Voting is one way to shape an election, and it is a powerful one, but it is not the only way, and plenty of people who cannot cast a ballot still carry an election on their backs. So this page offers five pledges, and only the first is a pledge to vote, because a neighbor who drives an elder to a vote center, or a parent who is not yet a citizen but raises children who will vote, belongs in this work just as fully as anyone marking a ballot.
Each pledge takes a moment, and we ask only for a ZIP code so that the count can be scoped to your part of the map, and when you finish you will see how many neighbors near you have made the same promise. You can take a pledge whether or not you have an account, and signing in simply ties your pledges to your member profile.
I will make a plan and cast my ballot in the June 2, 2026 California primary, because down-ballot races for sheriff, city council, and school board decide what my street and my children's school feel like, and they are decided by whoever shows up.
I will bring at least one friend or family member with me, because a vote rarely travels alone, and the simple act of asking someone to come along, and going together, turns one ballot into two.
I will sit with a neighbor and help them build a real plan to vote, deciding how and when and where, because a plan written down is far more likely to become a ballot cast, and not everyone has someone to walk them through it.
I will read past the headline race and learn what every office and every measure on my ballot actually does, because the quiet contests at the bottom of the page shape rent, schools, and policing, and an informed vote on those is worth far more than a guess.
I will stay in this work after June 2, watching what the people we elect actually do and showing up between elections, because real community power is built in the long stretch after the ballots are counted, and not on a single day.
A pledge here is a promise to your community, not a contract, and we hold it gently. Carry yours into your week, and when you are ready for the next step, your voting plan turns a promise into five concrete actions.