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Webinar: Ballot Measure Pros & Cons Presentation
Event Date: October 1, 2020 - 10:00 am Webinar Registration & Question Submission
Thank you for your interest in participating in the League of Women Voters North County San Diego Pros and Cons Presentation. During this live Zoom session, your presenters will provide an overview of the measures that will be on the ballot in November. Time allowing, we will answer any questions you may have. Local Leagues connected to this event:
Monthly General Meeting
Event Date: October 1, 2020 - 11:30 am Please join Placer County LWVs with guest speaker Ryan Ronco of Placer County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar of Voters. Their mission is to provide courteous, timely, and professional recording, clerk and elections services to the citizens, businesses and public agencies of the County with the utmost integrity, transparency, consistency, fairness, legal compliance and cost-effectiveness, using both the trained and committed staff of the Clerk-Recorder-Elections Office and technology to advance operations. Local Leagues connected to this event:
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Candidate Forum: Modesto City Council Districts 1, 5, 6
Event Date: October 3, 2020 - 12:00 am Please join us on October 3 as we launch the recording of Modesto City Council (District 1, 3 and 6) candidate forum which takes place on Sept. 30. Subscribe to our League's YouTube channel and then tune in to find the recording on October 3.
Contact Laurie Carley, below, to submit questions before September 30.
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Hot Topic Saturday: Prop Talk
Event Date: October 3, 2020 - 10:00 am Ballot measures can sometimes feel like trick questions. We at the League of Women Voters are dedicated to providing non-partisan "prop talks" to help break down each measure. We will present the pros and cons of how these policies will impact your day to day life. We have 12 California state propositions and five San Diego City measures to review so bring a big cup of coffee and get the inside scoop on how to tackle your ballot this election season.
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Candidate Forum: Santa Monica City Council [CRJ-LWVSMEF]
Event Date: October 4, 2020 - 6:00 pm Please join us for a Candidates Forum for the Santa Monica City Council cosponsored by the Committee for Racial Justice (CRJ) and the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Education Fund (LWVSMEF). The theme is Transformation in the Era of Black Lives Matter. Please register for the Zoom webinar link. The webinar will also be livestreamed via YouTube for those unable to attend via Zoom.
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LWVMC Virtual Board Meeting
Event Date: October 5, 2020 - 1:30 pm
Teleconference Phone Call
contact: Howard Fosler for phone number and code
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Great Decisions Extension
Event Date: October 5, 2020 - 7:00 pm The LWVSC Great Decisions Extension is meeting on the first Monday of each at 7:00 PM via Zoom. If anyone would like to join our discussion or just come and listen in and add your thoughts please send an email request to Judy Potter judy.potter [at] gmail.com.
Please note: Great Decisions completed this year’s regular meetings thanks to Zoom. We have transitioned to our once-monthly Great Decisions Extension Group. Our extension group selects topics of interest to members of the group.
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Pros & Cons Initiatives on the November Ballot
Event Date: October 6, 2020 - 12:00 pm We are presenting Pros & Cons for the initiatives on the November Ballot online this year
You can watch the Pros & Cons Initiatives presentation on the November Ballot live on Tuesday, Oct 6 at noon,or you can watch the recorded presentation anytime after the live presentation at this link: https://youtu.be/F-KD8KLoKSw Local Leagues connected to this event:
Candidate Forum for the Shasta Lake City Council
Event Date: October 6, 2020 - 6:00 pm There are four candidates for three seats: Larry Farr (incumbent), Jim Mark, Janice Powell (incumbent) and Greg Watkins (incumbent).
The forum will be held at the Shasta Lake City Council Chambers on Tuesday evening, October 6, following the City Council meeting. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, there will be very limited seating available for this forum. It will be live-streamed and recorded.
Election 2020 Candidate Forum: BART Districts 5 & 7
Event Date: October 6, 2020 - 6:00 pm Voters! Hear from the candidates from BART Districts 5 & 7 to help you vote in the November election. Register here!
BART District 5 is at 6:00 pm
BART District 7 is at 7:00 pm
In this virtual Forum, the candidates will present their views on issues important to our community. Please submit your questions in advance; questions will not be taken at the Forum.
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Donna Linder, Stanislaus County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters
Event Date: October 6, 2020 - 6:30 pm Donna Linder, Stanislaus County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters will speak to LWVSC on Tuesday, October 6 at 6:30 on Zoom.
She will talk about new voting procedures to meet COVID-19 restrictions. What do you do with the ballot that will arrive in your mailbox next week? This is important information you won’t want to miss.
MCRPD Candidate Forum
Event Date: October 6, 2020 - 7:00 pm LWV of Mendocino County will present a Candidate Forum for the MCRPD Board candidates on the November 3 ballot.
Five candidates are running for 2 Long Term seats.
