Over 1,200 interfaith volunteers, including imams, trained as US poll chaplains ahead of 3 November

Reported by the Associated Press and summarised in the Religion Media Centre's bulletin of 21 October, more than 1,200 faith leaders and volunteers are being prepared as poll chaplains and peacekeepers ahead of the US midterm elections on 3 November. The nonpartisan interfaith coalition Faiths United in Saving Democracy is running the programme across nine states, with Christian ministers, rabbis, imams, Quakers and Buddhist leaders taking part. Volunteers will stay outside polling stations to reassure voters and defuse tensions, and are trained in conflict resolution and immigrant rights, amid worries that fears of political violence and immigration enforcement could keep eligible voters home. Why it matters: it is a civil-society response to election tension in which Muslim clergy serve alongside others as part of a shared civic effort.

This is a QeRN summary by Ahmed Qerni. Read the original at Religion Media Centre (citing AP): https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/morning-news-bulletin/religion-news-21-october-2026/.