With guidance from LWVUS, our League is shifting our Unite and Rise focus to efforts to engage and educate voters leading up to the primaries and November elections. Our Unite and Rise group is busy planning activities and strategies for communicating with voters, including different demographic groups.
 
There are now weekly emails from LWVDV about all our activities and opportunities to participate. 
 
The Primary Election is on June 2. We have already received the Official Voter Information Guide from the Secretary of State. Ballots will be mailed around May 4. Check the weekly email and the website for information about candidate forums.
 
For the November election, LWVC has taken strong positions on two ballot measures. Jenny Farrell, Executive Director of LWVC, recently sent an email update, “A Tale of Two Ballot Measures.”
 
Here is an excerpt: 
"When you look at these two initiatives side by side, the contrast is striking: One – the voter ID initiative - makes participation in our democracy harder. The other – removing the ban on public financing - makes participation easier.
And that is the choice before voters this November."
 
Other LWVDV activities also continue. Teams working on Immigration Support, Youth Engagement, and other issues are very active. We chat and plan over coffee or lunch. There’s more information in the weekly emails and the Voter, and on social media and our website. 

Please plan to join us at our Annual Meeting to do our official business, listen to our speaker, and socialize!

Mary Schreiber, LWVDV President