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It’s Election Time -
Take a few minutes to review all the resources that can aid in making your voting decisions!
The November 8th, 2022 election is approaching! Every registered voter in California will receive a ballot in the mail a month before the election, so if you’ve already registered, you should be receiving your ballot this week.If you haven’t yet registered, there’s still time to get your ballot in the mail!
There are 7 state propositions in the upcoming election from reproductive freedom to flavored tobacco. You do not need to vote on every proposition or contest. For in-depth information about each proposition (and to learn who’s funding them), find out more at Voter's Edge.
3 ways to return your ballot:By mail (no stamp needed!) Sign and date your ballot and make sure it’s postmarked by November 8.
Drop off at any Voting Location or secure Ballot Dropbox in your county by 8pm on November 8.
In person at a voting location (locate your nearest voting location at Voter’s Edge or findmypollingplace.sos.ca.gov)Voter’s Edge California is a project of Maplight and the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. | __________________________________ | __________________________________ | Where's My Ballot?
Track Your Vote-by-Mail Ballot: The Secretary of State’s “Where’s My Ballot?” tracking tool is available statewide. All California voters can now sign-up at WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov to receive automated notifications about their vote-by-mail ballots by email, text (SMS), or voice call.
Am I Registered?
Update your Status: Voters should update their status if they have moved their residence or have changed their name or party affiliation, or they wish to change their language preference. If you’re not sure of your registration status, visit the Secretary of State’s My Voter Status tool at: VoterStatus.sos.ca.gov.
What's on My Ballot?
Official Voter Information Guide: The Voter Information Guide can help you make decisions about the candidates and issues on the statewide ballot for the November 8, 2022, General Election. In addition to information about how to cast your ballot, this guide includes statewide candidate statements, information about state propositions, and your rights as a California voter. The Guide is published in Chinese, English, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese.
from the California Secretary of State | __________________________________ | November Election Important Dates:
- September 20 - National Voter Registration Day
- SCC Registrar of Voters: Voter Language Workshops in 13 languages, September 27 - October 20, view HERE
- Week of October 10th - Ballots are mailed to every registered voter in CA.
- October 24 - Last day to register (online or by that day’s mail postmark) to vote. If you miss the deadline you can go to the SCC Registrar of Voters or any Vote Center before or on election day.
- November 1 - Last day to request a Vote-by-Mail Ballot replacement by mail. Or, go to a Vote Center.
- Tuesday, November 8 - Election Day!
| __________________________________ | | You Need This Break!
LWVCS Monthly Coffee Hour -
Thursday, Oct. 20, 11-12am
Just click here to join! click here to join
A board member will be available to answer your questions and help with the following:
- Review our new website
- What's happening in LWVCS now
- Questions & Answers about the League
- Volunteer opportunities tailored for you! | | | __________________________________ | | LWV CS Pro/Cons:
As part of its mission to empower voters by providing non-partisan political information, Leagues of Women Voters develop nonpartisan presentations of the context, background, and impact of propositions and other measures whenever they are included in an election.
League volunteers explain both sides of the issue. Our volunteers work together to research the measures and their impacts, create slide presentations with non-partisan explanation of the issues, and support questions and discussions with audiences.
Since 2020, we have done most of our Ballot Measure Pro's & Con's online, as Zoom Webinars - and posted them afterwards as Webinar Recordings.
On this page you can:
· Register for the Zoom Link to view one or both of the Pro/Con Presentations Live
· Read below about the measures on the ballot
· Bookmark this page and check back again
· Link to Video uploads of the events, which will be posted here as soon as they become available | __________________________________ | Hear what candidates think and want for Cupertino and Sunnyvale!
Attend ONLINE candidate forums, brought to you by the League of Women Voters of Cupertino-Sunnyvale and Leagues of Women Voters of Santa Clara County.
Review the Candidate Forums for Cupertino-Sunnyvale & Santa Clara County races on our website.
Schedules & Videos of Candidate Forums for State, CA Assembly, Sunnyvale City Council Districts, Cupertino City Council, School Boards, County Offices, Sheriff
| __________________________________ | Civil Discourse Committee Meeting - Monday, Oct. 24, 2pm, 2022
Join us to continue planning our social justice events here.
