Join our election work today by becoming a County Lead in your community
Our County Leads Program is designed to strengthen trust in elections by having veterans and military community members be trained on the processes that keep our elections free and fair.
American elections are decentralized and administered primarily through state and local institutions. Most elections, including the problems that inevitably arise during them, are managed through established legal and administrative processes.
Nonetheless, election periods can also produce unusual or serious developments that require rapid assessment. That is where County Leads come in. It is not about political parties. It is about the recognition that free and fair elections ensure that everyone’s voice matters.
We need YOU to become a trusted leader in your community.
Becoming a County Lead
Our County Leads will be trained to understand the ins and outs of their state and local election processes, so if an event arises they can support their communities by sharing what’s happening in that moment.
Once you sign up our team will reach out to you and get you the training resources you need to become part of a network of trusted messengers in your community. Our program will allow you to answer the following concerns:
What is actually happening?
What information is verified, and what remains uncertain?
Is the development routine, localized, or potentially serious?
Who possesses the expertise or lawful authority to address it?
What, if anything, should organizations do in response?
County Leads are trained, nonpartisan civic liaisons who:
Maintain local situational awareness
Direct people toward verified election information and appropriate resources
Receive and document relevant reports
Escalate significant developments through a designated response system.
County Leads may also, when specifically authorized, support organizational communications and other limited civic-response activities.
County Leads do not:
Independently investigate alleged election misconduct
Interpret election law for voters
Interfere with election administration
Challenge voter eligibility
Direct election officials, perform security functions
Represent themselves as government officials
Veteran status does not confer special authority in the election process. Rather, the program draws upon existing national networks of veterans and partner organizations’ civic missions to establish a geographically dispersed group of volunteers committed to disciplined, peaceful, nonpartisan engagement.