Australian voices · American democracy
Phone bank
from Australia.
Legally. Loudly.
A community of Australians calling US voters for social democratic campaigns — with clear legal guardrails, a pseudonymous forum, and an identity check that deletes your document on the spot.
Live wire
Live phone banks
Curated portals — always confirm details on the campaign’s official site.
Section A
Why phonebank.com.au
A field guide for new volunteers
- Brief
Impact per hour
Presidential races get the headlines; downballot races often turn on hundreds of conversations. We surface both — and give you the context to choose.
“Your hour is worth more in PA-08 than in another retweet.”
- Brief
Built for Australians
Time-zone-aware shift suggestions, plain-language legal context, and a forum that understands volunteering from 16,000 km away.
“Sydney 8 PM is Pennsylvania 6 AM — a peach of a wake-up shift.”
- Brief
Verification without retention
One human reviews your ID; the file is permanently deleted at the moment of approval or rejection. We retain only an audit record that verification happened.
“We see your ID once. Then we never see it again.”
Section B
Legal
clarity
FEC reference · 11 CFR 110.20
US federal law allows foreign nationals to volunteer for political campaigns provided they are not compensated and do not make financial contributions. Phone banking as an unpaid volunteer is a common, well-established pattern. We require all members to follow their campaign's own compliance training before making calls.
We are a civic infrastructure project — tooling and community for Australians who already want to volunteer. Not a PAC. Not a voter file broker.
Section C
How it works
Four steps, mostly Sunday afternoon
Sign up
Pick a pseudonym and an email. No real name required for the forum.
Verify
Upload an Australian ID. One admin reviews. The file is deleted on the spot — only an audit record remains.
Pick a bank
Browse live phone banks by state, race type, and call style. We link to the campaign’s own portal.
Make calls
Use the campaign’s training, share notes in the forum, and decide your own pace. Tag in, tag out.
Section D
The
Forum.
After a quick identity check, members access category threads — scripts, post-shift debriefs, troubleshooting, and gentle ribbing. Six categories, colour-coded. No anonymous trolls, no doxxing, no recruiting from outside the bench.
Join to read the threads- GOTV callsMembers only
- PersuasionMembers only
- Soft RepublicanMembers only
- DownballotMembers only
- Volunteer recruitmentMembers only
- GeneralMembers only
★ Final say
Make your hour
count.
Pseudonymous username. Australian-only forum. A verification flow built around the principle that we should see your ID exactly once.
Colophon
¶ phonebank.com.au is run by Australians. We don't take money from US PACs, we don't resell voter data, we don't recruit. We host a community for people who already want to do this work.