Keyword Guide

Resistbot responds when you text one of the keywords below to Apple Messages, Telegram, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, or by text to 50409.

Lobby Your Officials

From Mayor to President, your elected officials work for you.

ceo	Contact your Chief Election Official (Sec. of State, Lt. Gov. or Election Director)
congress	Contact your U.S. Senators & U.S. House representative
copilot	Ask our AI to write a letter for you
court	Contact the U.S. Supreme Court
dnc	Contact the Democratic National Committee
federal	Contact the President and the U.S. Congress
house	Contact your representative in the U.S. House
gov	Contact your Governor
legislature	Contact all your state legislators
junior	Contact your junior U.S. Senator only
lower	Contact your state representative(s) or assemblymember(s)
mayor	Contact your city or county mayor
offices	Get the capitol or local offices for your federal officials
officials	List your officials and their phone numbers
president	Contact the President
senate	Contact one or both of your U.S. Senators
senior	Contact your senior U.S. Senator only
sign [code]	Use with a petition code, e.g., SIGN PUCZGE to send that petition to your officials
state	Contact your Governor and/or state legislators
upper	Contact your state senator(s)

Check and protect your registration, get an absentee ballot, and more.

check	Check your voter registration & be alerted if it changes
eighteen	Get a reminder to register when you’re eligible to vote
id	Get voter ID requirements & an ID if you need one
local	Find and contact your local election office
mail	Learn how to vote by mail in your state
polls	Find early vote sites, ballot dropboxes & Election Day polling places
register	Register or pre-register to vote
protect	Report an election problem to the nonpartisan Election Protection coalition
track	Track your early or mail-in ballot
vote	See when your next election is and all voting-related features

Ten people taking action is better than you taking ten actions. Organize others for more impact.

claim	Claim your own keyword and amass followers
buy	Buy coins to spend on extra letters and promotions
drive	Create your own voter turnout drive for a race you care about
editor	Submit your last letter as a letter to the editor to your local paper
import	Turn your Action Network petition into a Resistbot campaign
image	Get an image of your last letter to share
image [code]	Get an image for any petition to share (e.g., IMAGE PCCPGW)
image [keyword]	Get an image for any keyword on Resistbot to share (e.g., IMAGE CHECK)
invite	Use with a campaign code, e.g., PABCDE, to see how many people have signed your campaign and to invite more
moms	Find local Moms Demand Action events
petition	Make your last letter a signable petition
promote	Spend coins to promote your petition or vote drive to other Resistbot members
run	Find local elected offices to run for with Run for Something
volunteer	Find phone banks, canvassing, and other volunteer events
worker	Find out how you can work the polls during elections

Informational keywords for issues, news, official data, and more.

abortion	See abortion policies in your state after the overturning of Roe v. Wade
bills	See upcoming bills in the U.S. House
donors	See the top donors to your Congressional officials’ campaigns
guns	See how much gun rights and gun safety groups have spent on your representatives
native	See what native lands you’re currently occupying
NRA	See how much the gun manufacturers lobby has spent for/against your representatives
page	Get up to three newspaper front pages delivered daily
police	See police violence data for your city and state
recount	Get a video at the end of each day from The Recount
trending	See what petitions are trending right now

Non-political community resources to help you out.

blood	Find a local non-profit community blood center
covid	See current mandates and what’s open and closed in your state
covid act	Get state and county pandemic data from COVID Act Now
covid test	Find COVID testing sites near you
csa	Find Community-Supported Agriculture near you
food	Find your nearest food banks
hospitals	Data on your local hospital capacities and COVID patients
mutual aid	Find your nearest mutual aid networks
vaccine	Find your nearest vaccination location

Your bot settings and preferences.

account	View and change your name, address, and email
alerts	Manage what alerts the bot can send you, like promoted alerts, upcoming town halls, and more
close [code]	Use with a petition code, e.g., PABCDE, to close a petition
coins	See how many Resistbot coins you have
commands	Get a list of these commands
emails	Manage what kinds of emails the bot can send you
endorsed	See the candidates you’ve endorsed
feedback	Take our product survey
follow [user]	Use with a username (e.g., FOLLOW ROSIE) to get text updates from a Resistbot member
following	See who you’re following
pair	Use from a messaging app like Apple Messages or Telegram to pair your SMS (text) account
premium	Upgrade your account to premium and unlock more features
premium cancel	Cancel your premium membership
premium change	Change the payment method attached to your account
petitions	See all petitions you’ve created
prefs	Change bot behaviors
stats	See your usage stats and followers
stop	Cancel the service completely
support	If you can’t find an answer on the help page you can get to human with this keyword
switch	Connect your SMS account to a non-SMS platform like Apple Messages or Telegram