Your light is a promise.
Here's how to keep it.
A candle in the window says we haven't given up on this. A ballot says it out loud. Three steps, about five minutes total.
Check your registration
Even if you're certain. Voter rolls get purged, addresses change, and the worst time to find a problem is at the polls. It takes about a minute.
Check my registration →vote.gov is the official U.S. government site. You can also use canivote.org, run by the nation's secretaries of state.
Find your state's deadline
This is the quiet way people lose their vote — not by being turned away, but by missing a deadline they didn't know was coming. Most fall between October 4 and October 26. Twenty-two states and DC let you register on Election Day itself. It depends entirely on where you live.
Find my deadline →Links you straight to your state's official election office.
Make your plan
Intending to vote and planning to vote are two different things. The difference is usually a Tuesday that got away from someone. Answer these three now:
- When — early, by mail, or Tuesday, November 3? If Tuesday: morning or evening?
- Where — look up your polling place. They move more often than you'd think.
- How — driving, walking, riding with someone? Who are you bringing?
Then tell three neighbors
One lit window is easy to miss. Three or four on the same block become a lit street — and a lit street is something people photograph, talk about, and remember. Send this to the three people who can see your window from theirs.
“Hey — I joined something called Lights On 4 Democracy. You put a little electric candle in your window each night as a nonpartisan stand for voting, a free press, and rule of law. Would you put one in yours? And take a minute to check your voter registration at vote.gov — November 3 comes fast. lightson4democracy.com”
No party, no candidate, no endorsement — just the shared values that hold a democracy together: the right to vote, a free press, and the rule of law. Every link on this page goes to an official government site or to the nonpartisan association of state election officials.
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