In 2025, our partners made 1,182,964 attempts to reach people across the state. We connected with communities by knocking on doors, making calls, and sending texts to ensure every voice had a chance to be heard.
We knocked 163,793 doors and had 12,472 meaningful conversations with people. Of these door knocks, 20,068 were part of our deep canvassing program in Flint, Pontiac, Westland, and Detroit.
These conversations were about building understanding and trust and are a testament to our commitment to supporting year-round organizing.
Our partners engaged in conversations with people to determine how important they thought voting was in impacting local policy and ensuring that their communities have the resources they need. From there, stories were asked for and shared about resources in local communities, with an ask for a final rating at the end of the conversation.
65% of people who provided a second rating increased their score. We’re looking forward to continuing to follow up with those people and to expanding our deep canvassing program in 2026, bringing this powerful, personal approach to even more cities and communities across the state.
In 2025, we provided 28 trainings for more than 500 partners, including staff and volunteers. Highlights include our first-ever Development Cohort, our new Keeping Us Safe Series where we learned about everything from 501(c)3 compliance to how to host safe events, our communications training series with Engage Michigan, and Anishinaabe 101, which had more than 60 participants!
Our reproductive justice work continued this year. In October, we brought together nonpartisan partners from across the state for a one-day retreat with the goal of grounding, aligning, and developing a strategic plan for 2026. As we head into 2026, we are aligned on our priorities, have a clear path forward, and are excited to continue our work.
Election Day in November went smoothly. The Michigan Voices team hosted the nonpartisan boiler room in our office, joined by nonpartisan partners from Promote the Vote (PTV), the ACLU Fund of Michigan, Engage Michigan, Common Cause, and All Voting is Local (AVIL). Together, we monitored developments across the state, ensuring that any issues were identified and addressed quickly. Throughout the day, We coordinated rapid-response communications, sending timely email updates to nonpartisan partners whenever concerns arose on the ground. We also held three Zoom check-ins with those partners to share updates, troubleshoot challenges, and keep everyone connected in real time.
In the midst of the municipal elections, we also carved out time with the coordinating organizations to plan for 2026. We spent months evaluating our work from the past, charting a path forward, and consulting nonpartisan partners along the way. As we close out the year, we are proud to say that our 2026 nonpartisan Election Protection Program plan is already in motion.
