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League at the Library: High Springs Branch

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Submitted by Alachua County in July 2024.

Event Date: 
Jul 12 2024 11:00 am to 01:00 pm
Event location: 

High Springs Branch Library

This League at the Library event will take place at the High Springs Branch Library and will be an inside event. We are looking for 2-3 volunteers to man the table.

During LWVAC's 2024 Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Campaign for the 2024 Election Season, the Voter Services team is organizing multiple Alachua County Library tabling events. The goal is to have a table at each of the 12 libraries once a month for 2 hours at peak times until November. We hope to increase League visibility and engage with current and potential voters, especially young people.

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League at the Library: Hawthorne Branch

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Submitted by Alachua County in July 2024.

Event Date: 
Jul 09 2024 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Event location: 

Hawthorne Branch Library

This League at the Library event will take place at the Hawthorne Branch Library and will be an indoor event. We are looking for 2-3 volunteers to man the table.

During LWVAC's 2024 Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Campaign for the 2024 Election Season, the Voter Services team is organizing multiple Alachua County Library tabling events. The goal is to have a table at each of the 12 libraries once a month for 2 hours at peak times until November. We hope to increase League visibility and engage with current and potential voters, especially young people.

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Learn more about LWVFL's Personal Voter Concierge Pilot Program

Your Vote is Your Voice

Submitted by Alachua County in July 2024.

Event Date: 
Jul 01 2024 06:00 pm

The League of Women Voters of Florida is a pilot for a new "voter concierge" program. Vote With Us’s "Personal Voter Concierge Service" is a part of a series of Center for Artistic Activism (C4AA) supported works that protect the freedom to vote with creativity and innovation. C4AA invited friends and family across the country to reach out if they needed help researching their ballot or figuring out their voting logistics game plan for the 2022 midterm elections. Now in 2024, their work is expanding and the League has been selected to help!

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6.24 Wow! Primary Candidate Forum Great Turnout!

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Submitted by Alachua County in June 2024.

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The LWV of Alachua County and the UF Bob Graham Center for Public Service hosted a highly successful, highly attended primary candidate forum on Sunday, 6/23/24, at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service. Sixteen candidates running for sheriff, county commission, Gainesville city commission, school board and state representative district 22 participated. They answered questions composed by the League while an overflow audience filled all the chairs, lined the staircases and watched from a balcony above. Afterward the crowd enjoyed free refreshments while talking with the candidates. Candidates and guests had glowing comments about the event.

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Education Committee July 2024

Education Committee February 2024

Submitted by Greater Green Bay in June 2024.

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The next Education Committee meeting will be on July 18 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. via Zoom

 

 

 

 

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California League Achieves 85% of Policy Outcomes

California Palm Trees

Submitted by Orange Coast in June 2024.

News

by Beth McConaughy

As Stephanie Doute, LWV of California Executive Director notes,

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Voter Registration Training (In-Person)

I Voted!

Submitted by Montgomery County, VA in June 2024.

Event Date: 
Jul 22 2024 10:00 am
Event location: 

Montgomery County Government Center

We have two upcoming opportunities for League members to take Voter Registration Training so you can help with our important voter registration and education work before this fall’s presidential election.
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Voter Registration Training (Virtual)

I Voted!

Submitted by Montgomery County, VA in June 2024.

Event Date: 
Jul 13 2024 02:00 pm
Event location: 

Zoom

We have two upcoming opportunities for League members to take Voter Registration Training so you can help with our important voter registration and education work before this fall’s presidential election.
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Voter Services Meeting

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Submitted by Alachua County in June 2024.

Event Date: 
Jul 03 2024 06:30 pm

Join us for our next meeting where we continue planning activities for the 2024 Election Season.  Contact Dillon Boatner at vote [at] lwv-alachua.org

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Combined Candidate Forum Lee County Commission Districts 3 and 5, Lee County School Board Districts 2, 3, and 7, and Fort Myers City Council Wards 2 and 4

Submitted by Lee County in June 2024.

Event Date: 
Jul 11 2024 06:00 pm
Event location: 

Alliance for the Arts

Registration begins at 5:30pm, Combined Forums are from 6-8pm

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