Spring has afforded several opportunities for Voter Registration events. March, in particular, has been a productive month for LWVR Voter Registration. We have reached out in the community answering questions, registering voters, and providing information.
We held a registration event at The Wellington Senior Living Community. There we registered several voters and helped them with forms requesting the opportunity to vote by mail. We also heard about how passionate they were to have the opportunity to vote and about how, despite them being less mobile, they were still grateful to have the opportunity to exercise that right.
LWVR was also represented at the Dover Elementary All Stars night where we provided information to family members and registered voters as well.
We have also been invited to five different events at the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas). One of the UNT Dallas events resulted in an invitation to a Parkland Community Health event. At all events, we provided voter information as well as registration opportunities.
A March 21 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization event provided our League, in collaboration with the Collin County and Dallas Leagues, to offer voter registration. We were pleased to accept applications from 667 new citizens!
We have partnered With Vote Riders (www.voteriders.org) to distribute information about overcoming barriers to obtaining Identification for voting. They have provided us with great information that we have been distributing at our registration events and at our office.
April will focus on our LWVR Instagram contest for Richardson ISD High School Seniors and on the LWV Texas Convention. We are gearing up for summer opportunities of registering voters, If you would like to help out or would like further information please contact Janet Centola at VoterReg@lwvrichardson.org.
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