- Next Event, Nov. 12, 2022 - What should we do to Ensure Fair Treatment & Keep Neighborhoods Safe for Everyone?
- Will do a minimum of three breakout groups that will cover all three NIFI Options (about 25 minutes each option)
- Need a facilitator for each group (Ellen F., Tony, Dan, Judi, others?)
- View Vimeo video on Policing: https://vimeo.com/666135928
- Committee Follow-on events:
- Dec. 8: Expert Panel with different speakers to round out perspectives
- Jan 15: Emphasis on supporting topics, eg., mental health, crime prevention & response, prison reform, domestic violence, drug use, legislation
- Next Meeting: October 24, 2022, 2pm via Zoom. Join here.
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Civil Discourse Committee...
Policing: What Should We Do to Ensure Fair Treatment and Keep Neighborhoods Safe for Everyone?
Saturday, November 12, 2022, 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom
Register here.
Join the discussion! Share your ideas about how to treat all people fairly while still enforcing the law.
Our civil discussion will address three options:
Option 1: Make rigorous accountability the top priority.
Option 2: Make ending racial bias the top priority.
Option 3: Make avoiding violent encounters the top priority.
Using National Issues Forum Institute (NIFI) materials, which participants are encouraged to read ahead of time, we will evaluate these options – and others – to share ideas and new perspectives, and to develop directions for our communities.
View the video of the previous program here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjr_xBLUHnck9AqsVQJEkoQ
| __________________________________ |  | | Upcoming Events To Broaden Your Perspectives...
From the Civil Discourse Network – a collaboration between LWV US & NICD (National Institute for Civil Discourse):
Oct. 18, 2pm PDT - Are you being informed or influenced? News literacy skills to prioritize information from credible sources. Sponsored by News Literacy Project, in collaboration with the League of Women Voters Education Fund. Learn how to evaluate the credibility of information sources and tips for expert-level web searching to check claims for yourself.
Click here to register.
Oct. 19, noon - Making Sense of Our Civic Language: Provocations from PACE’s Civic Language Perceptions Project. Sponsored by Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE.) Are we talking past each other about values we think we share in the words we use for civic conversation? Hear about the most compelling insights from their report: America + Civic Language. Teaser: Civic education makes a difference.
Click here to register.
Oct. 25, 2pm PDT - Spotting election misinformation and understanding motivations behind how and why is spreads. Sponsored by News Literacy Project, in collaboration with the League of Women Voters Education Fund. Learn about common types of election misinformation and how to spot the red flags that can alert you to dubious claims.
Click here to register.
Nov. 1, 2pm PDT - How to debunk misinformation and engage in productive conversations without confrontation. Sponsored by News Literacy Project, in collaboration with the League of Women Voters Education Fund. Learn how to verify reliable information that you can share with family and friends while avoiding heated arguments.
Click here to register.
Other Resources...
Lady Justice by Dahlia Lithwick – America at a Crossroads Interview with Rick Hasan https://www.jewsunitedfordemocracy.org/past-events/?mc_cid=11837f6748&mc_eid=87d5086d5b
And a YOUTUBE video: from Democracy Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZy5RZyWs-0
Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America – Democracy depends on all of us – and not only lawyers. "Law is slow and takes a long time, but at its best, it really can make us all freer and safer and restore dignity to those that have been harmed," says Lithwick. Pauli Murray, Sally Yates, Roberta Kaplan, Stacy Abrams are only a few women whose stories are told. The bottom line from the book is that we should not wait for legal figures and judges to save our democracy – it is up to all of us.
| __________________________________ |  | STATE OF THE NATION: US ELECTION SYSTEMS & SECURITY - Part 2
Mark your calendars now! Saturday, October 29th ⋅10:00am – 12:00pm
One of the promising approaches to improving elections, Ranked Choice Voting, will be explored in-depth during this follow-on event on October 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.
