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OUR TURN
Expand access to mail ballots this election year
By Jane W. Koster, John Marion and Steven Brown Providence Journal 5/11/2020

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March 26, 2020
VOTING RIGHTS GROUPS URGE STEPS TO PROTECT PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO VOTE

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The League of Women Voters of the United States believes that voting is a fundamental citizen right that must be guaranteed (LWVUS Position March 1982). Current issues are: Expanding Voter Access, Redistricting, Money in Politics, and Fighting Voter

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League of Women Voters Mason County supports the Home Rule Charter form of government for Mason County.
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• Register to vote if you have yet to do so at Vote 411 or at R.I. Secretary of State.
• Get the latest updates on R.I.'s upcoming elections and learn more about voting-by-mail at R.I. Board of Elections and what the League is doing.
• Fill out the 2020 U.S. Census. We want to ensure that Rhode Island continues to receive the federal funding it deserves, and we keep two U.S. House Representatives.
• Support the League's People Powered Fair Maps campaign and ensure that R.I. puts the power of drawing districts in the hands of ordinary Rhode Islanders and not legislators. Sign a petition and show your support for proposed amendments to the R.I. Constitution to create an independent redistricting commission at Redraw RI.
• Read the House or Senate bills that would pave the way for an independent redistricting commission in Rhode Island.

Event Date: 
01/05/2021 - 11:45am to 01/06/2021 - 12:45pm
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Zoom

January topic: National Popular Vote

Presenters and discussion leaders: Nancy Kolb and Ted Fuller

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Supports the concept that an individual should not simultaneously HOLD local public offices which have been determined to be incompatible either by a prohibition in statutory law or case law or determined to be incompatible in an Illinois Attorney General's opinion.
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Submitted to the Beloit Daily News Letters to the Editor, June 11, 2020

Empowering Voters, Defending Democracy --

Event Date: 
07/13/2020 - 6:00pm to 07/14/2020 - 7:45pm
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Online-Via Zoom

Voter Registration Training
For members of the public who want to learn how to help others register to vote
For more information or to RSVP, call the LWV office at 513-281-8683 or email hfountain [at] lwvcincinnati.org

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Event Date: 
06/23/2020 - 7:00pm to 8:15pm
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It's All About the MitzVOTE: WHY voting is more important than ever, HOW COVID-19 is impacting the process, and WHAT you can do to help get out the vote!
Register now at: https://www.adath-israel.org/rsvp to get the Zoom link.

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