Use a Simple Calendar for Election Month

Week 1: Why Civic Engagement

This week is about opening the door, not overwhelming anyone.

• Share a kickoff video or message from your ERG lead

• Explain nonpartisan guardrails (no candidates, no issues, no persuasion)

• Encourage employees to check their registration status

• Introduce norms for civil, respectful dialogue

Week 2: Registration & Ballot Understanding

This week is all about helping people feel prepared. Keep it simple, clear, and nonpartisan.

• Share official voting time off policy so everyone knows their options

• Teach employees how to register to vote in their state (or confirm they’re already registered)

• Host a Lunch & Learn where you walk through a sample ballot together

• Post key registration and voting deadlines in Slack/Teams so no one misses important dates.

Week 3: Local Matters

This week centers around relevance and showing how local decisions shape daily life.

• Share tools for finding polling locations and early voting sites

• Highlight important local deadlines, which vary by state

• Launch your Civic Bingo Challenge to make participation fun

• Share prompt cards that help employees explore issues with curiosity

• Remind employees partcipation in civics at work is optional

• Invite executive to discuss how recent policies impact your organization or industry, if relevant

Week 4: Make It Count

Now it’s all about making participation accessible, fun, and team-driven.

• Encourage employees to make a plan to vote (early or on Election Day)

• Post a final round of Election Day logistics: hours, ID requirements, where to go at major US office locations; show remote workers how to find their info

• Organize a group early-voting outing like Turnout for Tacos or a Coffee Walk

• Spotlight nonpartisan stories from other ERG members (“Why I vote,” “What voting means to me”)

• Share one more grounding reminder that it’s okay to feel stressed, and okay to opt out