VOTER NEWSLETTER
Vol. 63, No. 7 February 2024 Editor: Virginia Marsh
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- Join Our Social Event Feb 17
- Want to Become Active in the League of Women Voters of Richardson?
- Voter Registration Events
- Attend a Candidate Forum for SD16 Feb 16
- Discussion Group: Envision Richardson
- March 5 Election
- Call for Voters Guide Questions
- CHIP and Children's Medicaid Help Session Feb 17
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Key Dates in February 2024
- Feb 1 through Feb 16 File for a Place on the May 4 ballot for RISD School Board
- Feb 5 Last Day to register to vote in Texas March 5 primaries
- Feb 16 Candidate Forum for SD16
- Feb 17 Social Event at La Casita Bakeshop
- Feb 17 CHIP registration help session at St Barnabas
- Feb 20 Early Voting for the March Primary Begins
- Feb 28 Discussion Group at 7:30 about the city's Envision Richardson Comprehensive Plan
- Mar 5 Texas Primary Election
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Join with us at our February 17 Social
at La Casita Bakeshop
| Join us for our LWV-R February Social on Saturday, February 17 at 9:30 a.m. at
580 West Arapaho Road, #154
Richardson, TX 75080
Our Socials are a great way to get better acquainted with other League members as well as enjoy some of the finest restaurants in Richardson. Again this year, La Casita Bakeshop has been named as a semifinalist for the James Beard 2024 Restaurant and Chef awards. Come for a cup of coffee or a full brunch. Their croissants and pastries melt in your mouth and you may decide to take home a loaf of their yummy sourdough bread.
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Want to Become Active in LWVRichardson?
| Are you interested in becoming active in the League of Women Voters of Richardson (LWVR) next fiscal year?
- Find out more information about LWVR!
- Join LWVR and help us achieve our mission.
Founded in 1920, the League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonpartisan, grassroots nonprofit dedicated to empowering everyone to fully participate in our democracy. With active Leagues in all 50 states and more than 750 Leagues across the country, LWV engages in advocacy, education, litigation, and organizing to protect every American’s freedom to vote.
Above all, the League is nonpartisan. The League NEVER endorses or opposes a political party or candidate. When representing the League at any level (national, state, or local) we must remain nonpartisan at all times.
Currently, the Nominating Committee of the League of Women Voters of Richardson is looking for interested people to serve on various committees for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The new fiscal year begins June 1, 2024, and ends May 31, 2025.
Click here for a survey to find out what LWVR jobs you are interested in for our next fiscal year.
- If you have any questions about the League, please contact Ellen Steger at league@lwvrichardson.org
- If you have a question for the Nominating Committee (including questions about a particular job), please contact Nita Thomason at NomCom@lwvrichardson.org.
LWV Mission: Empowering voters. Defending democracy.
LWV Vision: We envision a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate.
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It May Be Cold Outside, but
Voter Registration Events and Collaborations
Have Been Heating Up
| January has been a busy month for the League of Women Voters of Richardson (LWVR) voter registration activities. Thanks to the dedication of many in LWVR there have already been numerous voter registration efforts this year. Our focus has been to outreach to potential voters who, for a variety of reasons, may not have been engaged recently or at other times in the past. LWVR has reached out to senior living communities, schools, the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) officers, city event planners and other entities in the community to begin ramping up registration events for this important election year.
In January, we instituted office hours on Tuesday afternoons, giving us visibility and the opportunity to both register and educate our building neighbors about voting. Additional voter registration events were held at the Martin Luther King Parade in Garland, Appletree Court Assisted Living, and Alamo Drafthouse. LWVR thanks volunteers Cathy Murphree, Cathy Lawrence, Dan Callahan, Dave Santucci, Ellen Steger, Janet Centola, Joey Kaner and Vicki Barrett for their efforts to register voters at these events. They have worked at outreach tables, provided information, spoken to potential voters, and encouraged others to join in the fun.
