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100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage

Celebrate the
100th ANNIVERSARY
OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
1920 to 2020

Save this Date. March 15, 2021, (rescheduled from 8/28/20) 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Celebration. Featuring Jamie Abrams, Professor of Law, University of Louisville on women’s struggle to win the vote and challenges today. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Lee County and Florida Gulf Coast University.

VOTE411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information. It provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific information on the following aspects of the election process:

Absentee ballot information
Ballot measure information (where applicable)
Early voting options (where applicable)
Election dates
Factual data on candidates in various federal, state and local races

Event flyer for the Virtual Women's Suffrage Centennial Event

Submitted by Wisconsin in August 2020.

Event Date:

08/26/2020 - 12:00pm to 08/27/2020 - 11:45am

Event location:

Statewide

Please join us in a celebratory ringing of bells at noon on August 26 to recognize the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, just as was done statewide in August of 1920 to celebrate women's enfranchisement.

CT Primary August 2020 Voter Survey Website Banner

Submitted by Connecticut in August 2020.

Blog Post

If you voted in the CT Primary, take the 3 minute survey to let us know how it went and share with a friend! This information will be used in our work on voting advocacy and to update our voting information to address voters’ actual experience voting, particularly during the pandemic. We also hope that this information will help to improve the November election process in Connecticut.

Submitted by Rhode Island in August 2020.

Public Statement

August 10, the Republican National Committee and the Rhode Island Republican Party sought a stay from the U.S.

Submitted by North Carolina in August 2020.

News

Over 100,000 Voters Will Be Protected in November with New Process

Submitted by The National Capital Area in August 2020.

Event Date:

08/17/2020 - 1:00pm to 08/18/2020 - 12:45pm

Event location:

LWVUS Facebook Page

-Join the Conversation about the next 100 years!

One hour discussion with LWVUS President Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase on what lies ahead for democracy in America.

Submitted by Rhode Island in August 2020.

News

According to the Board of Elections it is NOT too soon to apply for mail ballots for the November election.

Submitted by City of Riverside - SW Riverside County in August 2020.

Event Date:

08/22/2020 - 11:00am to 08/23/2020 - 11:45am

Event location:

Zoom Online Webinar

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100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage

VOTE411.org

VOTE411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information. It provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific information on the following aspects of the election process:

Massachusetts Legislative Envoy

Bell Ringing Statewide to Celebrate 19th Amendment Centennial

Voted in the CT Primary? Let us know how it went!

GOP Requests US Supreme Court stay in Mail Ballot Case

Federal Judge Orders Notice and Cure Process for Absentee Ballots in LWV North Carolina Case

Women Power the Vote Discussion Series: Defining the Next 100 Years, Facebook Event, August 17

-Join the Conversation about the next 100 years!

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100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage

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