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MEMBERS MATTER NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER 2024
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September is National Voter Registration month, increasing public awareness on the critical importance of voting! Educating and motivating voters to participate is gratifying when they see that voting is their key to voicing their vision of the future.
The general election will happen in less that 60 days and your support of our Voter Service activities is needed to accomplish the League mission to protect and expand voting rights. Your active participation in these events provides an opportunity to ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. Plus you can connect to a generation of new voters with the many Voter Service “Youth Voter” events on Community College and University campuses.
The League of Women Voters is uniquely positioned to support this work as a nonpartisan, grassroots organization. Our voter education and election protection work help to enable all eligible individuals to participate in the democratic process. Please review our events related to these efforts and sign up to help!
As you read through this newsletter you will find details of our activities and registration links. In addition, we feature information from LWVAZ and LWVUS to keep you up to date on state and national voter programs. I encourage you to find ways to support these actions and collaborate with other volunteers. Working together we can continue to advance the mission of the League and protect the rights of all to participate in an inclusive democracy.
I look forward to seeing you at these events and celebrating our successes!
In League Service,
Marcia Barry, President
LWV Metro Phoenix
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Educational Webinars by LWVAZ
Monday, Sept 9, 6-7 pm: League Funding Zoom Webinar
Monday, Sept 16, 1-6 pm: Vote411: LWV Digital Voter Guide @ vote411.org
Monday, Sept 23, 6-7 pm: What is a League Position, a Resolution, and a Legislative Priority?
Monday, Sept 30, 6-7 pm: League and Social Media Zoom Webinar
Monday, Oct 7, 6-7 pm: League Advocacy Zoom Webinar
Voter Services Events
Tuesday, Sept 10, 4:30-6 pm: Voter Services Meeting Register Here
Thursday, Sept 19, 10 am - 4 pm: Voter Registration at Scottsdale Civic Center Library
Thursday, Sept 19, 11:30 am - 3 pm: Youth Voter Registration Event at ASU Voter Expo
Monday, Oct 7, Deadline to Register for General Election
Sat, Oct 19, 2-10pm and Sun, Oct 20, noon-9pm: Phoenix Pride Festival Tabling | |
We Need Your Participation!
Please help us with our final push to register voters and Get Out the Vote!
You can see by our Event Calendar that September and October are packed with great opportunities for you to engage with the community, get voters registered, and provide voters with timely up-to- date election information. Click on the links to volunteer!
Thursday, Sept 12, 10am - 1 pm: Youth Voter Registration Event at Mesa Community College Main Campus Dobson & Southern Disability Voting Rights Week! Youth Voter Event! Volunteer at Mesa Community college to register Youth voters and provide election information. 1833 W Southern Ave, Mesa.
Thursday, Sept 12, 10am - 1 pm: Youth Voter Registration Event at Mesa Community College Red Mountain Campus Disability Voting Rights Week! Youth Voter Event! Volunteer at Mesa Community college to register Youth voters and provide election information. 7110 E McKellips Rd, Mesa.
Sunday, Sept 15, 1-6 pm: Youth Voter Registration Event at ASU Cronkite School of Journalism League of Women Voters Metro Phoenix will be hosting a table at the New Generation Voter Forum event providing voter registration, education and election information to High School and College age Students. 555 N Central Ave, Phoenix.
Tuesday, Sept 17, 9am - 12 pm: Voter Registration at Keys to Change Campus Servicing Homeless Community Voter registration and education tabling at the Keys to Change Campus in downtown Phoenix, 1214 W Madison St. They collaborate with 15 organizations to provide services for people experiencing homelessness. Two-hour shifts available.
Tuesday, Sept 17, 9am - 12 pm: Youth Voter Registration at Mesa Community College Red Mountain Campus National Voter Registration Day! Register college-age youth at Mesa CC Red Mountain Campus. Provide election and voting information. 7110 E McKellips Rd, Mesa.
Thursday, Sept 19, 10am - 4 pm: Voter Registration at Scottsdale Civic Center Library Voter registration, election information and education tabling event.
