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LWV WCGA
- May 12
END OF SESSION PUSH!
Let Legislators Know We Are Watching As we approach the end of the legislative session, Minnesota lawmakers are deciding the fate of our...
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LWV WCGA
- Apr 16
District Commissioner Maps Open for Comment
A few days ago, Washington County posted eight proposed County Commissioner maps online for public review and comment. These maps are...
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LWV WCGA
- Mar 18
How Elections Work in Washington County
Updated 4/22/2022 ~ video now available - watch here Monday, April 18 ~ 7:00 pm (Zoom webinar) (Register here) Speakers: Christie...
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LWV WCGA
- Jan 29
Annual Legislative Interviews (Video Now Available)
January 29 2022 update: recording now available here. The League of Women Voters Woodbury, Cottage Grove Area, invite members, friends,...
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LWV WCGA
- Oct 30, 2021
Washington County Redistricting: What You Need to Know Now (Video)
Monday, October 18, 2021 ~ 7:00 pm via Zoom (registration link) October 30 Update - YouTube recording available here. Jennifer Wagenius,...
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LWV WCGA
- Oct 17, 2021
CALL TO ACTION: REDISTRICTING
Contact your Washington County Commissioner and encourage them to adopt the LWV proposed 2022 Redistricting Principles. The Leagues of...
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LWV WCGA
- Sep 21, 2021
ISD 833 School Board Candidate Forum Video
The South Washington County (ISD 833) School Board Candidate Forum recorded on 9/20/21 is available for replay here. (Please note that...
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LWV WCGA
- Sep 20, 2021
Candidate Profiles on SWCTC
The South Washington County Telecommunications Commission's Elections 2021 page has a wealth of reference information for voters:...
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LWV WCGA
- Sep 9, 2021
Candidate Forums in September - Videos Available
(9/28/2021 update - links to the YouTube videos of both candidate forums are available below.) Get to know your local candidates for the...
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LWV WCGA
- Aug 28, 2021
Election Fast Facts August 2021 – Provisional Ballots
What are Provisional Ballots? Provisional Ballots is a practice of allowing voters to cast a ballot on Election Day when some aspect of...
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LWV WCGA
- Jul 21, 2021
Election Fast Facts - July 2021
Election Day Registration – Part 2: Voting by Ineligible Voters Last time we talked about Election Day Registration (EDR), what it is,...
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LWV WCGA
- May 27, 2021
What is Election Day Registration?
...and why is it important? Election Day Registration is a process that has existed in Minnesota since 1974 that allows a voter who goes...
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LWV WCGA
- Apr 29, 2021
LWVMN Statement on Census Apportionment Announcement
ST. PAUL, April 26, 2021 - Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released apportionment counts for each state based on population counts from the...
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LWV WCGA
- Apr 24, 2021
Election Fast Fact — May 2021
Can someone request and receive or submit more than 1 absentee ballot? No. In Minnesota a person cannot receive and vote more than 1...
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LWV WCGA
- Apr 3, 2021
Election Fast Fact: April 2021
How do I know ballot results at the polls are not being hacked and changed through the internet? A concern of many people is that votes...
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LWV WCGA
- Mar 20, 2021
For the People Act Resources
(from the lwv.org website) On March 3rd, 2021, the House of Representatives passed HR1, or the For the People Act. Now the bill has come...
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LWV WCGA
- Mar 13, 2021
How We Know 2020 Elections Were Fair and Accurate
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Minnesota and co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Woodbury Cottage Grove Area and...
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LWV WCGA
- Feb 8, 2021
Election Fast Facts - February 2021
Did you know that sometimes dead people vote and it’s legal?! After the Michigan primary in August 2020, there were claims that large...
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LWV WCGA
- Jan 4, 2021
Introducing Election Fast Facts
Do you wonder whether all the talk of “massive voter fraud” is true? Do you have questions about how we don’t know that people are voting...
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