Help People Register & Vote
How Does the League Help People Register and Vote?
The League is involved in a variety of voter registration events and volunteers are often needed to help citizens fill out a paper or online form. A number of activitities are coordinated by the Voter Ready team, one of the most active groups in LWVCC. They hold registration and education events throughout the year but particularly in the months leading up to elections. They also help with general voter education and awareness by participating in community events and coordinating presentations on voting-related topics.
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How Can You Help?
If you've helped people register before - Let the Voter Ready team know that you're interested in being contacted for upcoming events. You'll be asked to sign up for a specific time and place. Materials are provided.
If you've not helped people register before, but want to learn, get on the waiting list for the next Voter Registration 101 training. This training is periodically offered to prepare volunteers to register people. The 60-90 minute training sessions are held in person or online. They focus on using the paper registration form for voting in Illinois and provide a summary of current Illinois election law, voter registration requirements, other ways to register, and ways to vote. Want a preview? The slides and a video presentation of the most recent training are available on the Election Resources page (scroll down to find it.) |
Recent Voter Ready Events
Below are some of the recent events that the Voter Ready team participated in. For more details and other events, see the description on the League Events page.
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- Welcoming Week September 10-19. Sponsored by the University YMCA and multiple community organizations, Welcoming Week is an annual event.
- September 17, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Citizenship 101 + Trivia. Voter Ready team provided voter registration information at this virtual event. Join on Zoom: www.tinyurl.com/ImmigrationTrivia
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Voter Awareness/Community Events
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- Local Day of Action, May 8, 2021. A coalition of community groups—League of Women Voters of Champaign County, Bend the Arc: CU, NAACP of Champaign-Urbana, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., CU Alumnae Chapter, and Moms Demand Action—came together to participate in a CU-wide Votercade as as part of the May 8 nationwide John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Day of Action. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is the legislation that will restore the guardrails from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that were struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013. Participants gathered at County Fair parking lot and roled through Champaign and Urbana neighborhoods, ending at Lincoln Square for speakers and entertainment. More information on the national event at https://bit.ly/32qFi2V. Thanks to the LWVCC volunteers who set up LWVCC's participation in this community event: Ann Prisland, Karen Fresco and Carol Baxter.
Contact Us to Offer To Help
For information about the Voter Ready team or activities, send an email to VoterReady.LWVCC@gmail.com.
(If you're particularly interested in working with youth, see LWVCC's Youth Outreach and Civic Engagement team and their program for Student Voting Ambassadors.)
(If you're particularly interested in working with youth, see LWVCC's Youth Outreach and Civic Engagement team and their program for Student Voting Ambassadors.)