LWVR also re-established a display at the Richardson Independent School District (RISD) Council of PTAs' Used Book Fair, which will be available in January for book drop off times and in February during the actual Book Fair. Cathy Murphree has collaborated with other organizations to educate and register students and staff in classrooms and on the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) campus this month, as well at the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNTD). Cathy maintains contacts with other VDR’s and coordinates for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Naturalization events throughout the year.
In February, the energy continues with events already scheduled at the Lunar New Year Celebration in Chinatown on February 11th, and again at Alamo Drafthouse on February 23rd. The RISD Used Book Fair is February 15th – 19th. Several other folks have already committed to volunteering at those events and to refresh our displays. We encourage others to help when possible. Of course, we need Volunteer Deputy Registrars (VDRs) but we also can use help from those who are not VDRs as well. If you are interested in finding out how you can become a VDR or how you can help, contact Janet Centola at VoterReg@LWVRichardson.org.
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Attend a Candidate forum for SD16
February 16
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Join us as we discuss the Envision Richardson Comprehensive Plan
on February 38
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Please join us to discuss the status of the Envision Richardson Comprehensive Plan Update and DART's feedback regarding improving security measures on DART.
LWV Richardson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Discuss COR's Envision Richardson Comprehensive Plan
Time: Feb 28, 2024 07:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87084128389?pwd=1QUPYFie2Niq8aEiA6tT9SXKE3v9tz.1
Meeting ID: 870 8412 8389
Passcode: 814528 | In-person early voting for the Republican and Democratic Party Primary Elections will begin on February 20th and end on March 1st. You must be registered at your current address by February 5th to vote in the Primaries. You may update your Texas address or change your name online.
For complete information about this important election, including voting times and locations, sample ballots, and information about LWV-sponsored candidate forums and Voters Guides, visit our website.
To view Voters Guide responses from candidates, and to compare candidates side-by-side, you can use the LWV online resource, www.vote411.org. About a week before the first day of early voting, candidates' responses to LWV Voters Guide questions will be available on this website. Simply enter your address, choose the party whose candidates you wish to view, and click on "Go to my races." You will then see ONLY the races and candidates who will appear on YOUR ballot. All eligible candidates were invited to respond to Voters Guide questions. If a candidate's responses do not appear, that candidate did not provide us with responses.
Printed copies of the Dallas County Voters Guide will be available at locations around town prior to the beginning of early voting. We will link to printable Voters Guides for Collin County races on our website. |
Call for Voters Guide Questions
| For the May 4 RISD Board of Trustees election, it is not too late to submit potential Voters Guide topics or questions to The League of Women Voters of Richardson. Please submit a topic or question for consideration to VoterService@LWVRichardson.org by February 16. All topics and questions will be considered, but there is no guarantee that a particular question will be used. We reserve the right to combine questions and/or rewrite them for clarity. |
CHIP and Children's Medicaid
Application Help Session
on February 17
| The League of Women Voters of Richardson and other groups involved in advocacy for children will sponsor an application help session and help with renewal of CHIP and Children’s Medicaid on Feb. 17, 2024, at St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church, 1220 W. Belt Line Road, Richardson, TX 75080 (adjacent to Richardson High School) from 9 am until noon. We would appreciate it if you would make the event known to families who might be interested.
A family of four with an income of about $55,500 per year may be eligible for insurance for their children. These programs are well established and are excellent resources in helping children become and remain healthy. All information gathered is kept private and secure, as required by law.
Below is a copy of the flyer. I would be happy to bring paper copies of these to you if you would like to distribute any. Just let me know. We invite specialists on these programs to attend who speak Spanish and can answer any questions.
Thank you for your support and encouragement for families to obtain health insurance for their children.
Martha Dorris
972-690-4908 (home)
214-793-4712 (cell, text, please)
e-mail: marthadorris1@outlook.com
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