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LWV WCGA
- May 20, 2021
Dr Duchess Harris Keynote Now Available
Dr. Duchess Harris of Macalester College was the keynote speaker at the Woodbury-Cottage Grove Area League of Women Voters annual meeting...
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LWV WCGA
- May 6, 2021
Annual Meeting May 18th with Dr. Duchess Harris
Due to continuing COVID-19 restrictions, the 2020-2021 Annual Meeting will be held virtually. The planning committee has worked to...
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LWV WCGA
- May 6, 2021
CMAL Annual Convention
The Council of Metropolitan Area Leagues (CMAL) invites all LWV members to its annual convention: May 8, 2021 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m....
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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 21, 2021
LWV Joint Statement on Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict
WASHINGTON & MINNEAPOLIS – Today the League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following joint statement with the League of...
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LWV WCGA
- Apr 20, 2021
What About Our Water? Follow-Up
Gretchen Sabel's presentation Jim Stark's presentation MN Pollution Control Agency PFAS page
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LWV WCGA
- Apr 5, 2021
People Powered Fair Maps™ (PPFM) Day of Action
The LWVUS Day of Action for People Powered Fair Maps™ will be Thursday, April 29, 2021. This will be a day for the League of Women Voters...
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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 14, 2021
What About Our Water? Water and Current Minnesota Legislation
Monday, April 19, 2021 6:30 p.m. – Informal discussion and social time: Water 101 (LWV Members Only) 7:00 p.m. – Presentations, Q&A:...
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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
- Mar 7, 2021
Election Fast Facts - March 2021
Is “voter fraud real” and, if so, how often does it occur? Yes voter fraud does occur. Voter Fraud most often occurs through submission...
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LWV WCGA
- Mar 6, 2021
Let’s Talk - Second Season: The Land That Never Has Been Yet
By Vivian Latimer Tanniehill, Advocacy Director, and Tam Mittelstadt – Let’s Talk Facilitators The wildly popular discussion series Let’s...
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LWV WCGA
- Mar 6, 2021
From Bloody Sunday to Today: the Fight for the Right to Vote
On March 7, 1965, John Lewis, Hosea Williams, and 600 civil rights marchers were viciously beaten and tear gassed by Alabama state and...
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LWV WCGA
- Mar 6, 2021
UMRR March Newsletter Available
The March, 2021, edition of the UMRR Newsletter can be read here. What is UMRR? League of Women Voters ~ Upper Mississippi River Region...
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LWV WCGA
- Feb 14, 2021
Regulatory Capture and MN Government
Update: slides available here Speaker: Don Arnosti, Environmental Consultant Regulatory Capture and MN Government: Working for the Public...
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LWV WCGA
- Feb 14, 2021
Council of Metropolitan Area Leagues February Newsletter
The latest CMAL newsletter is available here. Highlights include: Final Report from the Governor's Blue Ribbon Committee on the...
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LWV WCGA
- Feb 10, 2021
Local Redistricting 101 (Updated: video now available)
Monday, February 22, 7:00 pm via Zoom One result of information gathered during Census 2020 will be the redrawing of voting districts...
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