phonebank.com.au
Phone bank for US elections from outside America
American elections decide more than American lives. If you live in Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, or Ireland, you can legally volunteer for US campaigns from your living room. phonebank.com.au is the independent, community-run hub for international callers. Choose where you are calling from and we will take you to a page built for your country.
What you get: country-tuned call windows, a forum of other international volunteers, plain-language FEC compliance references, and a moderated space to compare campaigns. No fees, no donations, no resale of your data.
What it's already done: democratic-socialist and Justice Democrats–backed candidates have won a US Senate nomination, a DC mayoral primary, and multiple New York congressional primaries this cycle — several by margins under two thousand votes. See the full win-loss record below, then pick a race that still needs callers before its next election date.
Why this matters
Every DSA-aligned race we phone bank for — win or lose
Since the 2026 cycle opened, democratic-socialist and Justice Democrats–backed candidates have already won a US Senate nomination, a mayoral primary in the nation's capital, and two contested New York congressional primaries — several by a few thousand votes or fewer. Grassroots GOTV phone banking is the volunteer machine campaigns lean on hardest when a race is that close, and it is exactly the tactic international volunteers are legally free to do under FEC 11 CFR 100.74. Below is the full ledger: what's still live, and what has already been decided.
Where are you calling from?
Your country sets the call windows we recommend, the legal context we cite, and the message we lead with. You can change it later in settings.
Common questions
Phone banking for US elections, from outside the US
- Is it legal to phone bank for US elections from another country?
- Yes. Under United States federal election law (FEC 11 CFR 100.74), foreign nationals may volunteer uncompensated personal services to US political campaigns. This includes phone banking. Volunteers must not be paid for the work and must not make financial contributions they are not otherwise permitted to make.
- Who runs phonebank.com.au?
- phonebank.com.au is an independent, community-run platform based in Sydney, Australia. It is not affiliated with any political party, PAC, campaign, or government. It exists to coordinate international volunteer callers across Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, and Ireland.
- Do I need political experience to phone bank?
- No. The campaign you sign up with provides the script and a short training. Most volunteers describe the work as a series of warm, good-faith conversations rather than a sales pitch. Curiosity and a steady tone matter more than a campaign résumé.
- How much time does it take?
- A typical shift is two to three hours, one or two evenings or weekend mornings a week. You choose your own cadence. The platform suggests the call window that fits your time zone so you are dialling during US voters' early evening, not their middle of the night.
- Will my phone number be exposed to people I call?
- No. Campaign dialler tools route calls through campaign-owned numbers. Your personal number is never displayed to the people you call.
- Why phone banking and not donating or door-knocking?
- Foreign nationals are restricted from donating to US campaigns and obviously cannot knock doors in another country. Phone banking is the highest-leverage form of cross-border political volunteering legally available to people outside the United States.
- Does phone banking actually change these races?
- Several of the closest DSA-aligned and Justice Democrats-backed primaries this cycle were decided by a few thousand votes or fewer — the exact margin GOTV phone banking is built to move. Our homepage tracks every race we support, win or lose, so you can see the record for yourself before choosing where to spend your volunteer hours.