The organizers behind “No Kings” hoped to turn the energy behind their popular protest into actual votes.
Demonstrators were expected to gather at more than 30 events across Arizona for the fifth No Kings Day. Millions of people were set to turn out to 3,000 demonstrations across the U.S., organizers said.
"This is an urgent, massive day of voter participation and election protection. We’re going to turn people power into voter power," No Kings leaders said in an email.
The No Kings movement began with an anti-Trump demonstration to mark Presidents’ Day in February 2025. It has grown into a series of record-setting protests that have drawn millions.
The latest demonstration arrived 10 days into Arizona’s early voting period. More than 80% of Arizona voters
cast their ballots by mail.
A downtown Phoenix protest was slated to begin at 9 a.m. at Grant Park. Protesters planned to march to the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center to drop off their ballots.
Prescott Valley protesters had a similar plan. Local Indivisible organizers said demonstrators would gather at the corner of State Route 69 and Lake Valley Road and then take a symbolic march to a ballot drop box at the town Civic Center, American flags in hand.
“Prescott Indivisible is encouraging early voting because it is the safest voting – for us and for our ballots. Early voting means no waiting in line at the polls, no concerns about trouble on Election Day and no worries about ballots not arriving on time,” the group said in a news release.
No Kings protests in metro Phoenix
According to the No Kings protest website, protests are planned in the following Arizona cities:
- Midtown Phoenix: 9- 11 a.m., Thomas Road between 16th Ave. and 18th Ave. in the Historic North Encanto Neighborhood.
- Central Phoenix: 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Seventh Avenue and Osborn Road.
- Phoenix: 9- 11 a.m., Grant Park.
- Chandler: 8-10 a.m., Harter Park and Chandler Boulevard.
- Chandler: 9-11 a.m., Galveston Pedestrian Bridge.
- Fountain Hills: 8-10 a.m., no location provided.
- Glendale: 7:30-9:30 a.m., Glendale Bridge Brigade.
- Mesa: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., US 60 overpass on Stapley Drive.
- Scottsdale: 9-11 a.m., Summit Plaza Parking.
- Scottsdale: 9 a.m.-noon, Scottsdale and Camelback roads.
- Surprise: 9-11 a.m., North Civic Center Drive & Bell Road.
- Tempe: 12-2 p.m., Cole Park on the pedestrian bridge.
(Return to azcentral.com for additional updates on No Kings Day.)
Stephanie Murray covers national politics and the Trump administration for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. She co-hosts “The Gaggle,” The Republic’s weekly politics podcast. Reach her at stephanie.murray@usatodayco.com, on X and TikTok @stephanie_murr and on Instagram @stephaniemurray.news.
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