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I voted!

🗳️ It’s Election Day in the United States! The right to vote is an immense privilege, a foundational part of civic engagement and creating a better world — and we should never take it for granted.

🗳️ If you don’t already have one, it’s not too late to make a voting plan! Find your polling place, information about what’s on your ballot, and more, and get to the polls before they close today.

We’ve dedicated this entire Goodnewsletter to good news about voting, elections, and the democratic process — we bet you’ll feel a bit more hopeful after reading!

Technology

MapQuest launched a new feature that helps voters easily find their Election Day polling place

For the 2026 midterms, MapQuest and Democracy Works partnered to release a new in-app tool that helps voters find their polling place, see hours, and get directions — without ever leaving the MapQuest app.

The feature shows voters, based on the address where they’re registered to vote, both nearby early voting locations and their Election Day polling place — complete with hours and directions.

Voters won’t have to switch between websites or navigate often cumbersome local election sites, so they can get the information they need quickly and easily.

Why is this good news? People use Google, Apple, and other mapping services to get around nearly every day — but they don’t regularly use voter information websites. This tool brings the information to a platform they already know, making it easy to get to the polls and make their voice heard.

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More Good News

​More than 7.7 million Texans voted early for the 2026 midterms, surpassing the previous record set in 2018. The record-breaking number came after the turnout rate for the first seven days of early voting lagged behind the 2018 election.

​A record 2.8 million Georgians cast ballots during its three-week early voting period. That figure is more than anyone has ever voted early in a midterm and represents 34% of Georgia’s 8.2 million registered voters, a 13% increase over the 2022 midterm elections.

​The NAACP recruited more than 50,000 volunteers to help protect voters’ rights during the midterms. The effort is part of NAACP’s Election Protection program taking place across the country, with concentrated operations in 16 priority states.

​Patagonia offered customers $100 in store credit to encourage three friends to vote. (Gifted link) The outdoor apparel brand, which sued the Trump administration in September, ramped up its environmental activism before the midterm elections.

​Maryland is giving residents free public transit rides to get to their polling places on Election Day. Fares will be waived all day on Tuesday, Nov. 3 for Local Bus, Metro Subway Light Rail, and Mobility transit routes to help eliminate any transportation barriers for voters.

​Lime and HeadCount are partnering to give voters free scooter rides to the polls on Election Day. Transportation is still one of the practical barriers that prevents voters from casting their ballot, and the companies made the offer available for early voting, too.

​Minnesota’s “Civility Caucus” launched in 2017 and has been bridging partisan divides and bringing members of the state legislature together. By getting to know members of the “other side” as people, rather than as presumed adversaries, more effective, bipartisan legislation gets done.

​In September, over half a million voters registered on National Voter Registration Day. It was National Voter Registration Day’s second-most-successful midterm effort since the group began its annual nationwide registration drive in 2012 to encourage turnout.

​A record number of Native Americans are running in the 2026 midterm elections. (Gifted link) At least 355 Native American and Indigenous candidates ran or are running in local, state, and federal primary and general elections this year.

Interesting story

From the experts: How to feel good about voting when things are looking bad

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Women

There are a record number of women running for governor across the US

Women make up one third of gubernatorial candidates in the 2026 midterm elections, the most in recorded history. There are currently 14 women governors, and that could increase after this election, with a record 26 women on the ballot.

Four races for governor have women nominees for both major parties, matching the record high set in 2022: Minnesota, Tennessee, New Hampshire, and Oregon. In New Hampshire, it’s the second consecutive election where both major parties have women nominees — a first in U.S. history.

Records were shattered in the primaries too, when 85 women ran as major-party candidates, breaking the previous record of 69 set in 2022.

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Good Quote

More Good bits

🪩 Vote all the time, disco occasionally.

👏 State legislatures are also seeing more women running this year.

🚕 You can also get half off a Lyft to the polls!

📬 This election, we’re especially thankful for postal workers.

🎙️ No need to get lost in the political jargon today: We got you.​

🗳️ Consider encouraging others to get to the polls before they close!

👀 Your “I Voted” sticker could get you a new tattoo. (Reels)

📈 Despite recent setbacks, things are looking good for democracy.

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