PREFER A PRINTED VOTER GUIDE?
The LWVCC 2024 Primary Voter Guide is now available in two forms: a webpage and a downloadable document which you can print and annotate.
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Volunteer to observe the Collier County Canvassing Board for the 2024 August Primary! In an open public meeting, the Canvassing Board conducts the Logic and Accuracy test of ballot processing and voting machines, reviews Vote-by-Mail (VBM) and provisional ballots, certifies the official results of the election and observes the manual audit of precinct/race. This is an important League service in support our mission of the free and fair elections.
Volunteers are needed for the following dates and times:
- Wednesday, July 21, 9:00 a.m. (L&A test)
- Monday, August 19, 9:00 a.m. (VBM ballots)
- Tuesday, August 20, 5:00 p.m. (VBM ballots, Preliminary returns)
- Friday, August 23, 9:00 a.m. (Provisional ballots and 1st unofficial results)
- Wednesday, August 28, 9:00am (Official certification)
- Wednesday, September 4, 9:00 a.m. (Manual audit)
The meetings will be held at the office of the Supervisor of Elections, 3750 Enterprise Avenue, Naples 34104. If you can observe one or more meetings, please sign in to www.lwvcolliercounty.org and go to ‘take action’ and select ‘volunteer.’ Volunteer observers will receive background information to familiarize them with this interesting and important task.
VOLUNTEER!
| GET READY TO VOTE IN THE AUGUST 2024 PRIMARY
RECORDING AVAILABLE
Did you miss the Sandy Parker of Sparker's Soapbox review the state and local offices and candidates that will be on the ballot for Collier County? There is still time to get a jump-start for becoming more informed voters.
WATCH THE RECORDING
| LEAGUE POSITION ON AMENDMENT 1
The LWV in Florida is opposed to the passage of Amendment 1, which would make school board elections in Florida partisan. Please read LWVCC's Letter to the Editor, which was published in today's edition of the Naples Daily News.
|  HELP SEND THE MESSAGE:
WEAR A LEAGUE SHIRT!
Since early February, the LWVCC’s social media campaign to engage younger voters (“Get in Line, or Don’t Whine, VOTE”) has been viewed nearly 40,000 times, targeted at Gen Zs and Millennials in southwest Florida. We are constantly creating new posts, and the number of viewers continues to increase daily! You can follow the campaign on Instagram (#LWVCC), TikTok (lwvcolliercounty), and Facebook (lwvcolliercounty). To see the posts, view them on YouTube.
We are using themed t-shirts as giveaways for those we interview, but we also wanted to make the shirts available to members and friends. Ordering is easy; shirts, hats, or mugs will be sent directly to your home. The shirts are $15 plus tax and shipping and are available in multiple sizes for women and men.
ORDER YOUR SHIRT/HAT/MUG
Order your shirt now to support our League and the efforts to get out the vote! For questions or to join the Engaging Younger Voters subcommittee, contact Stacy Vermylen. | KNOW YOUR BALLOT QUESTIONS
August 14 @ 2:00
ZOOM
On August 14, 2024 at 2 PM. LWVCC will host an informative public Zoom meeting for all members of LWVCC and guests on three important questions on your November ballot. A panel of experts will discuss Collier County Public Schools’ tax neutral referendum on budget flexibility and two state amendments: Amendment 1 on Partisan School Board Elections and Amendment 4 on Reproductive Rights. Questions: email Nancy Chism.
Encourage your friends and neighbors to attend
| UNDERSTANDING OUR FLORIDA GOVERNMENT
Understanding Our Florida Government is a series by League ambassador Sandy Parker. Sandy is the founder and publisher of Sparker's Soapbox, whose mission is to encourage and facilitate informed voting in Collier County. Learn more at sparkers-soapbox.com
The five-member Board of County Commissioners (BCC) is Collier County’s legislative and governing body. County commissioners are elected by voters in their district for a maximum of three 4-year terms of office. In this post, Sandy Parker reviews the county’s district map, current commissioners and county manager, and how to participate in commission meetings.
| DID YOU MISS THE JUNE 19 CANDIDATE FORUM FOR
SCHOOL BOARD, PROPERTY APPRAISER, SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS,
& SCHOOL BOARD ?
WATCH THE CANDIDATE FORUM RECORDING | 
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LWVCC WEBSITE IS MULTI-LINGUAL???
The LWVCC website presents in English. But when you are on the LWVCC website look below the donate/join/login buttons in the upper right corner. Click on the box that says “select language.” Logged in or not, when you select a language, all the web pages will appear in that language; however, linked documents and graphics are not be translated. There are over 125 languages to choose from, including Spanish and Haitian Creole.
This is another example of LWVCC’s efforts to reach out to our diverse community!
| RETURNING CITIZENS POSTCARD PARTIES
July 18 & 25 @ 1:00-3:00
The League of Women Voters of Florida is committed to helping returning Citizens regain the right to vote after completing their sentence. The State is a founding partner in getting Amendment 4 on the ballot in 2018, which overwhelmingly passed with 64% of the Florida Electorate. The League helped reduce fees and administrative costs returning citizens were required to pay. Cecile Scoon, LWVFL Co-President, established a state program to identify and educate returning citizens of their rights and developed training for attorneys to work pro bono for those in need.
Now the League still needs your help! We have many more postcard to write and are also writing postcards for our local Get Out The Vote initiative. We have scheduled postcard writing parties on Thursdays: June 27, July 11, July 18 and July 25.
For those of us that have been part of this, it is truly a rewarding experience. Please come join us!
|  PLASTICS POINTERS
Plastics Pointers is taking the summer off and will resume in the fall. In the meantime, you can find lots of ideas at Plastics Free July, an international movement with over 100 million participants to reduce your use of plastic during the month of July. Their website is loaded with information and their frequent Instagram posts are inspirational. You can sign up online to take the challenge and be counted in their statistics on the impact of the challenge. Or you can just go to “Resources” then “Assets” to download an Action Picker to keep track of some strategies. Happy summer, and don’t forget to keep thinking of creative ways to reduce your use of plastics! |
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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August 14 @ 2:00
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Know Your Ballot Questions
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Visit the LWVCC Calendar for event details
| ONLINE REIMBURSEMENT FORM IS NOW AVAILABLE
Board members, committee chairs, and others who need to submit reimbursement requests can now do so via our Submit Online Forms page. | UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Because LWVCC committee meetings are for members and their invited guests unless stated otherwise,
members should log in to the website to register
to get the Zoom links for committee meetings and other events. | Reproductive Health Subcommittee Meeting
August 15 @ 4:00-5:30
Zoom | Board Meeting
August 7 @ 9:30-12:00
Zoom | Plastics Task Force Meeting
September 5 @ 3:30-5:00
Zoom | MISSED AN ISSUE OF THE VOTER?
NEED TO CATCH UP ON THE NEWS?
Check out our updated News & Newsletters page, which has all our latest news and links to current and back issues of The Voter and The LWVCC Update.
| Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in Government. We influence public policy through education and advocacy. Our goal is to empower citizens to take an active role in shaping better communities worldwide. The League of Women Voters of Collier County does not support or endorse any candidate or political party.
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