Texas Democratic Party

Texas Democratic Party

Voter Protection Director

Dallas, TX · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 days ago
AccessibilityProject ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • A belief that no matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, or who you love if you work hard in Texas, you can make it.
  • These are the values our elders passed down to us, the values we hope to share with our children, and the values we expect from our elected officials.
  • The Texas Democratic Party is a movement of millions of Texans coming together to fight for our Texas values.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Voter Protection Team's programmatic efforts, planning, and overseeing the team's work for the 2026 election cycle and managing the staff member(s).
  • Coordinate with other departments to facilitate the Voter Protection Team's work and support the work of other departments.
  • Build a statewide voter protection and regional level voter protection program that covers Early Voting, vote-by-mail and Election Day.
  • Build proactive contingency plans for potential voting disruptions, legal challenges, or election emergencies.
  • Manage the Voter Protection team, supporting individual staff members in their day-to-day work and their professional development, guiding and connecting the team's various work streams, and providing constructive feedback on plans and work product.
  • Track legislative and litigation developments related to voting and election law and collaborate with the Party's legal counsel on how to address those developments.
  • Identify election administration and voting problems through collaboration with County Chairs, external stakeholders, hotline reports, news reports, and other sources to develop a coordinated response within the Party.
  • Recruit, train, and manage volunteer poll monitors, voter assistance volunteers, hotline staff, and poll observers.
  • Build training materials, scripts, and reporting protocols.
  • Maintain communication with field organizers and regional leadership.

Nice to have

  • Preferred Organizing experience - The candidate has a track record of success in recruiting, training and managing volunteers, and escalating volunteers into leadership roles.

Benefits

  • Coordinate volunteer scheduling for early voting and Election Day coverage.

This listing is sourced directly from Texas Democratic Party's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.