VoteSAfe is unsafe.
Meidas News, Sept. 10th, 2026
You don’t have to give your personal information to a racist tech billionaire’s right-wing PAC to check your voter registration or register to vote.
elon musk is at it again.
Every few years we get a new attempt by the world’s richest man to buy even more power. In 2024, he spent $290 million in support of Trump and the MAGA movement and his DOGE teens were handed the keys to our government, with devastating results.
Now he’s back, ready to spend $100 million to force through his far-right agenda. And just as in previous years, disinformation is one of his favorite tactics. This time around he’s here to steal your data, feed it to his pac, and use it and his billions to support right-wing candidates.
Musk’s Votesafe.org is really a data-harvesting digital surveillance machine, designed to collect your personal information, link it to your accounts on other platforms, share it with some of the worst firms on the web, and use it to spread voting misinformation.
What’s the big deal?
Almost every state in the country lets you look up your voter registration, register to vote, and perform basic functions related to voting online. And sites like vote.gov, run by the official Election Assistance Commission (eac.gov), and 866OurVote.org bring all that information together on non-partisan, easy to use websites that don’t harvest or sell your info. It’s basic civic function for the common good, designed to make sure every eligible voter can vote.
But Musk’s site is different.
What happens when you use Votesafe.org?
They go far beyond asking for the information they actually need to check your registration, and unlike trustworthy sites they keep (and reserve the right to sell) your data. They capture your:
Browser, operating system, screen size and language of your device
Every link you click and every page you look at
Your voter registration status (using a voter file owned by America PAC or its vendors — NOT the state’s actual records.)
What’s on your ballot
First, middle, and last name
Date of birth
Full home address
Email address
Cell phone number
IP address and location
And then Elon takes all your private info, uses it to advance his own twisted agenda at America PAC, and hands it over to marketing and tracking firms.
Screenshot from ‘The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org’ by Judd Legum, Popular Information, September 8th, 2026
They don’t even bother to make sure it’s accurate.
The most amazing part? They don’t stand by their information, and tell users to check with official election sources anyway. It’s not about helping voters — it’s about getting your data, tracking you, and using it to advance Musk’s far-right agenda.
Screenshot from VoteSafe.org, Sept. 10th, 2026
so we built votesafer.
We don’t care who you plan to vote for, we just want every eligible voter to safely get the information they need and be able to cast their ballot.
And we hate billionaire wanna-be kings like Elon Musk, who spend hundreds of millions of dollars in an attempt to influence our elections and increase their own power.
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Aggressive voter roll purges are a key tactic being used to target voters in 2026, which means it’s important to check your registration regularly, even if you haven’t moved or changed anything. We recommend doing it once per week until you’ve cast your ballot.
Your state’s official link will have the most up-to-date information. They can sometimes be hard to find, but we’ve got you.
Visit the National Association of Secretaries of State: https://www.nass.org/can-I-vote/voter-registration-status
Text ‘VOTE’ to 59798, run by Indivisible; their automated system will reply back, ask your state, and then send the official link.
Need to register, find out the registration deadline where you are, or whether your area offers same-day registration? Visit https://866ourvote.org/ and select your state.
Are you a service member/family or an overseas citizen voter? Visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program to register to vote or get help.
Under 18 and want to pre-register? Get info for your state: https://turbovote.org/preregister/voter-info
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In many states it’s not too late to request an absentee mail ballot, and while Postal Service delays mean you should mail it back as early as possible, it’s still a safe and reliable way to vote. Check your state’s deadlines and requirements at https://866OurVote.org.
Request a ballot: https://absentee.vote411.org/vote/VoterInformation.htm
Overseas or military voter? Use this: https://www.fvap.gov/
National request form generator: https://www.usvotefoundation.org/vote/request-absentee-ballot
Want to nerd out and learn more? https://ballotpedia.org/Absentee/mail-in_voting
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The Election Protection Coalition is made up of more than 300 local, state and national organizations, working to ensure every eligible American has the opportunity to cast a meaningful ballot. The coalition’s 866-OurVote hotline is available year-round to:
Share specific, reliable information about voting laws and key dates in your area
Answer questions about registration and voting
Provide support if you’re experiencing an issue
Document attacks on our voting rights or issues with voting for legal follow-up, including events like poll sites opening late or running out of ballots, unevenly-applied voter ID requests, harassment at the polls, and more.
When in doubt, contact the Hotline. Calls are answered within ten seconds on average.
English: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) (call or text message)
Spanish/English: 888-VE-Y-VOTA (888-839-8682)
Asian Languages/English: 888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683)
Arabic/English: 844-YALLA-US (844-925-5287)
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Ever get in the voting booth and realize you’ve never heard of something on the ballot? Us too. Luckily it’s easy to get the information BEFORE you vote.