Thursday, Sept 19, 11:30am - 3 pm: Youth Voter Registration Event at ASU Voter Expo LWV MP is invited to register voters and provide election information at the downtown Campus during their Registration Expo Event. UCENT Building Lobby 1st floor, 411 N Central, Phoenix.
Thursday, Oct 10, 12:30 - 3:30 pm: Youth National Voter Education at Mesa Community College Main Campus Dobson & Southern Provide election and voter education information to students at Mesa Community College Students for National Voter Education Week (registration closed for 2024 General Election)
Sat, Oct 19, 2-10pm and Sun, Oct 20, noon-9pm: Phoenix Pride Festival Tabling Come volunteer at LWV MP tabling booth. | |
Watch this video by Spectrum News on how the “Gen-Z” population
is being motivated to vote! Just click on the photo.
| Get Out The Vote (GOTV) for General Elections
Volunteers Needed! All Hands-on Deck!
Sign up now to receive training and make a difference in getting out the vote. Starting in late September, we will begin reaching out to women voters across the state.
Our projects include:
Texting
Phone banking
Door-to-door canvassing
Our messages will cover:
Checking voter registration
Following up to verify mail ballot receipt
Encouraging early ballot submission
Providing polling information
Our messages will direct voters to VOTE411.org, where they can find all the information they need in one place.
Texting: We currently have 36 volunteers signed up for texting. Additional volunteers are welcome.
Phone banking: We will be calling voters and leaving messages. We need volunteers!
Door-to-door canvassing: In select communities, we will talk to voters and distribute VOTE411 door hangers. We need volunteers!
Sign up to become a GOTV champion volunteer. We use the League in Action (LIA) app to organize actions for GOTV. League in Action is powered by Outreach Circle. Use your phone to scan the QR Code here, or use this link on your mobile device: https://vc0.co/OZ5
If you have the LIA app installed, the link will take you straight to the “Join Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Team!” page, where you can sign up for one or more of the volunteer opportunities (texting, phone-banking, door-to-door canvassing).
If you don’t have the LIA app, you will be prompted to install it, which will bring you to the LWVAZ LIA page. Hit the “JOIN” button at the bottom right and follow the prompts to set up your account. We recommend that you sign in using email. Once you sign up you are a League in Action Supporter. You can use your existing credentials if you have an Outreach Circle account, but you must download the new app. If you have League in Action signup issues, email us at lwvazadvocacy@gmail.com. | |
Growing our Membership and League Power
Please join us welcome our 10 New League Members who joined in the month of August: David Ashby, Fran Eastwood, Frances John, Deb Rawhouser, Jennifer Tucker, Mark Wagner, Tammie Wagner, EJ Wood, Paul Wood, and Madeline Yang.
And, thank you to all 22 Renewing Members: Jeri Ben-Horin, Don Bentley, Linda Holman Bentley,Yvonne Betts, Zach Brooks, Nancy Brooks, Connie Cornelius, Lyndsey Hancin, Barbara Kain, Vincent Kruse, Linda Landy, Catherine Scrivano, Korina Tueller, Michael Tueller, Doris Perlmutter, Kara Pelletier, Peter Pelletier, Wendy Parr, Maria Parrish, Dawn Reeths, Alice Stambaugh, and Nancy Walentas.
Engagement Highlights
Looking for ways to get involved? Your participation matters - whether you serve on a committee, or volunteer to educate and assist voters. Thank you for helping us “Empower Voters and Defend Democracy”. We are stronger with each and every member! Help us grow our League power by inviting friends, neighbors, and democracy allies to Join the League today!!! |  |  | |
Please join Election Protection Arizona as a nonpartisan, volunteer poll monitor for the 2024 General Election! As a nonpartisan volunteer poll monitor, you will assist voters on Election Day should they encounter any problems voting. You will make a crucial difference for voters — connecting them with trained legal professionals and resources they need to safely and securely cast their ballots.
