After a nice, relatively quiet July and August, the election season is back in swing. Currently, Voter Services is in various stages of planning numerous candidate forums with community partners.
The Leagueâs partnership with the Food Bank has started for this election cycle. Please consider helping with tabling at various distribution locations across Contra Costa County. Check the schedule and sign up here.
School is back in session and Voter Services has been out at both of Los Medanos Collegeâs campuses to register voters. More opportunities are coming up in September for both National Voter Registration Day and Constitution Day. Watch your weekly email!
Another tabling opportunity to partner with the Broadway Plaza Lush store is coming up in September. LWVDVâs Youth Council will take the lead for this partnering. We appreciate Lush for its commitment to democracy and the right to vote.
As you are aware, there is a lot of brouhaha on the national level regarding the USPS and our mail-in ballots. Keep calm and carry on as we always do. Information to help with this work:
- First, this very clear article from the Brennan Center for Justice. Noise and Confusion from the Supreme Court | Brennan Center for Justice
- Second, this August 27th statement from Kristin Connelly, our Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters.
- Third, updates from LWVUS, including this response to the Supreme Court action.
