Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy will honor and celebrate the power of voting through music, dance, art and dialogue. Artists, musicians, performers, and community leaders will come together for a bipartisan celebration of American democracy, with the goal to uplift the power of civic action and celebrate the precious value of every single citizen’s right to vote.

Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy is being hosted by Alicia Keys, America Ferrera, and Kerry Washington, with appearances Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Cobie Smulders, Coldplay, Condoleezza Rice, Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Natalie Portman, Shaquille O'Neal, Tan France, Wilmer Valderrama and more with performances by Alicia Keys, Dan + Shay, Offset, and Shawn Mendes.

Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy, a nationally televised and streamed event, will air on the CBS Television Network and will be streamed via CBS All Access on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 9 PM, ET/PT. The special will also be available via the following platforms: iHeartMedia radio stations and app, Apple Music, Apple TV App, Amazon Music, Twitch, NowThis, YouTube, Twitter, TIDAL and Facebook, with more to be announced.

First and foremost, if you’re an eligible voter in the US, make sure you vote. Create your voting plan; decide how and when you will vote; and talk to your friends and family members to make sure they are planning to vote. You can find more ways to take action here. You can look up all of your Election Day details, such as polling location or places to drop off your ballots, here.

Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy is produced by Live Nation, Global Citizen, Chad Hines, Ivan Dudynsky and Live Animals, and co-produced by Alicia Keys, America Ferrera, Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Piers Williams, Rick Yorn, AK Worldwide, Harness, and Sunshine Sachs. 

Global Citizen believes every person should have the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life, free from extreme poverty, and with good governance and accountable institutions. Exercising the first right of citizenship — voting, is essential to this mission. Global Citizen is supporting Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy as this is an extraordinary moment in one of the world’s oldest democracies and elections aren’t just about who is on the ballot, they’re also about who shows up to vote.

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