Tesla has kicked off its campaign for the December 3 annual meeting, and it isn’t being subtle about it. In a post on X and a refreshed VoteTesla.com site, the company is asking shareholders to vote “FOR” all three proposals on the ballot, starting with the re-election of Elon Musk, board chair Robyn Denholm and JB Straubel. The pitch comes with a year-in-review list that reads like a highlight reel, and it lands two days before Tesla’s Q3 earnings.
What Tesla is asking for
The post went up on Monday, October 19 (U.S. time): “This year, we’re asking you to vote ‘FOR’ all three proposals on the ballot, including the re-election of Elon Musk, Robyn Denholm and JB Straubel to Tesla’s Board.” Tesla adds that last year it “laid out our vision for building a world of amazing abundance – this year, it’s been coming to life,” and that voting instructions and control numbers will follow soon.
The three directors are Tesla’s Class I directors, and according to VoteTesla.com each would serve another three-year term. Tesla’s case for each one is short and punchy: Musk as “the architect of our transformation,” Denholm as the chair whose “steady leadership has shaped the governance framework,” and Straubel as the battery and energy veteran who spent more than a decade “at the heart of Tesla’s technology development.” Tesla’s line on why it matters: “In a time of rapid technological change, continuity of leadership matters.”
The highlight reel
The more interesting part for anyone following the company is the list of 2026 milestones Tesla is using to make its case. Straight from VoteTesla.com:
- More than 10 million vehicles delivered to date, after scaling core vehicle production 10x in six years.
- Cybercab launched, with fully autonomous vehicles that have no steering wheel or pedals now in the Robotaxi fleet.
- Robotaxi in 7 U.S. cities.
- Nearly 1.5 million paid FSD (Supervised) customers globally, and more than 15 billion cumulative miles driven on FSD.
- More than 130 GWh of energy storage deployed to date, with record deployments from Megafactory Shanghai, and Megapack 3 production started at the Megafactory in Texas.
- A Semi factory opening in Nevada and a high-volume Optimus production line in Fremont.
- The Terafab initiative, to secure critical components at scale.
That Optimus line is a nice echo of what we heard over the weekend, when Tesla’s Optimus V3 design was described as “essentially frozen”. A frozen design plus a production line is how a robot goes from demo to product.
Want to be in the room? Enter the lottery
The meeting is set for Thursday, December 3 at 3:00 p.m. Central Time at Gigafactory Texas, according to Tesla’s proxy statement. Seats are limited, so, like last year, Tesla is picking in-person attendees by random drawing. As Drive Tesla Canada reports, you need to have owned Tesla shares as of October 13, 2026, directly or through a broker, and you have until November 6 at 11:59 p.m. CT to enter with proof of ownership.
- Winners should hear by email during the week of November 16 and may have 48 hours to confirm.
- Invitations can’t be transferred, you’ll need government ID, and Tesla won’t cover travel or hotels.
- No luck? You can still vote and comment online with your 16-digit control number, and the meeting will be livestreamed.
Tesla also points small shareholders to its free, voluntary retail voting program on the same site, which lets individual investors set standing voting instructions.
Meanwhile, the Model Y L line is getting long
Demand isn’t the problem in one corner of the lineup. Not a Tesla App and Drive Tesla Canada both report that U.S. delivery estimates for new Model Y L Launch Series orders have slipped to January to March 2027, with some buyers now seeing February to April. The six-seat Model Y L Launch Series starts at $61,990 in the U.S. and includes a year of FSD (Supervised), Supercharging and Premium Connectivity. Long waits aren’t fun, but a backlog on your most expensive Model Y is the kind of problem automakers like having.
Why it matters
Shareholder votes at Tesla tend to turn into a referendum on Musk, and this one starts with Tesla’s best argument: a list of things that actually shipped. Robotaxis without steering wheels, 1.5 million paying FSD customers and a dedicated Optimus line are hard to wave away. The next test comes sooner than December. Tesla reports Q3 results on Wednesday, October 21 (U.S. time), and the questions on that call (Cybercab ramp, Robotaxi cities, Optimus timing, FSD in new markets including Japan) will shape how shareholders read this ballot.
Sources: Tesla on X, VoteTesla.com, Tesla proxy statement (SEC), Drive Tesla Canada, Not a Tesla App.
— The EVX News team
Featured image: Tesla’s 2026 Annual Meeting voting graphic. Image: Tesla, via Tesla on X.
