**We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.**
Join us in Aliso Viejo to push back against authoritarianism and rally our community to vote!
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to reject the idea that power belongs to kings, billionaires, or politicians who believe they are above the people and the law.
Now, we are taking the next step, turning people power into voter power. Unlike previous No Kings actions, No Kings: Vote Early, is not purely a protest. Instead, on October 17th, it’s a day of nonpartisan voter participation: we are bringing **our community** together to make a plan to vote early and ensuring every eligible voter understands their options for how to vote and has the opportunity to make their voice heard.
Because no one person gets to decide our leaders before voters do. On October 17th, join us in local events across the country as we get out the early vote and say it loud: no thrones, no crowns, no kings.
*No Kings: Vote Early events are nonpartisan and are designed to increase participation from all eligible voters.*
**WHAT TO BRING**
– your family, friends, and neighbors
– your best signs (we’ll have extras on hand to borrow)
– water for you and/or bottled water to donate
– snacks for you and/or packaged snacks to donate
– a wagon if you’re willing to help pass out drinks and snacks
– a portable speaker with your best playlist
– a folding chair if you’d like to sit
– and sunscreen.
**SUPPORT MUTUAL AID** – We’re pairing outrage about the authoritarian takeover of our government with a call to action to support our local communities. **We’ll be collecting food & essential items** for mutual aid to support our partner organizations. Requested items include:
– cereal, pasta, rice, beans
– sugar, salt, oil, flour, coffee
– canned food, bottled water
– soap, body wash, shampoo
– toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant
– toilet paper & paper towels
– dish & laundry detergent
– menstrual care products
– baby diapers and wipes
**PARKING** – Park in the old Macaroni Grill lot by the theatre, then use the ramp to come down. We’ll have the main tent set up on the grass below the Walgreens. We’ll spread along Aliso Creek Rd. on all 4 corners.
**Aliso Viejo Resistance,** an [OC Indivisible Coalition team,](https://linktr.ee/ocindivisiblecoalition) is your host for this event. **The OC Indivisible Coalition** is a collaboration between the [Indivisible](https://indivisible.org/) groups in and touching Orange County, CA. We are non-partisan, all-volunteer, grassroots groups of residents in OC who are fighting fascism and holding elected officials accountable, from city councils and school boards all the way up to Congress. We partner with other community organizations to uplift and support our neighbors while we work toward progressive electoral change and a democracy that works for ALL people.
What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading from small towns to city centers and across every community determined to defend democracy. Our peaceful movement is bigger than ever.
No Kings: Vote Early events are nonpartisan and are designed to increase participation from all eligible voters.
*A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.*