Please join us for Part II of our virtual program on "Election Systems: Rank Choice Voting!" Our keynote speaker, Celia Nolan, is a national organizer with Rank the Vote (RTV), which is a 501(c)3 organization with a vision that the national adoption of ranked choice voting could create a political and social culture with elections based on a competition of the best ideas rather than scorched-earth politics, and a government that is truly accountable to “we the people. ”
You can participate with Steve Chessin, member of the Los Altos/Mountain View LWV and of the Santa Clara County Citizens' Advisory Commission on Elections (CACE), who will lead all participants through an actual simulation of Ranked Choice Voting. Come and learn more about this alternate voting system and help to spread information and knowledge about this process.
| __________________________________ | League Resources You Don't Want to Miss
LWV Piedmont, CA, is hosting a series on the environment and related issues. Check out the programs here.
New LWV Legal Resources Program - The League of Women Voters of the United States is thrilled to announce the launch of its new Legal Center on the organization’s website, LWV.org. The center showcases the League’s legal work in federal courts from across the country. More information here. | __________________________________ | | From the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters:
A message from Elaine Manley: Yes, I plan to be an Observer again. It’s one of my favorite things and you really see how well our ROV is run.
You can contact Elaine about her experience at presidents@lwvcs.org.
https://sccvote.sccgov.org/home
You and your representatives are invited to observe the November election.
The Registrar of Voters (ROV) election activities are open to the public to observe at any time. Guidelines and links. | | | __________________________________ | Election Event Notes from LWV California:
Redistricting Update: Find your new District –
How to find the new district info here.
LWVC Event Updates: Advocacy interest Google groups are increasing with the addition of a Health Care Working Group. These groups are open to people who are interested in the areas. See this list of Groups for more information on how to join.
The Freedom to Vote Act is now a focus of LWVUS. It establishes national standards for voting and elections in ways similar to the For the People Act (HR 1). And don’t overlook the LWVUS site’s blog that addresses current federal issues of interest to all Leagues, including a call on the President to address voting rights, a discussion of reproductive freedom, and money in politics. | __________________________________ |  | Cupertino City News:
City Council Candidates for November Election and on Voters Edge.
Cupertino Housing Element Update Survey: Make your voice heard! https://engagecupertino.org/hub-page/housing-element
Next City Council Meeting October 18, 6:45 - check here.
To view the minutes and webcast archives visit: Records
Keep in Touch with the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce - here
Would You Like to Serve on the City of Cupertino Economic Development Committee?
Do you want to help enhance the business environment in Cupertino? Apply to join the Economic Development Committee by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 10. The Committee works to market the City in a positive light to attract and retain businesses, foster public and private partnerships through new and existing business and community relationships, collaborate with local businesses to identify and eliminate any barriers to retention or growth, and advise City Council on economic development goals that maintain the quality of life in Cupertino.
The Committee consists of nine members appointed by the Council to overlapping four-year terms, comprised of: (1) two Councilmembers; (2) one representative from each of the following industry sectors - Technology, Retail, Hospitality, Education, and Commercial Real Estate; (3) one member who is currently serving on the Sustainability Commission; and (4) one member who is currently serving on the Technology, Information, and Communications Commission. At least two industry sector representative Committee Members shall be Cupertino residents. City Council will conduct interviews and make appointments in late November, and may also appoint alternates to fill any unscheduled vacancies that may occur during the year. The vacancies are open until full.
Applications can be submitted via the Online Commission Application at cupertino.org/vacancies. For more details, please see the website or call the City Clerk's office at (408) 777-3223.
Cupertino Library Foundation Latest Programs – check out your interests here
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Next City Council Meeting
Agenda for the October 18, 2022 Council meeting is available for:Special Meeting: Board and Commission Interviews - 6:15 p.m.
Special Meeting: Public Hearing/General Business - 7 p.m.
To join and comment: Join on ZoomCall-in: 833-548-0276 | Meeting ID: 961 1158 0540
To provide audio public comment, connect to the meeting online or by telephone.
The meeting is online and closed to in-person attendance.
View the Meeting Agenda for public comment options.
To watch: Sunnyvale City ClerkYouTube ChannelLegislative Public Meetings Audio/Video live streamAT&T Channel 99Comcast Channel 15To stay informed:
State of the City October 10, 2022 - check Here.
| __________________________________ | As we move into election season, please remember all votes count, especially yours! | __________________________________ | | The Cupertino-Sunnyvale Event EBlast
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