News Release: League sets more voter registration opportunities
Contact: Lou Ann Garrett, ladgarrett [at] gmail.com, Jami Cowart, 865-406-8031, or Sonya Letson, 806-236-0971
League of Women Voters volunteers will provide opportunities to get registered to vote this Saturday, September 19, and again on Tuesday, September 22, which is National Voter Registration Day across the country.
Saturday’s locations are the Burrowing Owl bookstores on the Square in Canyon and the Summit Shop-ping Center in Amarillo, both from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and the “Fair on the Square” in Wolflin Village near the Coffee Memorial bloodmobile close to the Sleep Shop at 2620 Wolflin from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
League volunteer deputy registrars will also conduct voter registration Tuesday at the following locations:
East Branch Library at 2232 SE 27th; North Branch Library at 1504 NE 24th; and Northwest Branch Library, 6100 W. 9th, all outdoors, from 12 noon to 3 p.m.;
Santa Fe Building, outside at the corner of 9th & Polk, from 10 am. to 1 p.m.; and
Outside the JB Kelley Student Center at West Texas A&M University on 2nd Avenue in Canyon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Volunteers will continue to conduct voter registration at this location each Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. through September.
“We urge any citizen 18 or older who is not already registered to vote to come Saturday or Tuesday and get that done!” said Jami Cowart, LWV voter registration chair. “And those who were registered but have moved or changed their name need to get their registration updated as well.”
Voters must be registered by October 5 to be eligible to vote in the General Election on November 3, she added. The ballot includes those running for President of the United States, a U.S. Senator from Texas, the 13th District Representative in Congress (the seat being vacated by Mac Thornberry), and a few local races. Amarillo residents will also vote on a bond issue to fund renovations and expansion of the Amarillo Civic Center and city charter revisions for changing the Amarillo City Council to staggered terms and revision of the minimum number of meetings it must hold each year.
“We’re keeping safety in mind,” Cowart emphasized. “All of these events are outdoors, and our volunteers will be wearing masks and using sanitizing processes in between voters.”
“We will have additional voter registration events leading up to October 5,” she added, “so please ‘like’ the Amarillo League of Women Voters on Facebook for the most up-to-date information on events. People can also call us at 806-337-2148 or check our new website at https://my.lwv.org/texas/amarillo.”
The League is a nonpartisan organization that does not support or oppose any candidate or political party, said Sonya Letson, president. “Instead, we encourage informed and active participation in government. Our vision is a democracy in which every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate.”