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URGENT VOTER GUIDE SUPPORT NEEDED!
For the first time, we must bear the cost of printing our local Voter Guides. Historically, the Florida Weekly has printed our Voter Guides as an insert to their weekly publication, and distributed to their 20,000 readers, at no cost to the League.
While we will continue to partner with the Florida Weekly, they are no longer able to fully underwrite the printing cost. They have given us a generous subsidy, but we must now bear a cost of $4,800 for the Guide for the upcoming local primary and another $4,800 for the Guide for the November elections.
One of the most important services the League provides is printing and distributing the Voter Guide – it may be the only nonpartisan information a voter receives about candidates and issues to help them make their decisions at the ballot box!
This $9,600 expense was not in our budget for this election year. Please help us provide this vital service.
You may make your donation online or by check to LWVCC, PO Box 9883, Naples, FL 34101. Please include Voter Guide on the memo line of your check. Your gift to the Education Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization, is tax-deductible (Tax ID Number: 59-2659558) to the extent allowable by law. Thank you for your generous support!
|  | 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.
| 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 the July 17 edition of the Naples Daily News.
| RETURNING CITIZENS POSTCARD PARTIES
July 25 & August 1 @ 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: July 25 and August 1.
For those of us that have been part of this, it is truly a rewarding experience. Please come join us!
| 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.
| 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
| 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!
|  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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August 22
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PRIMARY ELECTION DAY
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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. | 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.
| League of Women Voters of Collier County
P.O. Box 9883Naples, FL 34101
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