FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 3rd, 2025
Contact: Chyna Fields, cfields@naacpnet.org

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WASHINGTON - The NAACP, the nation's largest and most influential civil rights organization, will make a three-quarter-million-dollar GOTV investment to mobilize over 1.5 million voters across California, New Jersey, and Virginia for the 2025 elections. In California, the NAACP will launch an unprecedented campaign to mobilize Black support for Prop 50.

This initiative comes as the NAACP pursues litigation against the States of Texas and Missouri and in counties across the country over their unconstitutional election maps, and against the Trump administration for an executive order that would suppress millions of voters. 

At the same time, the NAACP is leading a nationwide town-hall tour to boost civic participation through volunteer recruitment, grassroots organizing, and door-to-door outreach.

"There's lots of focus on the 2026 and 2028 elections, but we must prioritize the one right in front of us," said Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP. "Governors around this country are the greatest check on Donald Trump's authoritarian actions – and two states have governors' races this cycle. Mayors, attorneys general, and other local officials will also be on the ballot nationwide. We cannot afford to sit this one out while Trump and the federal government chip away at our civil rights. That's also why we've sued states that have redrawn electoral maps along racial lines.  So, we're telling everyone to get involved, register, organize your community, and vote. Voting is our greatest weapon in the fight to save our democracy."