Election Protection Arizona (EPAZ) helps at all stages of voting from registration to voting at the polls on Election Day. Join us in helping voters overcome any barrier from getting the right voter ID to voting from jail!
Sign up to be an EPAZ volunteer at bit.ly/EPAZVOLUNTEERS!
The Election Protection training schedule is:
6-7pm on Wednesday, September 11, 2024
6-7pm on Tuesday, September 17, 2024
6-7pm on Wednesday, September 25, 2024
6-7pm on Wednesday, October 2, 2024
1-2pm on Saturday, October 5, 2024
6-7pm on Wednesday, October 9, 2024
1-2pm on Saturday, October 12, 2024
6-7pm on Wednesday, October 16, 2024
1-2pm on Saturday, October 19, 2024
6-7pm on Wednesday, October 23, 2024
1-2pm on Saturday, October 26, 2024
To sign up for a training: bit.ly/EPAZVOLUNTEERS!
About Election Protection (EP)
Election Protection (EP) is a national non-partisan coalition with 300+ local, state, and national organizations. More information about EP can be found here. | |
SCOTUS RULING ON Mi Familia Vota v Hobbs
Impact on Voters and Voter Registration Efforts
August Supreme Court Issues Split Emergency Order in Arizona Case, CJ Roberts and J. Kavanaugh cast deciding votes to allow AZ to bar from registering those who use state form and don’t provide documentary Proof of Citizenship.
The AZ law that the Court’s order allows to be enforced while this case works its way through the system is one that lets Arizona not accept the voter registrations of voters who register using a state-created form and who do not provide documentary proof of citizenship while registering. Voters who register using the federal form (a form prescribed by Congress through the National Voter Registration Act) will be allowed to vote, but only for federal offices.
The current regulation requires that anyone registering with Arizona's state-only form must provide proof of citizenship to vote in all elections. Those using the federal form can register without this proof but are limited to voting only in presidential, Senate, and congressional races. This update clarifies that the change applies only to new registrations, not retroactively.
Unlike voter ID laws, which have shown minimal impact on turnout, the requirement for documentary proof of citizenship could significantly disenfranchise many eligible voters.
Guidance for League volunteers engaged in registering voters:
The Campaign Legal Center offers straightforward guidelines for the essential tasks of registering voters, providing them with precise information, and ensuring their eligibility to vote in all relevant elections.
Summary of the guidance. Read the full presentation here.
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Current Federal Only registrants are not affected and can vote for presidential elections and can vote by mail.
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New registrants using the state registration form, but unable to provide the Documentary Proof of citizenship (DPOC) to the state will be rejected, they will not be registered to vote. They will need to request the federal only form and register as a federal only voter.
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League volunteers should make available copies of the Federal Only form
Federal VR Form with AZ State Instructions.pdf
Federal VR Form Application.pdf
Federal Voter Registration Form / Spanish
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New registrants can complete the Federal Form Application without Documentary Proof of citizenship (DPOC) and are still registered to vote as a federal only voter.
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Issues related to Documentary Proof of Residence (DPOR) are not affected. applicants can turn in a state form without Documentary Proof of Residence (DPOR) and get registered as a Federal only voter.
| LWV METRO PHOENIX BOARD OF DIRECTORS | LWV Metro Phoenix Board of Directors
Officers
President: Marcia Barry
President Elect: Kara Pelletier
Secretary: Gretchen Bolerjack
Treasurer, Finance and Development Committee Chair: Barbara Cricket Mitchell
Board of Directors
Advocacy Committee Chair: Mark Giles
Communications Committee Chair: Connie Cornelius
Forums Committee Chair: Cindy Walsh
League Representative to State Board: Gitelle Seer
Membership Committee Chair: Alexis Lane
Nominations Committee Chair: Jean Conway
Voter Services Chair: Gretchen Bolerjack
Contact us at InfoLWVMP@gmail.com | I hope you have enjoyed reading this issue of Members Matter! Feel free to share your feedback, ask questions, or request additional information about the League. You may email me at infolwvmp@gmail.com.
In League Service,
Marcia Barry, LWVMP President | | | |
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