“We must work to ensure the integrity of the upcoming midterm elections against attempts to disenfranchise and intimidate voters or raise spurious challenges to electoral results. As in the past, we will serve as a clearinghouse for lawyers and the public to roll up their sleeves and get involved in the critical work of election protection, both here in New York and across the country.”

— Matthew Diller, President, New York City Bar Association

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Watch this program on “Ensuring Fair Elections and Voter Participation: What Lawyers Can Do,” recorded on 9/22/26, with Jerry Goldfeder, Director, Voting Rights and Democracy Project, Fordham Law School; Chair, ABA Committee on Election Law; Tamar Hagler, Legal Program Director, The Center for Election Innovation & Research; Sean Morales-Doyle, Senior Director, Brennan Center Voting and Elections Program; and Jeffrey M. Wice, Director, New York Elections, Census and Redistricting Institute, New York Law School; Chair, New York City Bar Committee on Election Law.

Voting Info: Check Voter Registration, Register to Vote, Find Polling Place, Request Absentee Ballot

Vote.org is the largest nonpartisan nonprofit in the United States dedicated to ensuring that every eligible American has the information and access needed to cast a ballot.

866ourvote has “everything you need to know about voting in your state.”

Ballotpedia has information on all elections taking place across America in 2026.

The Fair Elections Center’s Voting and Policy Resources has a wide assortment of voting-related info on topics like voting by mail, documentary proof of citizenship, voter registration drive guides, campus voting resources, and more.

Watch a short video by the City Bar’s Civic Education Committee on voting in New York City.

The Brennan Center has advice on how to “Vote Safely in 2026: Know What to Do If ICE or Federal Agents Come to the Polls”

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Protecting the Vote

We The Action is launching the Democracy Legal Defense Network (DLDN) to connect attorneys with high-impact pro bono opportunities to safeguard voting rights and election integrity before, during, and after the election. Lawyers of all ages, experience levels, backgrounds, locations, and expertise can volunteer with the Democracy Legal Defense Network. Sign up to receive updates on election protection volunteer opportunities as the midterms draw closer. Find out more in We The Action’s 2026 Guide to Voter Protection Opportunities for Lawyers.

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law runs the Election Protection 866-Our-Vote helpline, and lawyers can volunteer for it here.

The Brennan Center invites law firms to partner with them on pro bono litigation, research, and public advocacy projects.

Hands Off Our Vote/NY Election Protection is a nonpartisan voter protection program that seeks to ensure every eligible voter who wants to vote can do so, and every vote is counted accurately. This program is not affiliated with any party, candidate, or issue campaign.

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Pro Bono Lawyers For Election Officials and Admins

The nonpartisan Election Official Legal Defense Network (EOLDN) connects pro bono attorneys with election officials and poll workers across the country who are enduring threats, harassment, intimidation, defamation, and, in some cases, exposure to criminal penalties, for simply doing their jobs of administering fair elections. EOLDN often does not need attorneys with election law experience, although that experience can be helpful. Rather, it needs expertise in litigation, employee-side employment, First Amendment/defamation, criminal defense, and other areas of law. Attorneys who can give general guidance on legal options are also needed.

Individual attorneys can sign up with EOLDN here.

Law firms can sign up with EOLDN here.

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Volunteer to Be a Poll Worker

Poll workers are essential to ensuring a fair election, but many areas lack an adequate number of poll workers. To get more information about serving as a poll worker in your area, and how to sign up, please consult these websites:

Poll Worker, Esq.

National Association of Secretaries of State

United States Election Assistance Commission

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Advocate for Free, Fair and Safe Elections

The National Task Force on Election Crises is a “cross-partisan” group of experts in election law, election administration and related areas whose mission is to prevent and mitigate a range of election crises by calling for critical preventative reforms to our election systems. You can sign up to become a “Task Force Advocate” to share their findings and recommendations here.

Veterans for All Voters offers “a platform for all veteran and/or veteran-affiliated individuals to get involved, regardless of their political leanings, to pursue a more perfect union by increasing voter choice, voter power, and voter enfranchisement.”