Reader. Voter. Ready:
Understanding Your Ballot – Lenox Library
As we take a deep breath after the mid-term elections we are thinking about how to combat the greatest threats to a healthy democracy – apathy, cynicism and misinformation.
The Central Berkshires League of Women Voters offers you the opportunity to continue work on all three.
Our hard-working chapter of the League focuses on the critical areas of:
-civics education for middle and high schoolers
-registration and voting
-providing information on local, state, and national elections.
Every time we support the citizenship induction ceremony hosted by the Berkshire Immigrant Center or engage with our local educators, we renew our enthusiasm to promote voting as a right and responsibility of citizenship.
Where do you vote? How do you vote? What do you need to know about candidates and ballot
initiatives? Our chapter hosts meetings on the ballot initiatives, collaborates on voter registration and information events with the NAACP, and communicates with the wider public via local newspapers, social media and local cable TV.
At the national and state level the League lobbies for legislation that protects voter
rights….an issue that becomes more important every day. The League’s voter website (Vote411), provides information on statewide and national candidates for election.
Your membership dues support local, state, and national efforts and your volunteer efforts
makes it all real.
If you have not already done so, please join or renew for the upcoming year.
“Democracy is not a Spectator Sport!”
In the meantime you can learn more at NationalVoterEducationWeek.org/ballot to get yourself #VoteReady.
#ReaderVoterReady
Celebrate your right to vote and join the League of Women Voters volunteers on Tuesday, September 17, from 2 to 6 PM at the Egremont Free Library, One Buttonball Ln, So. Egremont. for a voter registration event. This is your opportunity to register and learn more about voting.
This event is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Central Berkshire County in partnership with the National Voter Registration Day Organization.
Not near Egremont? League volunteers will also register voters in Great Barrington, Lenox, and Stockbridge libraries—check each town's library hours.
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