No Kings: Vote Early comes to Sonoma Plaza this morning, 10 to noon, with a ballot drop-off stop at the library
Today's nationwide No Kings action puts the emphasis on voting: organizers list a 10 a.m. to noon gathering on Sonoma Plaza and a same-hours ballot drop-off stop at the Sonoma Valley Regional Library, ahead of the November 3 general election.
SONOMA: The Plaza gets the Saturday crowd a few hours early today. The nationwide No Kings day of action comes back to the North Bay today, Saturday, October 17, and in Sonoma the day runs from 10 a.m. to noon on Sonoma Plaza, according to the Sonoma County listings published by Indivisible Sonoma County. A second Sonoma Valley stop runs the same hours, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Sonoma Valley Regional Library on West Napa Street, where the listing invites voters to drop off their ballots.
This round adds a voting emphasis to the movement's protest days. The Bohemian, in its October 13 calendar, described No Kings: Vote Early as a nonpartisan push on participation, weighted this round toward registering voters and getting ballots in early ahead of the November 3 general election, part demonstration and part practical election help. Indivisible Sonoma County's own framing, in both its October 12 week-ahead post and its October 15 weekend post, says the day is not purely a protest and describes it as "turning people power into voter power"; its October 12 post carries the movement's slogan: "no thrones, no crowns, no kings."
The practical details
The gatherings are free, and the Bohemian noted that locations, times and registration for the day are collected at nokings.org. Gatherings are planned throughout Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties. Indivisible's county listings for today also include Santa Rosa's Old Courthouse Square from noon to 3 p.m., Healdsburg Plaza from 11 a.m. to noon, Petaluma's Walnut Park from noon to 3 p.m., Sebastopol's Four Corners from 10 a.m. to noon, Windsor's Town Green from 10 a.m. to noon, and Napa from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The timing is not incidental. The county's drop boxes opened on October 6, and Indivisible's weekend post notes that they remain open until 8 p.m. on November 3, and that November 3 is the last day to vote. Today's Plaza gathering and the library ballot drop-off stop are, in effect, a two-hour nudge to use them early.
What to expect on the Plaza
Organizers describe the events as nonpartisan and designed to increase participation from all eligible voters. The Sonoma stops run two hours: the Plaza from 10 a.m., and the library for ballot drop-off until noon. The election itself is 17 days out.
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