUL ENGAGEMENT – In case of unrest during the election or transition period, religious communities have the opportunity to calm tensions and urge all people to engage in our civic life in peaceful ways. Reach out to ecumenical and interfaith leaders to work together to be a positive voice!
Our actions will make a difference!
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