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LWVCS Co-Presidents' Letter

Election Season is Here!

Elections

The “Official Voter Information Guide” has been mailed, ballots will be sent out the week of Oct 9^th, and election day is November 8^th.

Our new website has a fantastic list of events as well as election information. Be sure to go to LWVCS.org and look for the Red Button or click here to see all the details on the forums. 

Candidates

We’ve already begun hosting Candidate Forums and have several more to go. The candidate forums are recorded and available on our website  within two or three days of the forum.

When evaluating a candidate be sure to watch candidate forums on our website and check out the candidate’s websites. Understand the candidates’ priorities and track record. Understand how they will represent you. Don’t depend on fliers in the mail. When possible, watch the candidates in action.

The League works to ensure good governance at all levels. We do our best to make sure that our governmental processes and institutions produce results that meet the needs of our communities while making the best use of resources at their disposal and to do so in a civil and transparent manner. As you get ready to vote for the candidates in addition to evaluating their positions on issues also evaluate if they are also exhibit the practices of good governance. How elected officials govern is as important as their position on issues. Their approach to governance can divide our communities or bring them together.

Ballot Measures

Forums explaining the pros and cons of the ballot measures will happen in the second half of October. Fortunately, there are only 7 state propositions and no local propositions.

These forums will also be recorded and available on LWVCS.org.

Voter’s Edge – the best resource to help complete your ballot

The League has a great resource with Voter's Edge which is an unbiased online guide to elections covering federal, state, and local races in California. The site is updated daily.

The California ballot can be daunting and Voter’s Edge helps you work through your ballot, candidates and ballot measures, with excellent unbiased information.

Watch Parties

Whether watching one of our forums live or as a recording, consider hosting a watch party to review the candidates or ballot measures; this is a great way to get informed and have fun.

Membership

Membership renewals are continuing this month.  If you need any assistance, please email membership@lwvcs.org.  We appreciate our members and are here to help you make the renewal process easier.  This year does require that you log in, but we have other solutions for you as well so don’t hesitate to reach out if you need help.

Interns needed

Our high school interns are returning and we’re excited to have their help in bringing voter services to our community. If you know of a high school student that would be interested in helping us, please email Presidents@lwvcs.org. Helping empower voters and making democracy work is inspiring and important work. We welcome you to be a part of it!

Elaine & Tracey

Election  & League Updates - We Hope To See YOU At These Events:

• Pro/Con Events: Check the Website calendar! 

• Election Security and Ranked Choice Voting - two part series: October 8 & Oct. 22 or 29

• Candidate Forums - Links for event registration and videos for recorded events here

• NEW LWVCS Learning Opportunity - Join the Coffee Hour, Thursday,October 20, 11am,

  League Q & A!

• LWVCS Board Meeting, via ZOOM, November 14, 2022, 7pm, contact communications@lwvcs.org to join the meeting. 
  
  

What Will Our Future Be Like?

The Board of the League of Women Voters San Jose / Santa Clara has recently voted to support Green Foothills’ Centennial Vision (Green Future: Envisioning 2062), pending a decision by LWV Bay Area to also support the Vision. Our decision was based on the League’s strongly established positions on climate resilience, the wise use of natural resources, affordable housing, and diversity, equity and inclusion. We encourage League Bay Area to read and support the Centennial Vision as a pathway for us to steward our local lands.

A link to the Centennial Vision is included: https://www.greenfoothills.org/vision/

Creating Stewards of the Future

Environmental Volunteers (EV) is grateful to the League of Women Voters for supporting past field trip programs and sharing the word about Environmental Volunteers. We also recognize that we have many shared volunteers who are also members of the League. At the start of our 50th academic year we recognize that education is essential to creating a society of voters who are aligned with protecting our environment. The next generation of voters are the students that we teach. In 50 years we have reached 519,000 future voters. 

EV was founded 50 years ago during a time when people were beginning to wake up to the fact that we needed to learn how to care for our planet. During this time, hundreds of teachers called in and asked for help teaching nature topics. In response, a group of women raised money and developed volunteer-led classroom and outdoor programs to meet these needs. Each year more teachers requested the classes, and the core of volunteers grew. EV’s focus was to have volunteers teach children environmental topics. Initially, the curriculum was focused on local Baylands Ecology. Since then, these meaningful outdoor learning experiences for young students have powered five decades of environmental education and awareness in the Bay Area.

