VOTER NEWSLETTER
Vol. 64, No. 8 March 2025 Editor: Virginia Marsh
| | Inside this Issue
- Social Event at Shady's
- Informing Voters About the May 3, 2025, Election
- Voter Registration Focusing on New Young Voters
- CHIP and Medicaid Registration Help Needed
- IRV 101 (Instant Runoff Voting)
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Key Dates in March 2025
- March 18 IRV 101 via Zoom, 7:30pm
- March 20 Social @ Shady's
- March 27 CHIP information event @ Dover Elementary
- March 29 CHIP Registration Event
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Please join us for our Social Event
on Thursday, March 20
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LWVRichardson is having a social:
Thursday, March 20, 2025
6:30 p.m.
701 Custer Parkway
Richardson, TX 75080
Come join us! We'd love to get to know you better!
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Informing Voters About the May 3, 2025 Election
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Plans are in the works for the May 3, 2025 local election.
On the ballot for voters who live in the City of Richardson and the Richardson ISD are several races, listed below with the local Leagues responsible for Voters Guides and candidate forums for those races:
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Richardson City Council Places 1-6 and the Mayor (Place 7) (LWVR). Place 6 and the Mayor (Place 7) are contested races.
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Richardson ISD Single-Member Districts 2, 4, and 5 (LWVR). Districts 2 and 5 are contested races.
- Plano ISD Board of Trustees Places 1, 2, 3, and 6. (LWVCollin). Places 2, 3, and 6 are contested races.
- Collin County Community College District Board of Trustees Places 4, 5, and 6 (LWVCollin). Place 4 is a contested race.
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Garland Mayor and City Councilmembers for Single-Member Districts 3, 6, 7, and 8 (LWVDallas). The Mayor and Districts 3, 6, and 8 are contested races.
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Dallas City Councilmembers for Single-Member Districts 1-14 (LWV Dallas).Districts 1-13 are contested races.
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About a week before the start of early voting (April 22-29), voters should be able to access www.vote411.org to find out which races are on their ballot. The local Leagues produced questions to ask the candidates who are contested. Each candidate was given the opportunity to answer those questions. LWVR's printed voters guide for the contested candidates in the Richardson Mayor and City Council Place 6 races and the Richardson ISD Board of Trustees Single-Member Districts 2 and 5 will be available at that time.
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LWVR has scheduled the following candidate forums:
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City of Richardson Mayoral and City Council Forum: Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the Eisemann Center's Bank of America Theatre.
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Richardson ISD Single-Member District 5 Forum: Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. in the Richardson ISD Administration Building Auditorium.
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Richardson ISD Single-Member District 2 Forum: Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. in the Richardson ISD Administration Building Auditorium.
According to LWVUS policy, at least two candidates for any contested race must agree to participate in order for the forum to be scheduled. If a candidate who has previously agreed to participate does not appear, the forum will proceed as scheduled, even if only one candidate participates.
For more information on this election, visit our our website. |
Voter Registration Focusing on New Young Voters
| The encounters with young voters have shown their enthusiasm in having the opportunity to have a voice in their local government. Teens who were not quite ready to register due to age also showed interest in learning about voting.
As the May election grows near, we are scheduling more voter registration events in the community. If you are interested in helping, please reach out by email at VoterReg@lwvrichardson.org. This is a great way for LWV Richardson to be visible in the community and to encourage knowledgeable voting. We have daytime and evening opportunities coming up over the next several months, which include both weekday and weekend events.
We welcome experienced and new members to help.
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February was an exciting month for voter registration.
- We spoke to many folks about the upcoming May opportunities to vote for City officials and School Board members.
- We registered voters at the Lunar Festival in Richardson’s Chinatown and at colleges and high schools in the area this past month.
- As part of a new effort to serve students at vocational and/or trade schools, we paid visits to staff at nine area campuses and established voter registration opportunities at two of those schools. The LWVUS youth voter grant has helped us expand focus on registering young voters and educating them about the voting process.
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Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
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Medicaid for Children
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CHIP and Children’s Medicaid have been well received by Texas families and these programs help to assure that our children have adequate preventative care in addition to coverage for more complex medical care. It is much more cost effective to provide immunizations, check-ups, and early intervention in childhood illnesses than to wait for a problem to develop into an emergency.
The LWV-Richardson is a long-time supporter of these programs. Members can help with an application help session at
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
1220 W. Belt Line Road
Richardson 75080
from 9 to noon on March 29, 2025.
Spanish-speaking experts will be available to assist. During our January help session, two families received assistance. During our February 25 help session, five families received assistance. We are invited to participate in an informational meeting at Dover Elementary School on March 27 from 5 to 7 pm.
Families who do not have coverage through their employment such as seasonal workers, employees who work part-time, grandparents who are raising their grandchildren on a fixed income, those who are currently unemployed, and teenagers who are “on their own” are some of our neighbors who might have eligible children. Please invite anyone you think may be interested to be with us on March 29.
For more information, please contact
Martha Dorris.
Home phone: 972-690-4908
Thank you for your support and help.
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Instant Runoff Voting 101 Zoom Event
| Join us to learn how the Texas election runoff system is broken.
We will share why it is so slow, why it costs so much, and how it impacts voter turnout.
- Educate yourself on how Instant Runoff Voting saves money, saves time, and produces results that better reflect the will of the voters.
- Get up-to-date information on IRVforTexas progress in the 2025 Legislative Session.
- Meet like-minded people.
- Discover how you can make a difference to reform Texas Elections.
When: March 18, 2025, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: Zoom Event
Contact: Lora Schafer
Invite friends, family, and neighbors who might want to learn more!
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