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Voter Hotline Quiet on Primary Morning
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Blog
Ready, Set, Register!
| MaggieThis week the League launched its 2012 First-time Voter Registration Project nationwide. LWVEF will be working with about 25 Leagues in 16 states through the fall to register and engage young voters, new citizens, and other newcomers to the election process! Keep an eye out for more updates from this program in the coming weeks.
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League of Polk County sponsors judicial candidate forum
Date: August 2, 2012
Location: County Administration Building
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New Target in Voter ID Battle: 1965 Voting Rights Act
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Blog
Enthusiasm Builds for Future of the League: MLD Program Trains 4 States in 4 Weeks
| Sara SandersThis summer, the Membership and Leadership Development (MLD) program is providing training to local and state League leaders from nine states that are entering the program for the first time ever. After a wonderful financial out-pouring of support for the MLD program at the LWVUS Convention in June 2012, Cheryl, Carol, Kelly, and I (the League trainers for the MLD program) have been met with enthusiasm for the program and for the future of the League.
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Member Spotlight
Kathe Thompson
| Sara Sanders
Local League: LWV of Palm Beach County, FL
Member Since: 2007
How have you impacted your community as a League member?
"It's difficult to measure "impact," but as president I believe I increased the visibility of the LWV of Palm Beach County through my interaction with many civic and county organizations. These connections encouraged collaboration and built bridges toward deeper understanding and greater impact on issues affecting us all."
How has being a League member impacted your life?
"The League focused my life and at the same time magnified it; it took my small talents and increased their impact; it complicated my life, but increased my capacity to live it. It changed my life!"
What do you love most about the League?
"I have an intense appreciation for those women who came before us in this organization. Their legacy offers broad shoulders for us to stand upon as we work to 'finish the fight!'"
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Powering the League as we Power the Vote
| Cheryl GraeveAs part of the LWVUS team that is going out this summer to train Leagues through the, Membership and Leadership Development program, which is designed to help strengthen the League as we power the vote, I am so inspired by the League leaders we're meeting who are passionate about protecting the right to vote and active in mobilizing citizens to t
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[FL] League of Women Voters Responds to State's Plan to Continue Voter Purge
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Northeast Florida Voter Roll Increases Smaller Than Four Years Ago
