Neighborly Voting Zine for Wake County

This voting guide is for North Carolina, with the inside specifically for Wake County. Your elected officials at all levels of government affect our lives and the rest of the world. Voting at all levels make a real difference. Learn how to check your voter registration, make a plan to vote, and vote.

I made two version of the inside of this voting guide. One has the Wake County Democratic Party slate. The unaffiliated version includes Joshua Bradley, who is running for Raleigh City Counselor At-Large.

Feel free to use print and distribute these zines or use the images to help elect any of the candidates mentioned. And please vote!

Update 9/18/2026: I gave the first copy to the waitress at the Dirty V restaurant last night. It was so fun to offer it to her, saying “It’s got bunnies!” She seemed tickled to get it.

Wake County Voting Zine Covers

Back and front cover of the zine. The front cover shows two rabbits talking. One says "I'm worried about a lot of things, neighbor. Maybe you are too?" The other rabbit replies: "Yes! But good news -- our votes this year will be extra powerful." The back says Get Ready to Vote. Are you registered? CHeck with the voter lookup at ncsbe.gov. Name and address current? Status active? Do you have an approved photo ID? Driver's license, passport, government. ID, veteran ID, many university or college IDs, etc. The ID shows who you are, not current address. Get a free ID at the DMV or Board of Elections. ID is not required but avoids challenges. If registering or voting your first time after registering, bring proof of current address. Plan when and how to vote: eary, by mail, or on election day November 3. Voter hotline 1-833-VOTE4NC

Pages 2 and 3

Heading text: If we send Roy Cooper to the US Senate, that might flip it to a Democratic Majority! Congress could respond to the polycrisis. A US map shows the some of the crises: wildfires, tariffs, no arts, no science, no friends, measles, risky food, the guy with the horns who tried to overturn the election, wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran, the Epstein files, rising seas, hurricanes.

Pages 4 and 6

Heading text: 3 ways to vote. Vote early October 15 to 31. A rabbit says "I can't wait to vote for effective people who will use our tax money wisely and with care. I vote early because it's convenient. I can register and vote on the same day at any early voting site in my county." His ID card says Rapid Rabbit, 123 Carrot Lane.
The next page shows a Mom Rabbit with two little bunnies. She says "I'll bring the kids with me to vote on election day, November 3. Show them what democracy looks like." Her ID says Jane Bun. A heron says "I may be out of town, so I'll ask for a mail-in ballot by 5 PM on October 20, get it witnessed, and mail it in so it arrives by 7:30 P.M. on November 3.

Pages 6 and 7

Heading: Vote the Whole Ballot. Local government affects our daily lives. View of an active community with a cyclist going down a bike land and a car going down a road. There are buildings for good schools and libraries, a courthouse with fair laws, enforcement, and judges, a festivals and events booth with people having fun, kids playing in parks and greenways, bins for trash and recycling pickup, a house that is on fire, with the fire department putting out the fire. A medic asks "Are you OK?" A police office says "We'll look for signs of arson." There is a sailboat on a lake with fish and ducks. A water testing and processing building handles storm water, provides clean water, and processes sewage. In a home, someone glugs down clean water and someone else flushes.

Inside

Download the PDFs to Print

Print this zine on both sides of legal-size paper, 8.5″ x 14″. Choose to print at 100% size, unadjusted. Fold and cut it as shown in the video for the Peaceful Bystander Intervention zine. These versions are identical except for one additional candidate on the slate.

You cut the map to the early voting sites when preparing the zine, but not through any of the numbers showing where to vote.