Representative Contacts I Reports of Note I Sourced Information

Volunteer Opportunities

• Vote411 

• Observe Monthly Board of Elections Meetings

Orange, Durham, and Chatham BOE meetings are open to the public and Boards are pleased to have LWVODC observers. You will learn a great deal about how the Board does its work of making elections fair, secure, and accessible. And developing an ongoing relationship between the local Board and the local League is a excellent foundation for substantive two-way communication. If you are interested in volunteering to attend BOE meetings, contact us at lwvodc1 [at] gmail.com

• The Chatham Board meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm at the Board office (80 East St # D, Pittsboro, NC 27312) Website
• The Orange Board meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 4pm at the Board office (208 S Cameron St, Hillsborough, NC 27278) Website
• The Durham Board typically meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 5pm. Location and meeting time occasionally vary; information is available on their website.

• Orange County: 8/02/2022 Orange Co. BOE Observations Submitted by LWVODC Observer Vicki Hil

Contact Information for your Senators and Representatives

• Contact your US Senators or your NC Senator
• Contact your US House of Representative or your NC Representative

Reports of Note

• Lift Every Voice:  The Urgency of Universal Civic Duty Voting:  A Report from the Working Group on Universal Voting, Brookings Institute and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School, 2020
• Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century, Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship, a report sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, June 2020
• Fair Elections During a Crisis:  Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech to Advance the Legitimacy of, and the Public’s Confidence in, the November 2020 U.S. Elections, UCI Law, Ad Hoc Committee for 2020 Election Fairness and Legitimacy, April 2020

Various Sourced Articles/Websites re: Voting

• Let’s put the vote by mail ‘fraud’ myth to rest – The Hill, 4/28/20
• Do Mail-In Ballots Increase Risk of Voter Fraud?  Snopes, Jessica Lee, 5/26/20
• The Truth about Voter Fraud, Justin Levitt, Brennan Center for Justice New York University School of Law, 2007
• A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation finds 31 credible incidents out of one billion ballots cast, Washington Post, Justin Levitt, 8/6/14
• Voter Fraud Evidence:  Statistics show the problem is hardly as big as some claim, mic.com, Alison Durkee, 2/15/17
• NH Governor Vetoes Permanent Switch to No-Excuse Vote-by-Mail,The Fulcrum, Sara Swann, 7/13/20
• How We Vote Could Make You Sick, and We Shouldn’t Accept That, The Fulcrum, Isaac Shore, 7/20/20
• Voting by mail in a pandemic:  A state-by-state scorecard, Brookings Institution, Center for Effective Public Management, Elaine Kamarck, Yousef Ibreak, Amanda Powers, Chris Stewart, July 2020
• The latest civic engagement platform is, well, super, The Fulcrum, Sara Swann, July 2020
• Thousands of Rejected Mail-In Primary Ballots Spur November Fears, Newsy, Sasha Ingber, 7/13/20
• Coronavirus and the history of voter suppression in Alabama, Alabama Public Radio, Baillee Majors, 7/14/20
• Tens of thousands of mail ballots have been tossed out in this year’s primaries.  What will happen in November?  Washington Post, Elise Viebeck and Michelle Ye Hee Lee, 7/16/20

How to Spot Misinformation

• Fake: Searching for Truth in the Age of Misinformation, CT Public Television, a series of six productions on what is Fake News and how do you know?
• Guide to Finding Fakes & Facts, CT Public Television in conjunction with above series