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Would you like to meet the candidates running for state and county offices in an informal setting? LWVCC and multiple community sponsors are hosting a Meet and Greet on Sunday September 29, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm at the Champaign Public Library, 200 W Green Street, Rooms A&B. All candidates running for state and county office in this fall’s General Election have been invited.
Community Co-sponsors of the Meet and Greet: News-Gazette, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Epsilon Omega Chapter, NAACP Champaign County Branch, Champaign County Farm Bureau, Bend the Arc Champaign-Urbana, and Indivisible Illinois. More from LWVCC A voter information and voter registration table staffed by League members will be available. All League programs are free and open to the public. More information about this event and other voter education activities can be found on the League website at www.lwvchampaigncounty.org
Press release for this event. Video: <to be posted>  Before you vote - hear from Democratic and Republican candidates running for several local public offices. Attend in person at LWVCC's Candidate Forum on Thursday, September 26, 7:00 pm at the Champaign City Chambers, 102 North Neil Street. If you can't attend the public session:
For more details, see the press release for the event. The Candidate Forum is hosted by the League of Women Voters of Champaign County (LWVCC) and co- sponsored by the NAACP Champaign County Branch and the News-Gazette.
We make important decisions based on the information we read or hear. Yet, we do this in a world of mis/disinformation. How do we distinguish between truth and mis/disinformation? Attend this video program on Wednesday, September 25, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. at this Zoom link to get smart, doable, practical ways to fight back against the deluge of mis/disinformation during the remaining weeks of the Presidential Election season.
The program will be moderated by LWVCC President Emerita Trish Crowley. For more information, see this press release.
Learn About Referendums on Your Ballot - Attend a Voter Information Program on September 229/22/2024
Champaign County voters will be asked to decide on two key referendums in the upcoming 2024 General election. To inform voters, the League of Women Voters of Champaign County is hosting a Voter Information Program on 2024 Referendums on Sunday, September 22 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm at the Champaign Public Library, Rooms A&B, 200 West Green Street. Briefly the two referendums are:
Information on the referendum to increase to the countywide sales tax by one-quarter percent for public safety purposes will be addressed by Steve Summers, County Executive; Stephanie Fortado, County Finance Committee Chair; JJ Farney, County Finance Committee Vice Chair; Elly Hanauer-Friedman, County Finance Committee Member; and Elisabeth Pollock, County Public Defender. Information on the referendum to abolish the elected County Auditor will be presented by Deb Busey, former Champaign County Administrator, and Trisha Crowley, President Emerita of the League of Women Voters of Champaign County For more details, see the press release for the event.
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