NWMC MEMBERSHIP MONTHLY MEETING: 
LET'S GET TO WORK! VOTER/CITIZENS RIGHTS

Saturday, February 17, 2024 10am at UU Church

Submitted by Bonnie Jackson, Voter Service Chair

With the election only 9 months away, we need to be involved as a League and as individuals. Our next membership meeting on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. will be hosted by the Voter Service committee with a goal of sharing the many ways to get involved. 

We will have two speakers from the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office who will be sharing information about the many volunteer and paid jobs that will need to be filled during the election process. Josh Heywood is the Executive Assistant to the Maricopa County Recorder, Steven Richer and Rey Valenzuela is the Executive Director of Mail-in Voting.

NWMC FEBRUARY BOOK CLUB

LWVAZ ACTION & ADVOCACY NEWSLETTER

The LWVAZ Advocacy Newsletter is sent on Sundays during the legislative session. Please read it promptly so you can take advantage of the opportunity to use RTS for bills that may be heard as early as Monday morning.   To ensure that members receive our newsletters and other critical communications, please add lwvarizona@gmail.com and lwvazadvocacy@gmail.com to your email contacts list so emails from us do not go to spam.

LWVAZ has also started using Outreach Circle for calls to action in addition to Facebook and Instagram. All members will receive text messages with the current week's RTS actions and a link to become an Outreach Circle supporter https://vc0.co/FuG

HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS?

Maricopa County Recorders Office
Regularly checking your voter registration status is a good practice to ensure you're ready to vote in the next election. Even if you're a consistent voter, voter rolls are periodically updated, and inadvertent changes or errors may occur during these updates. Regular checks allow you to catch any discrepancies and fix them quickly, ensuring that you can vote without any issues. Take a moment today to check your status at www.beballotready.vote.

HELP YOUR PREFERRED CANDIDATES WIN

Do you want to help your chosen candidates win?  First, they must get on the ballot and you can help. Support your favorite partisan and non-partisan candidates by signing their petition on the AZ Secretary of State E-Qual Online Petitions website. 

Registered voters will need to sign in with either their driver's license number or their Voter Registration ID number. From there, you will be able to sign petitions for up to the maximum number of candidates listed for a particular office. If your chosen candidate is running as a Clean Elections Candidate, you may donate $5 online.  NOTE: Not all candidates for office will be listed on the E-Qual Online Petitions page

CIVICS 101

PRESENTED BY SANDRA DAY OCONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW
The Institute continues to delive free CIVICS 101 micro-lessons.  Have you tested your civics IQ with the first series "The Fundamentals of Democracy"?  Our newest series, "Elections and How They Work", covers a myriad of voting topics.  Check it out!  Each micro-lesson can be completed in less that 10 minutes and is designed for adults with busy schedules who want to learn when they have free time.  Register Today! Civics for Life - Civics 101

ATTEND A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

Find your local school board meeting NW Valley Monthly Meeting Schedule.  Please check the school links for most accurate times and locations as events may change.

ARIZONA FOR ABORTION ACCESS CAMPAIGN

The Arizona for Abortion Access is a proposed ballot initiative that would amend the Arizona Constitution to add a right to abortion access in AZ.  The required signature count is 383,923 to be on the ballot in November 2024. As of January 2024, they had collected 250,000 signatures. The LWVAZ has committed to obtaining a minimum of 10,000 signatures. The deadline for submitting signatures to the Arizona Secretary of State is July 3, 2024.  For the League to get credit for the signatures, we urge our members to seek out a League location and sign our petitions.  If enough signatures are collected, it will be on the ballot in November 2024.

For over 100 years, the League of Women Voters has been a nonpartisan, activist, grassroots, national organization that believes voters should play a critical role in democracy.  Your gift will help support voter services and education, outreach at collaborative nonpartisan events, team meeting activities, membership meetings, newsletters and more.

There are two kinds of donations that can be made.

1. LWVNWMC is a registered Arizona nonprofit corporation as a 501©(4) organization.  Donations to this entity may be used for advocacy and lobbying efforts to support our Public Policy Positions and are NOT tax-deductible.

2.  The LWVNWMC Education Fund it a tax-deductible 501©(3) charitable organization. Funds contributed to the Education Fund will be used for educational purposes only. To receive a tax-deductible benefit, you must address your check to LWVNWMC EDUCATION FUND.

All donations made by mail should be sent to our Treasurer: Leslie Eaton, 19116 N 93rd Ave, Peoria, AZ 85382 

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