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Take Action for funding Early Voting implementation and education for the No Excuse Absentee Ballot Referendum

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Submitted by Connecticut in April 2024.

Action Alerts

Contact your legislators and urge them to support funding for Early Voting implementation and the No Excuse Absentee Ballot referendum. Many worked for a decade to pass Early Voting in Connecticut, a landmark event that the Governor said would "improve the ability of voters to cast their ballots and enable more people to participate in our democracy". However without funding and support this hard fought right may not succeed.

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League at the Library: Cone Park Branch

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Submitted by Alachua County in April 2024.

Event Date: 
04/25/2024 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Event location: 

Cone Park Branch

This League at the Library event will take place at the Cone Park Branch and will be an outdoor 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: Library Partnership Branch

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Submitted by Alachua County in April 2024.

Event Date: 
04/27/2024 - 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Event location: 

Library Partnership Branch

This League at the Library event will take place at the Library Partnership Branch 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: Newberry Branch

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Submitted by Alachua County in April 2024.

Event Date: 
04/30/2024 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Event location: 

Newberry Branch Library

This League at the Library event will take place at the Newberry Branch Library and will be an outdoor 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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Take action to protect election workers and prohibit guns at the polls

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Submitted by Connecticut in April 2024.

Action Alerts

Contact your state senator and representative and urge them to support HB 5448 to protect elections workers! It has become apparent over the past few years that election workers need protection. This bill would take measures to prevent and penalize harassment, threats of violence, and/or doxxing of election workers, and prohibits guns from polling locations and elections related locations.

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Special Guest at last “North Book Club” Meeting

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Submitted by Orange Coast in April 2024.

News

Our selection for March was The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial by David Lipsky.  We continue holding our meetings on Zoom – which allo

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Hamilton and Wenham Town Elections

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Submitted by Hamilton-Wenham in April 2024.

Event Date: 
04/11/2024 - 7:00am

Results are in!

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League at the Library: Hawthorne Branch

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Submitted by Alachua County in March 2024.

Event Date: 
04/22/2024 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
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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League at the Library: Archer Branch

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Submitted by Alachua County in March 2024.

Event Date: 
04/18/2024 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Event location: 

Archer Branch Library

This League at the Library event will take place at the Archer 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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League at the Library: Alachua Branch

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Submitted by Alachua County in March 2024.

Event Date: 
04/16/2024 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Event location: 

Alachua Branch Library

This League at the Library event will take place at the Alachua Branch Library and will be an outdoor 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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