{"id":49521,"date":"2026-08-03T13:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49521"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:15:05","slug":"three-ways-to-defend-free-and-democratic-elections-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/03\/three-ways-to-defend-free-and-democratic-elections-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Three ways to defend free and democratic elections right now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"70\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-5.png 700w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-5-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-5-150x15.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-5-250x25.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/act.indivisible.org\/go\/928393?t=7&amp;akid=126576%2E3029%2EI5Z57d\">Chip in to help us recruit for Hands Off Our Vote across all 50 states and continue building out election protection resources and infrastructure.<\/a>&nbsp;Building a nationwide program with the capacity to respond to attacks on voting rights in&nbsp;<em>every<\/em>&nbsp;community across the US takes significant funds. Your support will help us counter Trump and his Big Lie cronies with true grassroots power and preparation,&nbsp;<em>not<\/em>&nbsp;panic.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/act.indivisible.org\/go\/928399?t=8&amp;akid=126576%2E3029%2EI5Z57d\">Join the Hands Off Our Vote program if you haven\u2019t already.<\/a>&nbsp;You\u2019ll get access to trainings, alerts about threats to voting, action items to prevent election sabotage, and info on rapid response mobilizations if nonviolent mass responses are needed.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/act.indivisible.org\/go\/928400?t=9&amp;akid=126576%2E3029%2EI5Z57d\"><strong>Sign up for the first two Hands Off Our Vote trainings: Election Protection 101 on August 19, and Election Protection 201 on August 26<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(8pm ET\/5pm PT). In this two-part virtual training series, we\u2019ll explore how to get out the vote, become a trusted messenger, prepare for election defense scenarios, and get in formation for fall activations. (The two sessions will build on each other, but it\u2019s okay if you can only attend one.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2259],"tags":[1901],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49523,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49521\/revisions\/49523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}