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Saturday, September 22, 2018CONTACTS:
Elizabeth Bennion, Director of Voter Services & Education
574-520-4128, elizabeth.bennion [at] yahoo.com
Nancy Johnson, Director of Voter Registration (on-site contact for National Voter Registration Day)
574-344-3444 (cell), npjohnson123 [at] yahoo.com
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE SOUTH BEND AREA, NDVOTES, AND CIVIC DUTY SOUTH BEND
TO HOST NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY EVENT 9/25 AT THE CIVIL RIGHTS HERITAGE CENTER
South Bend, Indiana—The League of Women Voters of the South Bend Area and Notre Dame students with ND Votes and Civic Duty South Bend are proud to co-sponsor a National Voter Registration Day celebration on September 25, 2018, at the Civil Rights Heritage Center. Volunteers from all three groups will work together between 4 and 8 p.m. to assist citizens with new registrations and name or address changes. With the deadline to register for the statewide November elections approaching on October 9, 2018, the League, NDVotes, and Civic Duty encourage voters to bring their friends to enjoy a special evening at the Civil Rights Heritage Center.
The evening will also showcase civic, academic, and student leaders sharing their thoughts on voting and citizenship through the lenses of history, immigration, voting inequality, the youth vote, personal experiences, voting patterns, and many other topics. Refreshments will be available for attendees as they celebrate their freedom to vote and discuss their democracy.
By working with NDVotes and Civic Duty in a historically significant venue, “the League hopes to inspire important conversation about the role of citizen (and community) engagement in our democracy,” said Elizabeth Bennion, Director of Voter Services and Education for the South Bend Area League. “Voting is habit forming.”
The habit of voting can begin with young adults, so the League welcomes the talents of the Notre Dame students. “Partnering with Civic Duty and ND Votes provides the League, and other attendees, with an opportunity to gain new insights about students’ thoughts on voting and citizenship,” said Bennion. “Meanwhile, it gives young people an opportunity to learn more about state and local politics, and to learn more about the League—an organization founded in 1920 shortly before the 19th Amendment recognizing women’s right to vote.”
The Civil Rights Heritage Center is located at 1040 W. Washington St., South Bend, IN 46601.