Tip: some websites ask for way too much personal information before showing you your sample ballot. All they need is an address, not your date of birth or anything else. These sites are reliable sources.Ballotpedia’s Sample Ballot Lookup Tool is available in English and Spanish. https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup
Vote411 from the League of Women Voters Education Fund has trustworthy info AND partners with the Girl Scouts. https://www.vote411.org/ballot
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Know Your Rights: Federal Agents at the Polls (ACLU) https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/federal-agents-at-the-polls. Also available in Español, (Arabic) يةَّ ِ ربَعَ ال, (Mandarin/Standard Chinese) 普通话, (Cantonese) 廣東話
Vote.gov is an official project of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, a government agency tasked with providing support to election administrators across the country. Their Know Your Rights section has info on:
Voting as a New Citizen
Voting as a Military Service Member
Voting from Outside the U.S.
Voting with a Disability
Voting While Unhoused
Voting After a Felony Conviction
Preparing to Vote: Age 18 and Under
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Need a new ID in order to comply with laws in your state, but don’t know where to start? VoteRiders can help. They can let you know what’s needed, help make appointments, help cover costs, and more. Visit https://voteriders.org/freehelp/ for more information.
We can protect our vote in 2026. here’s how.
Whether it’s Trump allies talking openly about seizing ballot boxes or declaring martial law, federal agencies targeting groups working to register voters or turn out the vote, or states like Texas shamelessly reducing the number of polling sites in non-republican areas, they’re not exactly being subtle: they’ll do anything to hold onto power, including taking away YOUR vote.
That’s the bad news. The great news is that there’s a massive uprising of community power and organizing happening, with hundreds of thousands of volunteers already stepping forward to defend your voting rights and our shared democracy. But it’s going to take all of us.
We’re going to make sure every eligible voter can vote, every one of those votes is counted, the results are honored, and the winners seated. And we won’t stop until it happens.
Below we’ve gathered links to some of the organizations doing the work this year, along with links to toolkits, zines, and more to help you get your community ready. This is a living list and will continue to grow — check back for more.
Programs:
www.WeAreGroundControl.org: Ready to protect the vote in your community? Enter your zip code on We Are Ground Control to find trainings and volunteer opportunities from trusted, vetted organizations in your area, from voter purge and ballot curing phone banks to rides to the polls and more.
Indivisible’s Hands Off Our Vote program: become an election defender! Join the national fight to make sure every eligible voter can vote, those votes are counted, the results are honored, and the winners seated. Sign up here and read more at Indivisible.org/our-vote
Find or start a No Kings Vote Early event: It’s time to turn the No Kings protest energy into a movement to drive massive turnout and ensure the results are honored — including through sustained national protest, if that’s what it takes. Click through to find an event or upcoming training.
GenVote Powerback: An Election Defense Movement School Tour. in-person trainings across the country to invite young people and community members of all ages to join the growing election defense movement, bringing a bold new generation of organizers into the fight for free, fair elections and a just democracy for all. Register here for upcoming trainings in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan.
Zines:
What if You see ICE at the Polls? // Acclaimed comic artist Greg Pak
How to Recognize Voter Suppression // Artists 4 Democracy
Hands Off Our Vote // Hands Off NYC
How to Vote/Cómo Votar: Field Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Voting // Lucy Bellwood
Toolkits:
Hold the Line: a Guide for Protecting Our Democracy (Holdtheline.org): https://holdthelineguide.org/
Hands Off Our Vote: a toolkit for election protection (Indivisible): https://indivisible.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Hands-Off-Our-Vote-2026.pdf
The Gen-Z Election Defense Toolkit (Protect Democracy): https://protectdemocracy.org/gen-z-toolkit/
Black Voters’ Survival Guide (Election Protection Coalition): https://866ourvote.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ElectionProtection_BlackVotersSurvivalGuide_2026.pdf
How to Spot Federal Voter Intimidation at the Polls (Protect Democracy) https://protectdemocracy.org/work/how-to-spot-and-push-back-against-federal-voter-intimidation
Election Policy Tracker (Voting Rights Lab): To track proposed and pending legislation that would impact voting rights and elections. https://tracker.votingrightslab.org/
Brennan Center’s Guide for Election Officials (Brennan Center): A Quick Reference Guide for Election Officials: What election officials can do now to prepare for the risk of external interference by federal actors: https://protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Interference-Explainer-for-Officials_web.pdf
The Daily Digest: the day’s election protection news (Try and Stop Us) https://www.tryandstopus.org/news
Act Free to Be Free: A State and Local Pro-Democracy Framework A strategy memo created by Minnesota faith, labor and civil society leaders https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28490455-act-free-to-be-free/
State Voting rights Acts Toolkit (NAACP Legal Defense Fund): https://www.naacpldf.org/state-voting-rights-acts/toolkit/
