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Fair Maps Friday: Redistricting Watch - a new blog series from LWVUS

People Powered Fair Maps - League of Women Voters US

Submitted by Rhode Island in March 2021.

Blog Post

Our League's national headquarters has been a passionate and proactive force in spearheading the People Powered Fair Maps campaign, and their new blog series, "Redistricting Watch," is a great way to keep up-to-date on key issues in the redistrict

Let RI Vote graphic with coalition partners

Submitted by Rhode Island in March 2021.

Action Alerts

S516 and S569
2021-03-18 Senate Committee recommended measure be held for further study

Submitted by in March 2021.

Action Alerts

It should be easier, not harder, to vote. The For the People Act (S1), improves access to voting with reforms like Same Day Registration and Automatic Voter Registration.

Submitted by Rhode Island in March 2021.

Event Date:

03/23/2021 - 6:00pm to 03/24/2021 - 5:45pm

Event location:

Westerly Library Online Event

The League of Women Voters South County and Living Literature in partnership with the Westerly Library present The Fight for Women’s Rights: The Suffragists, a video and discussion of the continuing figh

Takeaways

Welcome to this new page on our website, where you may find nourishing nuggets that League members share from their reading, listening, watching. They are memorable, wise and brief. They can be inspiring, instructive and even funny.

March 2021

Cille King shares indicators of what improves voting turnout, or doesn't, which she gleaned from NonprofitVOTE:

In the 2020 national election,

Submitted by Rhode Island in March 2021.

News

Activist Training Sessions cancelled due to conflict with House and Senate hearings

Event Flyer for LWVCT April 7 event The Voting Process in Connecticut: Behind the Scenes"

Submitted by Connecticut in March 2021.

Event Date:

04/07/2021 - 12:00pm to 04/08/2021 - 11:45am

Event location:

Online - Zoom

Join Laura Smits, LWVCT Voter Service VP, as she shares how the election process actually works in Connecticut. She will explain the roles of the local election officials and the system that makes our elections some of the most secure in the nation.

Submitted by Connecticut in March 2021.

Action Alerts

The GAE Committee will be considering four crucial bills concerning Voting Rights of Incarcerated or Formerly Incarcerated Persons and Elections Administration next Wednesday. Please email your written testimony AND/OR sign up to testify in person. Deadline to sign up for live testimony is Tuesday March 9. Also: Thank your legislators if they supported Early Voting or No-Excuse Absentee Voting during the February 22 Public Hearing!

Submitted by Rhode Island in March 2021.

Blog Post

The Rhode Island Constitution requires that, along with abiding by the Voting Rights Act (which outlines equal racial population requirements as well as other guidelines determining what construes “fair representation” based on factors such as pol

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Fair Maps Friday: Redistricting Watch - a new blog series from LWVUS

PLEASE SUPPORT VOTING REFORM IN RI

Action Alert: Tell the Senate to support S1!

The Fight for Women’s Rights: The Suffragists

Takeaways

Let RI Vote!

LWVCT hosts "The Voting Process in Connecticut: Behind the Scenes"

BE VOCAL, VOTE LOCAL!

Submit Testimony for March 10 Public Hearing

Fair Maps Friday: Communities of Interest - A Huge Part of Fair Representation

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