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Be Informed   •  Be Active  •  Be Democracy in Action

The League of Women Voters encourages informed and active participation in government. We work to increase the understanding of major public policy issues and work to influence public policy through education and advocacy.  We never support or oppose candidates or political parties.

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Successful Turnout for the
2020 Census Ambassador Workshop

LWV South San Mateo County and LWV North & Central San Mateo County co-hosted a 2020 Census Ambassador Information Workshop. This workshop offered insights on how to engage and educate your friends, family, faith-based members, work and volunteer colleagues, book club members....whomever you want to talk to.

The 2020 Census Ambassador Training was conducted by Aparna Ramakrishnan, a member of the San Mateo County 2020 Census Team.

If you missed the training session - no problem -
you can download the entire presentation here. 

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2020 Census Timeline 

• March 12-20 -- Post card sent to each household with instructions on how to complete the 2020 Census on-line
   
• March 16 - April 3 -- Reminder letters & postcards are sent to each household to complete 2020 Census on-line or request a paper form
   
• April 1 - Census Day
   
• April 8 - 27 -- If household has not completed 2020 Census on-line, a paper form will be sent
   
• May 1 -- If household has not completed 2020 Census on-line or in paper form, an in-person 
  interview will occur

Learn More About the Census

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The LWVSSMC Voter Outreach Team is gearing up for an energetic and engaging Election Year 2020. From now until the November 2020 our Team will be assisting community residents with registering to vote, updating their voter records, and providing general election information.

Following are upcoming Voter Outreach events. If you, a family member, a relative, or a friend needs assistance with voter registration, please stop by one of the following locations.

In Menlo Park

• Saturday, January 25, 2020 ---  10:00 am - 2:00 pm
  Menlo Park Library - 800 Alma, Menlo Park

 -Voter Registration - first time voters, update address or name changes, and more
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In Redwood City

Voting in the Primaries: What You Need to Know

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From our Climate Change Adaptation Committee

Adapting to Sea Level Rise:  The Bay Area Starts New Projects

The Bay Area will start seeing communities build structures to help protect them from rising ocean levels.

Read More

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Urgent Call for Volunteers!

Our League is looking for volunteers in IT Support, Audio Visual, and LWV 100th Anniversary planning. These are back-up /apprentice type positions where you would be learning and shadowing for a time. These positions do not have set time frames for service.

For more information, check out LWVSSMC Volunteer 

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LWV US

LWV Wins Redistricting Litigation in Battleground States

Last week, a federal district court in Ohio ruled in favor of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, invalidating the 2011 redistricting maps. Read more about this win in the LWV press release - fair congressional district maps. The week prior, another federal district court ruled in favor of LWV Michigan by invalidating the congressional and state legislative redistricting plans in Michigan. Ultimately, both cases were egregious attempts to disenfranchise voters, but LWV is winning in court 5:1, and this is all due to the amazing work Leagues are doing across the country.

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Voters Protected Against Illegal Voter Purge in Texas

The League of Women Voters of Texas and other civil rights groups reached a settlement with Texas state officials last month to end the discriminatory purging of the state’s voter rolls. The settled lawsuit was raised in opposition to a purge effort in January that was based on a flawed list of possible non-U.S. citizens. The purge included thousands of naturalized citizens who were eligible to vote. Read press release - Texas purge ended.
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