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UPDATE as of Jan. 8: At least two local papers ran articles about Rep. Chad Johnson's bill and 960 people sent emails objecting to the bill. The bill has been tabled. For now.

There is another attack on GRU coming. Attend the Legislative Delegation meeting on Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. at Santa Fe College to show your support for GRU. Can't attend in person? Send an email to the delegation. The most important thing we can do is to participate in local government. This is a prime opportunity.

Community Fair

MLK, Jr. Community Fair

All welcome to stop by the LWVSM table at the MLK, Jr. Celebration Community Fair!

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Event Date: 
01/09/2025 - 1:00pm
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Santa Fe College

Press release from the Office of Representative Chuck Brannan: The Alachua County Legislative Delegation will be holding its annual public hearing on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 1:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Joseph W. Fordyce Building (R-01) on the campus of Santa Fe State College at 3000 NW 83 Street in Gainesville. The public is encouraged to attend this opportunity to request legislation or state funding, as well as to express opinions on any other matter of state concern ahead of the 2025 Legislative Session.

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by Anna Honda and Joanne Supersad, Action Committee co-chairs 

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On December 5, 2024, the League of Women Voters of Wellesley held our annual information session for anyone interested in running for Town Meeting or one of Wellesley’s Boards in our town's March 2025 election.  With our panel of civic all-stars,

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This year the League of Women Voters of the United States had only 1 official Observer Credential for the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (informally kno

Event Date: 
11/11/2024 (All day) to 11/16/2024 (All day)

Interested in learning about the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (informally known as COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan?

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The League and local leaders encourage a YES vote on At-Large Districts. Disinformation FALSELY claiming that the NAACP and Black local leaders are opposed to at-large districts have arrived in mail boxes. Again.

Citizen Initiative
Event Date: 
11/12/2024 - 7:00pm

Citizen Initiative (CI) gives voters a powerful “direct democracy” tool enabling them to collect signatures and put a proposed law or constitutional amendment directly on the ballot. Twenty-six of the U.S.

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Action Alerts

Early voting began today. Mail in voting is ongoing. The last day to vote in this election is November 5. Our focus continues to be informing voters, and the way you can help is by passing out League handouts to your friends, neighbors and groups. The best place for people to get information on their ballot choices is the League VOTE411.org site. Each of our handouts has a QR code that directs people to VOTE411.org...

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