Tennessee Moms — It's Time
The most urgent thing you can do right now is share this page.
M·O·V·E — Moms Out the Vote Emergency
You know something is deeply wrong. Our schools are being gutted. Our rivers are being sold as dumping grounds — including nuclear waste. Our maps have been rigged so your vote barely counts. Our daughters have lost the right to make decisions about their own bodies. And now CNBC has confirmed what we already feel: Tennessee ranks dead last — 50th out of 50 states — for quality of life. Scoring just 64 out of 290 points.
And yet Tennessee doesn't have a Republican problem — it has a turnout problem. We are not a red state. We are a state that doesn't vote. When we vote, we win. Heidi Campbell flipped a seat in 2020. It can happen again. But we have to move — NOW.
🎓 Right now, college kids are heading back to school. Most of them don't know what they need to do to vote this November. And Tennessee makes it hard. This page exists to fix that — in the next 48 hours.
If every mom reading this texts this link to 5 other moms TODAY, and each of those moms does the same, within days we reach tens of thousands of families. That is not a dream. That is math.
Tennessee law says you can vote absentee if you're a full-time student at a college outside the county where you're registered. But there's a catch you have to know about first.
If you have voted before, or if you registered in person (at the DMV, county election office, etc.), here are your steps:
Go to tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup — verify your name, address, and county. If you're not registered, you must register by October 5, 2026. Register at ovr.govote.tn.gov.
Go to sos.tn.gov/elections/services/absentee-voting and download the application. Your reason: "Full-time student at accredited college outside county of registration."
Include your full name, home county address (where you're registered), date of birth, last 4 of your Social Security number, and the elections you want to vote in.
Find your county election office at sos.tn.gov/elections/find-my-election-commission. The deadline to request is October 24 — but the sooner you send it, the more time you have to receive and return your ballot.
You must return it by mail (not drop box). Give yourself extra time. Mail your voted ballot at least 7–10 days before Election Day — no later than October 24.
Tennessee has approximately 355,000 college students enrolled statewide. Roughly 200,000+ of them are traditional college age (18–24). Of those, a significant portion attend school outside their home county and are registered to vote back home — meaning they qualify for absentee ballots but most have no idea how to get one.
Youth voter turnout in Tennessee midterms typically hovers around 15–25%. If we can push that even to 35–40% among college students — a realistic goal with the right peer-to-peer outreach — we are talking about tens of thousands of additional votes. In races decided by hundreds or a few thousand votes, that is the ballgame.
This is not a fantasy. This is math. And the window is RIGHT NOW.
Host a "Mom Meeting" this week. Literally just invite 5 moms over (or to a Zoom/FaceTime call). Walk through this page together. Leave with everyone's kids texted and everyone having sent this to 5 more people. That's it. That's the meeting.
Post your commitment. A selfie with "I texted 5 moms today #MOVEtennessee" is worth more than any political ad. Real people trusting real people is how this works.
Target the Greek system. Sororities and fraternities have massive group chats and existing trust networks. If you know a mom with a kid in Greek life, that's a direct line to hundreds of students at once.
Talk to campus ministries and campus organizations. These groups already have organized communication channels. One email to a campus ministry leader reaches their whole network.
Find the student government associations. Every Tennessee public university has one. One Facebook post from a student government page reaches the whole campus.
🔎 Check your voter registration (Tennessee)
📝 Register to vote in Tennessee (deadline: October 5)
📬 Absentee voting info — TN Secretary of State
📍 Find your county election commission
✅ Vote411 Tennessee voter guide