The Candidate Forum will occur via Zoom on Tuesday, October 6 beginning at 7 PM. Those joining the Zoom meeting will be able to ask the candidates questions, so that the voters can have a good idea of where the candidates stand on the issues the voters care about. Local Leagues connected to this event:
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Candidate Forum: SMC Board of Trustees [SMMPTA Council- LWVSMEF]
Event Date: October 7, 2020 - 7:00 pm Please join us for a Candidates Forum for the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees cosponsored by the Santa Monica-Malibu PTA Council (SMMPTA Council) and the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica Education Fund (LWVSMEF). Please register for the Zoom webinar link. The webinar will also be livestreamed via YouTube for those unable to attend via Zoom.
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Pros and Cons Presentation on Ballot Measures
Event Date: October 8, 2020 - 6:00 pm The LWVBC Pros and Cons on Ballot Measures will be on October 8starting at 6pm.
The Zoom invitation details are below.
League of Women Voters Butte County is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 811 8149 9482
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LWVLA & Ebell Present: Ballot Measures Forum
Event Date: October 8, 2020 - 6:00 pm Mona Field will return to the Club on ZOOM for her popular, non-partisan overview and explanation of the local November 3rd ballot measures. She’ll answer your questions about the many complicated state and county proposals.
Please have your sample ballot handy,
and other materials that have arrived in your mailbox.
When:
Thursday, October 8, 2020
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Catherine Hicks, Chair
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Colfax City Council Candidate Forum
Event Date: October 8, 2020 - 6:00 pm Please join LWV Placer County to learn about Colfax City Council candidates. Watch for upcoming details and Zoom invitations.
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LWV CA Ballot -- Pros and Cons
Event Date: October 12, 2020 - 2:00 pm Pros & Cons are being sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Southwest Santa Clara Valley, which covers the cities of Campbell, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, and Saratoga.
These sessions will review the 12 state propositions, the 3 county measures and 3 local measures. The LWV is nonpartisan and does not support or oppose any political party
or candidate. These Pros & Cons sessions provide the public with unbiased information to help inform their election decisions. Local Leagues connected to this event:
Southwest Santa Clara Valley
Board Meeting
Event Date: October 12, 2020 - 4:00 pm Regular board meeting. All members are invited.
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Pros & Cons of the November Ballot Measures
Event Date: October 13, 2020 - 12:00 pm The October 13 review of the California State and San Mateo County ballot measures has been cancelled but you can still learn about the measures.
Support for informed voting is a 100-year old hallmark of the League of Women Voters. There are measures related to voting rights, criminal justice, affirmative action, and commercial property tax reform.
Learn about the measures. See the Zoom recordings.
Read with League
Event Date: October 13, 2020 - 1:00 pm "Crime In Progress" by Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch. Reviewer is Karen Bender.
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LWVBC Board Meeting
Event Date: October 13, 2020 - 5:30 pm Local Leagues connected to this event:
Pros & Cons - 12 California Propositions
Event Date: October 13, 2020 - 6:00 pm Come. Listen. Ask questions. Be informed. Then VOTE.
While LWV of California has supported or opposed some of the propositions following careful study and based on adopted positions, this event presents both sides of each proposition.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 885 2298 9492
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California Ballot Measures: Pros & Cons with the Skirball
Event Date: October 13, 2020 - 7:00 pm Get ready to vote!
Ranging from the rights of gig workers to reforms on our property tax system, the results of the upcoming election will have widespread impact on Californians. Grab your sample ballot and join us for a nonpartisan overview of the most pressing state ballot measures up for a vote this November 3. Led by Mona Field, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles, this online program takes a look at the pros and cons of each measure to help you make informed decisions. Local Leagues connected to this event:
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LWVMRYCO General Meeting
Event Date: October 14, 2020 - 12:00 pm LWVMC Virtual General Meeting: "LWV Positions on Ballot Measures" - Helen Hutchison, will briefly explain each of the twelve Propositions on the November California General Election ballot, and the “Vote with the League” recommendation to vote “Yes” or “No’” or why the LWVC is “Neutral" on each. A question and answer session will follow her presentation as time permits. Local Leagues connected to this event:
October Virtual Happy Hour
Event Date: October 14, 2020 - 5:30 pm Join us for our monthly (virtual) Happy Hour on Wednesday, October 14th at 5:30 p.m.! Catch up with other League members & supporters from the comfort of wherever you are! Please RSVP for the Zoom meeting information.
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Proposition 15 - Schools & Communities First!
Event Date: October 14, 2020 - 6:00 pm Come. Listen. Ask questions. Be informed. Then VOTE.
Join us as LWV of Mendocino County presents a discussion about Prop 15, Schools & Communities First.
Homeowners have been paying their fair share of property taxes based on the 1978 Prop 13 tax formula. Learn how Prop 15 will keep that current tax rate unchanged for home owners, all residential property and agricultural land, while requiring large corporations to also pay their fair share. Local Leagues connected to this event:
U.S Congress California District 1 Forum
Event Date: October 14, 2020 - 6:00 pm Watch the YouTube recording of the forum here
A forum with the candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives for California's District 1 will be held on Wednesday, October 14 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The forum is a late addition to LWVWNC's Candidate Forum series, held as virtual presentations this year, just finalized with incumbent Representative Doug LaMalfa and challenger Audrey Denney, the two candidates on the ballot. Local Leagues connected to this event:
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Fighting Against Fake News
Event Date: October 15, 2020 - 5:00 pm Fighting Against Fake News -The Case for News Literacy
The League of Women Voters of Wheaton (IL) and The Robert McCormick House at Cantigny Park invite you to a virtual presentation by Peter Adams, Vice President of the News Literacy Projection, fighting against fake news and developing the skills to recognize and evaluate information in order to become news literate. This event is part of their Civic Awareness Series.