Today, EV continues to teach Baylands Ecology along with many other relevant science and nature topics. We prepare children to be environmental stewards now and to be responsible and engaged adults. The experiences that the students have in the classroom or on a field trip with EV will influence the decisions they make in the future as our next generation of voters.

• Not Going Quietly - The The League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, and Emeryville (LWVBAE) and co-sponsors invite you to join us for the second event in the series “Our US Healthcare System: Facing the Challenges and Bucking the Odds.”  

  On Thursday, November 17, from 6 to 8:45 PM, we will present the documentary, “Not Going Quietly,” which chronicles the response of lawyer and activist, Ady Barkan, when a bill is introduced in Congress that would cut disability benefits he needs for the care of his amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The film and panel discussion that follows will be presented virtually and will be free for all attendees.

  To register for the event, ClickHERE .

  
  

• Are you a young person interested in combating voter suppression? If so, join us on Saturdays at 3-4:30 pm EDT to make calls to youth voters of color! We'll be calling other young people across the South to combat voter suppression and get out the vote! No worries if you've never phone banked before—we'll have a brief training on the call. RSVP.   If you're not a young person, please forward this email to anyone you know who may be interested! We also have national phone banking events on Wednesdays and Thursdays for you to join.  In community, Center for Common Ground

• State of the Nation - US Elections Events 

   Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00am – 12:00pm

  Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvd-ChqT0pEtf9EXB6jUfz5tM-v8iK3p49 

   

  What can the League of Women Voters—and you—do to improve our elections? The LWV of SCC is sponsoring two webinars on “State of the Nation: Threats to Our Election Systems/Security and How We Can Better Engage Voters.” Keynote speaker Kim Alexander, President of the California Voter Foundation (CVF), will explore what some major election problems are and offer possible solutions. In response to growing threats and harassment of election officials, Kim and CVF are leading a nationwide, nonpartisan network of leaders across multiple sectors working to support and protect election officials and election administration. Current priorities include improving election workers’ safety and security, curtailing election mis- and disinformation, increasing funding, and support for election administration.

  
  

  One of the promising approaches to improving elections, Ranked Choice Voting, will be explored more in-depth at a second event on still-to-be-confirmed October 22^nd or 29th. The five LWVs of Santa Clara County support using RCV for all County offices—Board of Supervisors, District Attorney, Sheriff, and Assessor—and wrote this August 10, 2022, letter to the County Board of Supervisors recommending its use.

• County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters (ROV) Election workers needed - Apply Now (408) 918-9169, www.sccvote.org/now_hiring

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• County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters (ROV) Paid Volunteer Opportunity - Drayage/Delivery Support; Oct 21 - Nov. 12, 2022, 6:30 am - 1:30 pm, $115/day; Contact 408-282-3063/email: email; include name & phone on email

HOW TO VOLUNTEER:

• Go to the Interests page on our website and click the interest area for which you want to volunteer, such as Voter Service.
   Add your name to as many areas as interest you. We especially need help for:
  • Candidate Forums
    • Cupertino Union School District (CUSD) School Board (3 seats)
      
    • Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD) School Board (3 seats)
      
    Pros & Cons Presentations
    • Several Pro/Con's are planned
      
  • Voter Registration, Education & League Information - we always need volunteers for voter education
  • Activities - planning, speakers, venue selection
    You will be contacted by a member of the committee to explain the jobs that need filling right now!
  
  

Voter Service Committee

Civil Discourse Committee

Voter Service Committee

Web System Support Team

• Election information posting in process
• Event Registration info for Candidate Forums in online Now 
• League Documents are on the new website. Click the menu under "About Us"

Cupertino City Council Election Candidates:

Sunnyvale City Governance

City of Sunnyvale Top 30 Project Summaries

Project Summary List Which Has Valuable Updates On Priority Projects For Sunnyvale.

LWV Cupertino-Sunnyvale

Board of Directors

Officers serving from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023

Co-Presidents: Elaine Manley & Tracey Edwards
Vice President: Open
Secretary: Pam Anderson
Treasurer: Beth Claywell
Voter Service Director: Roberta Hollimon, Acting
Programs Director: Nancy Smith
Database Management Director: Open
Membership Director: Pam Anderson
Communications Directors: Marieann Shovlin, Marilyn Sherry
Resource Development Director: Open
Technical Services Director: Bruce Kendall

Nominations Chair: Open

For contact information and  more detail visit: