LWV-Wake Update 10/17/2022
|  | Dear ~~first_name~~,
Greetings from LWV-Wake.
Election Day is 22 days away and Early Voting starts in just 3 days. Have you made your voting plan? If you haven't, please open your calendar and schedule "GO VOTE" now.
From the League
Voter Services Meeting Tuesday, October 18th - 5pm
Voter Services will hold their last meeting prior to the election TOMORROW at 5pm. Please register here.
Clouds Brewing GOTV Tabling- Volunteers Needed
Weekend tabling (11am-2pm) will continue through Election Day and we still need volunteers. Please lend an hour or two to greet patrons at Clouds and let them know about early voting, VOTE411 and, of course, invite them to purchase a "Wheat The People" brew and support LWV-Wake! Sign-up link is below under Events.
Wake BOE Observers
Members are encouraged to observe Wake County Board of Elections meetings. During these meetings, board and staff will begin to process absentee ballots and provisional ballots. Please document any relevant comments about the process, including discussions involving guidance board members/staff are receiving from the NCBOE. Please submit your observations/comments on the County Board of Elections Monitoring Report Form found here.
A full schedule of the Wake County Board of Elections meetings can be found here.
Environment Committee - Effective Advocacy - November 1st 4:30pm
Are you interested in learning how to advocate more effectively? Attend LWV-Wake Environment Committee's next meeting on October where Leaguer Tom Vitaglione, a seasoned and effective lobbyist, will provide tips and answer questions about how best to promote environmental legislation and programs. Strategies learned can be applied to many different issues. Open to ALL LWV-Wake members. To learn more and to register, click here.
| | Timely Topics
Strategic Development at Wake Tech
October 18th 12 noon
Dr. Ralls, President of Wake Tech Community College, will introduce us to Wake County's hidden gem and North Carolina's largest community college. Learn about how Wake Tech is contributing to economic development in Wake County and supporting underserved students, as well as the important role Wake Tech and other community colleges have in our education system. As a reminder, all Timely Topics are open to the public. Please share this information with friends, family and other groups. To register, click here. |
- October 20th 5:30pm - League Leaders Project Management Training - Join us for a 'Happy Hour' of learning! Retired IBM Project Manager and fellow Leaguer Laurie Bader will teach how to define and plan your committee work, identify metrics for successful outcomes, track progress and remove roadblocks, deliver on time, provide closure, and continuously improve the effectiveness of League committees. This is part of our series for developing leaders for the future of LWV-Wake. We encourage ANY member who is interested in developing project management skills to attend. For more info and to register, click here.
- October 28th 1:30pm - Affordable Housing Committee presents: The Work of the Hope Center at Pullen - This month's meeting of the Affordable Housing Committee will feature special guest Meredith Yuckman, Executive Director of the Hope Center at Pullen. The Hope Center at Pullen connects young people aging out of foster care in Wake County with the resources and support they need for a successful transition to adulthood. This presentation is open to ALL League members. Register here.
- November 10th 10:30am - Field Trip to Oberlin Village - League members will visit the historic Oberlin Village and meet for lunch after at La Carretta. The tour is a short walk around historic Oberlin Village with information about the history, biographies, challenges, and values of residents and descendants. For more information and to register, click here.
- November 16th 12 noon - Timely Topics: Helping Citizens Understand the Real Root of Today's American Divide - Join us as we welcome presenter, Rupert W. Nacoste, Ph.D., Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Psychology at North Carolina State University and author of Taking On Diversity: How We Can Move From Anxiety to Respect. To register, click here.
|  | | "Wheat the People" Special Brew for LWV-Wake
The Voter Services Committee is excited to announce a Get Out The Vote collaboration with Clouds Brewing in Raleigh. The Clouds brewmasters have formulated a special brew called "Wheat the People" just for LWV-Wake! As part of Clouds nonprofit Silver Linings beer collaboration, Clouds will donate $1 for each beer sold to our League.
Please visit Clouds for weekend brunch or anytime and support the League by ordering a "Wheat The People" brew. It is a grapefruit & passionfruit wheat beer. It can also be purchased by the can at their Raleigh, Durham and Tap Room locations. More info can be found here.
Volunteers are also still needed for tabling activities during weekend brunch hours at Clouds Brewing Raleigh location now through November 6th. There are several open spots, so please sign up. To volunteer, click on the links below. All tabling materials will be provided. Please note: You must first log in to see volunteer opportunities.
| LWV-Wake Candidate Forums | | City of Raleigh Candidate Forums
Please help us promote these candidate forum and share links with friends
| Wake County Board of Commissioners Candidate Forums
Participating candidates include:
District 1: Chanel N. Harris, Donald Mial
District 2: Matt Calabria, Mark McMains
District 3: Irina Comer, Cheryl F. Stallings
District 7: Vickie Adamson
| | Wake County Board of Education Candidate Forums
Please help us promote these candidate forums and share links with friends
|  | | LWVNC Releases Video "What Happens After You Vote in NC"
Most North Carolinians are familiar with what voting looks like – they know about the various voting opportunities that are presented before and on Election Day; they have seen a sample ballot, and they have likely interacted with a poll worker.
But to have full confidence in our elections, it’s crucial to understand:
- the safeguards in place to prevent double voting
- the tools that the N.C. State Board of Elections utilizes, such as BallotTrax, so that voters can track their ballot
- the ways in which ballots cast before Election Day are processed prior to the closing of the polls on Election Day
- the opportunities for North Carolinians to take part in the transparent process of tabulating votes
- the intricacies of the post-election canvass process, when the election results are checked and finalized.
Knowing that the best protection for any election system is the vigilance and participation of voters, the League wanted to cover these topics in a video, with the hopes that the factual and helpful information contained within would be shared far and wide.
We encourage you to share this video, which is also on our website homepage, with friends and other organizations of which you are a part.
| To see all upcoming LWVNC sponsored events, please view their Events Calendar
| Looking for information from a past newsletter? Previous League Updates can now be viewed on our website's home page. Look for the "League Updates" blue tab on the top menu.
Thank you for continuing to support the League of Women Voters of Wake County.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Tung
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