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Virtual Book Club! Democracy: A Case Study (Cases 5 & 6)
Event Date: October 15, 2020 - 6:00 pm Many of us have extra time these days. What better way to spend it than with a book! In these trying times, it's also helpful to stay in community, even if we can't personally be with each other.
This year--the hundredth anniversary of women's suffrage--we're starting the LWVO Centennial Book Club under the leadership of Trisha Gorman, LWVO Centennial Committee. We'll be meeting over Zoom on the third Thursday of every other month. (Zoom, which is free for users, works with PCs/Macs and on iPhones/Androids.) Local Leagues connected to this event:
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Pros & Cons of the State Ballot Measures
Event Date: October 17, 2020 - 10:00 am The Santa Cruz Public Libraries will host the League of Women Voters Ballot Information Forum during a virtual event via Zoom. The forum is free to attend and registration is required. To register, visit bit.ly/SCPL-2020Ballot.
For voter information resources, visit santacruzpl.org and/or lwvscc.org.
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LWVSM New Member Orientation
Event Date: October 18, 2020 - 1:00 pm Whether you're a new member, been in the League a while, or just thinking about becoming a member, all are welcome at our New Member Orientation! We'll be discussing the history & structure of the League, what we're working on today, and how YOU can get involved! Please RSVP for the meeting link. We'll see you there!
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Reimagining Democracy Town Hall Series: The 2020 Election and the Politics of Racial Justice
Event Date: October 21, 2020 - 5:00 pm This panel brings together UC Berkeley scholars and nationally recognized political strategists to share reflections on what the 2020 election holds for the future of democracy and efforts to achieve racial justice in the United States. This will be the first event in a yearlong Reimagining Democracy Town Hall Series that will continue throughout the 2020-2021 academic year. A link to view will be sent to registrants prior to the event.
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Lunch with League
Event Date: October 22, 2020 - 11:00 am Our special guest will be Ed Batson, who was employed in commercial survey research for over 30 years. He will give us important, unbiased insight into what polling is really telling us.
Ed worked for such marketing and research companies as Nielsen/Scarborough, DRI & Maritz. He was Director of Marketing Research for the L A Times for 12 years. As a consultant for the Annenberg School of Communications at USC, Ed focused on projects for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Use this link to join us. You won’t want to miss it! Local Leagues connected to this event:
Beers & Ballots: Crafting Community
Event Date: October 22, 2020 - 5:00 pm On Thursday, October 22 at 5 pm, The League of Women Voters of Los Angeles, in partnership with Angel City Brewery and Studio Number One, will host a virtual ballot party event, Ballots and Beers: Crafting Your Community, that features a curated list of nonpartisan speakers from the League to help guide voters in the California election propositions. Local Leagues connected to this event:
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Vote Early Day
Event Date: October 24, 2020 - 12:00 am If you can, do VOTE EARLY! Join the League and its partners in encouraging voters to vote early. This is the first Voter Early Day in history. Let's make it a big day!
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Sacramento County
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Your Vote is Your Voice: Civic Engagement & Elections
Event Date: October 26, 2020 - 6:30 pm The Center for the Advacement of Women at Mount Saint Mary's University presents LEGISLATION IN RESIDENT VIRTUAL SPEAKER SERIES
Your Vote is Your Voice: Civic Engagement & Elections
Join Mount Saint Mary's Legislator in Resident Senator Holly J. Mitchell in conversation with Assistant Deputy Secretary of State Tamara Rasberry and Marilu Guevara, Executive Director of the Leage of Women Voters of Los Angeles. Local Leagues connected to this event:
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Implicit Bias Presentation
Event Date: October 27, 2020 - 12:00 pm Zoom Meeting open to the public upon registration (free). More details to be promulgated as we get closer to event.
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LIVE with the League -- Suppressed: The Fight to Vote
Event Date: October 28, 2020 - 11:30 am
Join us for a screening of the documentary Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, followed by a group discussion about voting and how to make it more accessible, including locations of polling places, maintenance of voter roles, wait times and other important issues. Local Leagues connected to this event:
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Zoom Meeting for Prop 15
Event Date: October 29, 2020 - 11:30 am
THURSDAY: Superintendent Thurmond & Campaign Leaders Urge Californians to Vote for Prop. 15, Invest in Education and Essential Services
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Event Date: October 31, 2020 - 12:00 am
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Spooky Prop Talk and Creepy Costume Contest
Event Date: October 30, 2020 - 8:00 pm Join us on "Halloween Eve" for spooks, spells, and step-by-step explainers for filling out your 2020 ballot!
In addition to a prop talk, there will be a creepy costume contest, spooky soundtrack, and terror-rific tips for the 2020 General Election.
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