Voting Rights

Voting Rights

Voting is a fundamental right and all eligible voters should have the equal opportunity to exercise that right. We are dedicated to ensuring that our elections remain free, fair and accessible.

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RCV

What is Ranked Choice Voting? 

The videos below explain Ranked Choice Voting

  • Why Ranked Choice Voting? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6pC5IJirrY

I voted stickers background image with "Voter Services Meeting" text overlay in blue box
Event Date: 
Sep 19 2022 06:30 pm

Join us for our next meeting planning upcoming voter registration and get out the vote events.

Large Oak Tree with text overlay
Event Date: 
Sep 13 2022 07:00 pm

Oak Hammock Committee Meeting with Barbara Oberlander presenting "Why Should I Vote".

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News

LWV, Missouri NAACP Sue Over Law Criminalizing Voter Engagement Efforts

by Shannon Augustus

Ranked Choice Voting
Event Date: 
Oct 12 2022 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm
Event location: 

Dewitt/Jamesville Library

The public is invited to learn about Ranked Choice Voting. Following education session League members will hold a concensus on RCV.  You can also attend via Zoom. Info is below 

Four women facing camera with Womens Inequality Day text overlay
Event Date: 
Aug 26 2022 12:00 am to 11:45 pm

August 26, otherwise known as Women's Equality Day, marks the anniversary of the certification of the 19th amendment, which granted some women the right to vote.

Lincoln Memorial Sunset
News

DC Reproductive Rights Depend on Statehood

by Anne Anderson and Kathy Chiron, LWV of DC

The Big Debate by Chris Garcia
Event Date: 
Aug 23 2022 07:00 pm
Event location: 

University of South Carolina Aiken, Ethredge Center

With the national premiere of an original playlet, The Big Debate, this event brings to life the fraught friendship and the competition for recognition between voting rights stalwarts Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony.

A red face and blue face with mouths in a shout facing each other with red and blue bullets coming from their side, words 'Fake News', 'Indoctrinate' and 'Election Fraud' on red bullets, words 'Social Justice', 'Misinformation' and 'Suppression' on blue.
Event Date: 
Sep 17 2022 10:00 am
Event location: 

Lomita Library

 

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