Voting
- News: Most recent SCOTUS Voting Rights Act decision (Associated Press)
Primaries/ Important Dates
| Alaska | Primary: July 19 Registration Deadline: Aug 18 |
| California | Primary: June 2 Registration Deadline: May 18 |
| Florida | Primary: August 18 Registration Deadline: July 20 |
| Hawaii | Primary: August 8 Registration Deadline: July 29 Deadline to request absentee ballot: August 1 |
| Oregon | Primary: May 19 Registration Deadline: PASSED Ballots began being mailed to registered voters on April 29, check your mailboxes! |
| Washington | Primary: August 4 Online and mail registration Deadline: July 27 In-person only voter registration or updates: August 4 |
General Election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
What’s on the ballot?
- All 435 districts in the U.S. House of Representatives
- 35 seats in the U.S. Senate
- Five of the House’s six non-voting members
- Gubernatorial seats
- Lieutenant Gubernatorial seats
- Attorney General seats
- Secretary of State seats
- Local ballot measures
AFA Votes website: AFA has launched a website covering your voting needs this midterm election season, as well as pertinent information on all that is at stake for our workgroup this election cycle. It is crucial that you check your voter registration for the primaries (dates vary by state) and the general election in November, and that you know your polling location and plan ahead to cast your ballot.
Legislation
- News: AFA & Transportation Unions Urge Congress to Expand Overtime Tax Deduction (AFA)
- News: House Passes ALERT ACT (AFA)
- We continue working on gaining co-sponsors in Congress to support the Safe Air on Airplanes Act and Safer Skies Act. Read more on the AFA Flight Attendants Vote website.
Political Endorsements
- Check out the 2026 AFA-CWA endorsements by state here.
- CWA Scorecard- How did your Representatives and Senators vote on labor issues? https://scorecard.cwa-union.org/
Phone Banking Opportunities
- CWA: sign up to volunteer to help labor-friendly candidates get elected
- Kaela Berg (US House of Representatives MN-02): https://kaelaforcongress.com/
- Mary Peltola (US Senate-AK): https://marypeltola.com/
Our Alaska + Hawaiian Government Affairs Committee Activities (Q1 2026 to current)
- SAVE Act Rally in Anchorage
- Facilitated a one-day training in Honolulu: “Reversing Runaway Inequality” where participants learned about the growing gap between CEO wages and ordinary workers and how we can organize to reverse this inequality.
- Attended training focused on organizing internally and externally, Labor Notes – Washington Labor Education and Research Center.
- Attended training sessions with MLK Labor and Washington State Labor Council in anticipation of potential ICE activity in Seattle and Washington State, about allowable actions, reactions, communications, and activity planning.
- Partnering with MLK Labor on First Amendment rights and worker organizing at the Port of Seattle.
- Attended the California Labor Fed Pre-Primary Convention and Legislative Conference and participated in voting for June Primary Endorsements for statewide candidates in California.
- Participated in a lobby day at the California State Capitol alongside the AFL-CIO and CWA. Our discussions focused on establishing essential guardrails for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. The goal of this legislation is to ensure that AI does not replace jobs or critical HR activities where human judgment and rationalization are necessary to maintain fairness.
- Ongoing monthly meetings with the Pierce County Labor Council, MLK Labor, and Broward County AFL-CIO to stay informed on local labor issues.
- Looking for volunteer activities to get involved in with our Committee, or the labor movement in general? See the calendar ➔
