The Norwalk League of Women Voters serves the city of Norwalk, Connecticut.

Join Us:  LWV Norwalk Membership Application

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

 Candidate Forums 2024

Thursday, October 24, at 7:30 we will host a forum on Zoom with candidates for the 141st state legislative district (Darien and the Rowayton area of Norwalk). Members of the public may submit questions to < lwv.norwalk [at] gmail [dot] com > by Wednesday, October 23.

Link to access the event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82894770479

LWV Norwalk encourages attendance at the candidate forums for the November 5 general election hosted by LWV Darien.

Tabling at community gatherings 2024

Contact us (see above) for dates, times, and places where we'll be and how you can help. In addition to voter registration, at our table we offer handouts about upcoming candidate debates/forums, elections, and issues. In 2024 we emphasize the upcoming ballot question on no-excuse absentee voting.

Steering Committee Meetings 2024

Monthly Steering Committee Meetings

RECORDINGS AVAILABLE

Meet & Greet was held virtually 1/31/2021

Our 2021 annual winter Meet & Greet topic was "Making Our Democracy Safe and Secure," featuring Myrna Perez, Director of the Brennan Center's Voting Rights and Elections Program.

 Watch the Recording Here

Find Upcoming LWVCT Events

VOTER INFORMATION

The Presidential Preference Primary: April 2, with early voting on March 26, 27, 28, and 30.

Primary elections for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, State Senate, and State Representative: August 13, with early voting beginning August 5. There is a statewide Republican primary for U.S. Senate. The 4th Congressional District has a Republican primary. The 140th State Representative District has a Democratic primary.

Election Day for the general election is Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Polls are open from 6 AM - 8 PM. Early voting October 21 - November 3. early_voting_2024_general_election_digital_brochure_english_color.pdf

VOTING ABSENTEE? Did you know you can track your ballot online? Visit the Secretary of the State's Voter Registration Lookup and choose Norwalk (or whatever town you live in) from the drop-down menu, type in your last name and first name, and your date of birth MM/DD/YYYY. Click "Search" and you'll see the status of your absentee ballot along with your registration and your polling place. (NOTE: If you've voted absentee, you cannot go vote in person. However, if you requested/received an absentee ballot and did not use it, you may vote in person instead.) 

NOTE:  Your polling place may change between even- and odd-numbered years. This is because the boundaries of our State Representative districts are different from the boundaries of our municipal Common Council districts. State/federal elections take place in even-numbered years, and municipal elections take place in odd-numbered years. The 2021 redistricting also changed the district boundaries and polling places for many Norwalk voters.

To look up your State Representative, see: http://www.norwalkct.org/1290/State-Reps-Senate-and-Congress

To look up your Norwalk property information, school and voting districts, school bus routes, and each Norwalk Common Council member in your district, see: http://my.norwalkct.org/aboutmyplace/

SCHOLAR AWARD PROGRAM

Each year, LWV Norwalk gives an award to two college-bound graduating seniors from each of Norwalk's public high schools. Students are eligible to apply if they are of the first generation in their family to attend college and have financial need. This program is funded entirely by donations to the LWV Education Fund. Help us build the next generation of voters! Donate online or send a check payable to LWV Education Fund with "Norwalk" in the memo line, to LWV Norwalk, P.O. Box 644, Norwalk, CT 06852. You may also donate via Venmo; contact us (see Contact Us below) for details.

CONTACT US

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PAST EVENTS

(No Pie) Politics legislative forum

On Saturday, March 25, 2023, from 9:30 - 11:00 AM at Cornerstone Community Church, West Ave., the five State Representatives from Norwalk and our State Senator took questions from members of the public and told us about their work in the General Assembly. Thanks to all who participated!

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Misinformation Harms American Democracy ... and here’s what we can do about it.
LWV Norwalk and Norwalk Public Library hosted our annual winter Meet & Greet on Sunday, February 5, 2023, from 2:30 - 4 PM at the Norwalk Public Library. Presentation by Attorney Mekela Panditharatne and Dr. Maya Kornberg, both staff experts from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School.

https://www.brennancenter.org/experts/mekela-panditharatne

https://www.brennancenter.org/experts/maya-kornberg

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Hill Sisters plaque unveiling

Monday, January 30, 2023, at 11:30 AM at 500 West Avenue: Norwalk Mayor Harry W. Rilling cordially invited the community to a plaque unveiling ceremony to honor the three Norwalk Hill sisters. The Hill sisters, Clara, Elsie, and Helena were leaders in the CT and national suffrage movement. They worked tirelessly for the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment. They crisscrossed the country, giving lectures, organizing marches, and even going to jail after picketing the White House to advocate for a woman's right to vote.
January 30 was selected for the event because it's the anniversary of the arrival of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Votes for Women Campaign trolley in Norwalk. The trolley arrived on January 30, 1912, to hold a rally for women's voting rights, one of 46 municipalities on the route in Fairfield, New Haven, and Hartford counties that winter.
The plaque is a gift to the City of Norwalk from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation in partnership with the National Collaborative for Women's History Sites. The City of Norwalk worked in collaboration with Historic Rowayton, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion, the Norwalk Historical Society, the Norwalk History Room, and the Norwalk Library to bring the Hill sisters plaque to Norwalk.

Legislative preview 2023 (NOTE: This is not a League event, but the League encourages civic engagement with all elected officials.)

Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 6:30 - 7:30 PM in the Norwalk City Hall community room, the Norwalk delegation of state legislators held a town hall-type forum to preview the 2023 legislative session and answer questions from the public. All are welcomel 

Summer Meet & Mingle

Thanks to all who attended! Thursday, August 25, 2022, 6-8 PM, at Ripka's Beach Cafe, 99 Calf Pasture Beach Road, Norwalk, CT 06851.Enjoy light snacks and friendship while learning more about the League and our mission! Suggested donation $10.

 

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LWV Norwalk in the Norwalk Historical Society Women's History Month symposium at Mill Hill.

This In-person event was CANCELED due to COVID-19 public health advisories, but LWV is still featured in Norwalk Stamp Club's 2020 first-day cover commemorating woman suffrage, the 19th Amendment, and founding of the League. 

Famed stamp designer Chris Calle created a special envelope for the event, which will be sold online. The colorful cachet design features suffragist Alice Paul (1885-1977), a Connecticut resident. The envelope will have the 78-cent U.S. stamp honoring her, a stamp also designed by Calle, as well as another stamp saluting woman suffrage.