‘No Kings’ rallies Saturday to focus on early voting

GREENE COUNTY―Thousands of demonstrations and related events are planned across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., on Saturday, October 17, as nationwide “No Kings” movement protests continue, this time with a focus on voter mobilization ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.

Locally, rallies are scheduled in Greenville and Catskill.

“Power belongs to the people, but only if we use it,” states the movement’s official website.

Unlike previous nationwide demonstrations, Saturday’s events will place greater emphasis on voter turnout and early voting under the banner “No Kings: Vote Early.”

Organized by a coalition of more than 200 advocacy groups, including Indivisible, MoveOn and the American Civil Liberties Union, the demonstrations are part of a broader movement opposing President Donald Trump’s administration and what organizers describe as growing authoritarianism and executive overreach.

Saturday’s rallies were deliberately scheduled for October 17, according to Ezra Levin, co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible.

“That was intentional―to put it smack dab in the middle of the start of early voting all around the country―because we wanted a mass, nonviolent, geographically distributed movement demonstration in the streets to show that democracy is going to reassert itself,” said Levin.

In New York, early voting begins October 24 and continues through November 1.

The first nationwide “No Kings” protests were held in June 2025, followed by another round of demonstrations last October and most recently in March. The rallies have drawn millions of participants nationwide, with groups gathering in major cities and small communities alike, including Athens, Catskill, Tannersville, Greenville, Rensselaerville, Hudson and Saugerties.

Trump has rejected comparisons to a monarch and brushed off the nationwide “No Kings” protests, dismissing them as “a joke.”

“I’m not a king. I work my ass off to make our country great. That’s all it is. I’m not a king at all,” he has said.

On Saturday, demonstrators will gather in Greenville at the intersection of Routes 32 and 81 from 10 a.m. to noon.

The Catskill rally will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rip Van Winkle Bridge Approach. Organizers have moved the event from its previous location outside the Greene County Courthouse due to ongoing construction and other events in the village.