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The National Association for the Education of Young Children has released an Electoral Advocacy Toolkit that includes resources aimed at supporting and advancing nonpartisan advocacy efforts.

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The U.S. general election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5. On its website, NAEYC notes that early childhood educators play an important role in ensuring that child care and early learning are priorities for voters and candidates.

The association has released a toolkit that includes resources to support and advance nonpartisan electoral advocacy efforts. These include everything from signs to take to candidate town halls to ideas to help “get out the vote” in support of early childhood education and educators.

November Election

The toolkit notes that 33 U.S. Senate seats, 11 gubernatorial elections, thousands of state and local elections, and 435 U.S. House of Representatives seats will be on the ballot in November. As a result, more than 40 million children will be impacted by the election’s results.

On the toolkit’s web page, visitors can:

• Register to vote
• Discover what’s on the ballot
• Find information about voting in each state
• Check on voter registration status
• Pledge to vote

To view the Electoral Advocacy Toolkit, visit NAEYC’s America for Early Ed website.

Other Resources

America for Early Education Nonpartisan Electoral Advocacy has also provided some resources to assist with Get Out the Vote efforts. These include:

• Nonpartisan Electoral Advocacy for ECE Programs and Organizations: Do’s and Don’ts
• GOTV Activities for ECE Programs and Organizations
• Hosting a Candidate Forum on Child Care and Early Learning: Sample Facilitator Questions
• Town Hall Signs and Questions

Oct. 21 is the last day to register to vote before the election. You can register to vote, update registration and find information about voting on the state’s webpage.

Applications for a mail-in or absentee ballot must be received by your county election office by Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. County election offices must receive completed mail ballots by 8 p.m. on Nov. 5. A postmark by 8 p.m. on that date is not sufficient.