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Contact your officials in two minutes.

Send a text to 50409 & put Resistbot to work.

The easiest way to be heard.

Text resist to 50409. Or, talk to the bot on Apple Messages, Telegram, Instagram, Messenger or Twitter. Answer the questions the bot texts you, and in two minutes you’ll have sent a letter to the elected officials of your choice: your members of Congress, state legislators, or many more. There are dozens of other keywords for contacting other officials, voting, finding vaccines, etc.

Resistbot is a free service, but message and data rates may apply if you use the service over SMS. Message frequency varies. Text STOP to 50409 to stop all messages. Text HELP to 50409 for help.

Hi, I’m Resistbot! What would you like to write to Congress?

Congress needs to pass H.R.1 now. It will increase voting access and has strong bipartisan support.

Sounds great! I’ll deliver that to Senators Brown and Portman, and Representative Beatty. 🤖

Resistbot is the smartest technology to emerge from the disaster that was the 2016 election. No one else even comes close.

Debra Cleaver, Founder, Vote.org


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“The Most Genius Thing Of 2017,” has been vetted by dozens of media outlets.

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Millions of Letters Delivered

Millions of people have used Resistbot to send tens of millions of letters to federal, state, and local officials and rely on it to alert them to state voter roll purges. Use the check keyword to protect your registration.

White House
U.S. Senate
U.S. House
31,126,172
Letters Sent
9,828,409
Members
380,687
Voters Protected
Resistbot has an unparalleled and unprecedented power to move thousands upon thousands of people to action—instantly.

Ben Wikler, Chair of Wisc. Democratic Party


What’s better than one letter? Millions of letters.

Graduate from writing to organizing campaigns that can drive millions and get their attention.

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2,696 so far! Let’s get to 10,000 monthly donors!

Every donation is paid back to you in coins you can spend to drive signatures for any petition you want. Give monthly to earn bonus coins, skip the “bot on fire” line and donation requests, get up to three newspaper front pages texted to you each morning, a custom keyword, a higher daily letter limit, and merch discounts, among other perks!

We accept PayPal, ActBlue, Cash App, crypto, and checks, but we can’t award coins or unlock benefits with those methods.

To lobby on your behalf, Resistbot is a 501(c)(4), so donations are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.


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Drive Voters to the Polls

Three studies across 11 elections show our effectiveness.

Resistbot’s GOTV program was highly cost-effective and able to generate an impressive number of net voters, surpassing the performance of many other programs in midterm election cycles.Analyst Institute
[Resistbot] increased turnout by 1.8 percentage points in a 2019 electionChristopher B. Mann, Ph.D.
With an estimated treatment effect of… as much as 2 percentage points in 2020… messaging [Resistbot’s] user base can boost turnout.Christopher B. Mann, Ph.D. & Scott L. Minkoff, Ph.D.

Text drive to the bot to start a drive, and get your friends to text in! We’ll verify their registration, ensure they stay registered, and text them before Election Day with voting instructions.


Drive Impact for Top Campaigns

Get the iOS app and drive signatures for top campaigns with your contacts.

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See your Letter in Your Local Newspaper

We’ve published thousands of members’ letters calling out elected officials in local newspapers in 49 states and D.C. Use the editor keyword to get started.

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Instant Delivery that Counts

We’re obsessed with delivery and work with the C.M.F. and lawmakers to ensure offices quickly tally your messages.

…when congressional staff were asked what advocacy factors influence an ‘undecided’ lawmaker, 94% said ‘in-person issue visits from constituents’ would have some or a lot of influence and 92% said ‘individualized email messages’ from constituents would. Despite the haranguing of mainstream media to the contrary, and popular culture insisting that citizen voices are muted in Washington… constituents remain significant factors to legislators’ decision-making.Congressional Management Foundation, 2017 Study

Here’s some resisters who’ve gotten letters back too!


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Resistbot Responds to Simple Keywords

Here’s a small sample of what you can text to the bot!

ceoContact your state's Chief Election Official (Sec. of State, Lt. Gov. or Election Director)
congressContact your U.S. Senators & U.S. House representative
courtContact the U.S. Supreme Court
dncContact the Democratic National Committee
federalContact the President and the U.S. Congress
houseContact your representative in the U.S. House
govContact your Governor
legislatureContact all your state legislators
leoContact your local/county election official
lowerContact your state representative(s) or assemblymember(s)
mayorContact your city or county mayor
officesGet the capitol or local offices for your federal officials
officialsList your officials and their phone numbers
presidentContact the President
senateContact one or both of your U.S. Senators
signUse with a petition code, e.g., SIGN PUCZGE to send that petition to your officials
stateContact your Governor and/or state legislators
upperContact your state senator(s)

See the full list of keywords to see everything the bot can do.


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