Exercise Your Right to VOTE Arlington — Fort Barnard Park to Walter Reed Community Center

Lace up (or put on your costume) and move with us from Fort Barnard Park to Walter Reed Community Center on Saturday, October 17! Run, walk, dance, skip, or stroll — every pace is welcome. We’ll check in at the start, move together as a group, and celebrate at the finish with water, fruit, granola bars, and stickers before heading in to vote early. Music the whole way. Costumes encouraged!

When: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 9:00–10:30 a.m.
Start: Fort Barnard Park, 2101 S Pollard St, Arlington, VA 22204.
Finish: Walter Reed Community Center (early voting site).
What to bring: Comfortable shoes, water bottle, costume (optional), friends, your ID for voting

We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.

For more than a year, millions of people have come together to reject the idea that power belongs to kings, billionaires, or politicians who believe they are above the people and the law.

Now, we are taking the next step, turning people power into voter power. Unlike previous No Kings actions, No Kings: Vote Early, is not purely a protest. Instead, on October 17th, it’s a day of nonpartisan voter participation: we are bringing our community together to make a plan to vote early and ensuring every eligible voter understands their options for how to vote and has the opportunity to make their voice heard.

Because no one person gets to decide our leaders before voters do. On October 17th, join us in local events across the country as we get out the early vote and say it loud: no thrones, no crowns, no kings.

No Kings: Vote Early events are nonpartisan and are designed to increase participation from all eligible voters.