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President's Note - September 1, 2024
Dear LWV Friends,
This past week we have been celebrating Women’s Equality Day, which commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment. On Aug 24, we had a HERstory walk (led by Helen Cordes) in old Georgetown, rousing VOTE chants at the county Courthouse, and lemonade and cookies aplenty. Thanks so much to all of you who joined us and helped us celebrate the power of VOTING! And huge thanks to the volunteers who organized and staffed the event!
September is crunch time. We have events nearly every day, with simultaneous events on multiple days. We are also planning school board candidate forums in October. If you have signed up to volunteer with us, expect a lot of emails from Karen and Helen with volunteer opportunities!
Here are September’s Action Items:
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SIGN UP TO BE AN ELECTION WORKER. We are continuing to recruit Poll Workers for Williamson County. We will have over 80 sites on Election Day and will need hundreds of new poll workers. You can work half day or full day, just on election day or early voting plus election day. Lots of options! Sign up here.
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JOIN THE ELECTION PROTECTION TEAM. LWV partners with several other organizations to provide non-partisan resources at polling places in case voters have difficulties at the polls. EP volunteers sit outside polling places for specific shifts (you can choose your shifts). Volunteers have resources available for voters who approach with questions, but do not confront voters or poll workers. Because we work with a coalition, everyone who participates needs to go through training, which will be ONLINE and will start in October. The Election Protection team will coordinate all training and scheduling. If you want to go ahead and reserve a spot, you can sign up here.
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HELP EVALUATE COUNTY ELECTION WEBSITES. Every year, LWV Texas evaluates the Elections Office websites for all 254 Texas counties and issues ratings to encourage counties that provide clear information for voters. You can do all of this from home in your pajamas, and training is provided. Please consider pitching in! The more volunteers we have, the fewer counties each volunteer needs to evaluate. Email Dorothy Marchand to sign up: dmarchand@lwvtexas.org.
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GET READY FOR NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY (Sept. 17). We are planning 11 (!!) simultaneous events at college and tech school campuses, public libraries, and Dell. Sites and times will all be on our website calendar soon.
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JOIN THE ADVOCACY TEAM. It’s not too early to be thinking about the next legislative session, which begins in January. Elizabeth MacNamara from LWV Texas is leading planning sessions on the 4th Thursday of every month at noon. We had our first meeting this past week. The next meeting will be Sept. 26, noon. If you wish to join the team, please send email to emacnamara@lwvtexas.org.
Eat your veggies and stay hydrated! We got this!
Felicia Miyakawa
President, LWV Williamson County
UPCOMING EVENTS - watch your email for volunteer opportunities! There’s more to come!
Sept. 3-4: First Vote at Stony Point High School
Sept. 7: First Vote Training (9:30-12, Georgetown Recreation Center Admin Building. Please RSVP to FirstVote@lwvwilco.org if you want to join us.)
Sept. 9: First Vote at Taylor High School
Sept. 11, 6PM: BOARD MEETING (Google meet only. Board and invited guests only)
Sept. 11-12: First Vote at Eastview High School
Sept. 17: National Voter Registration Day
Sept 19-20: First Vote at Round Rock High School
Sept 23-24: First Vote at Hutto High School
Sept. 25-26: First Vote at Cedar Ridge High School
Oct. 7: Deadline Day (Last day to register to vote for Nov. election)
Oct. 9, 6PM: OPEN BOARD MEETING (Georgetown Public Library, Friends room, all are welcome)
Nov. 5: General Election
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