| Helping Make Democracy Work! | | The Voter
Newsletter for
LWV Los Altos-Mountain View
September 20, 2022 | | In this Issue:
- Register for Candidate Forums
- Register for Pros & Cons
- One-time and Ongoing Events
- Writing Postcards - a Success!
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Candidate Forums for November 8th Election
Use the "Register" link to sign up to attend a virtual forum. All forums will be recorded and will be available from the Election Events page of our website within two days of the live event.
Question for the Candidates? Submit a question for our local Los Altos and Mountain View forums using the following link: Submit a Question. The League will collect, combine similar questions, and select those which cover topics that are of most interest to our audience and may help inform their election decision.
Sheriff of Santa Clara County
(hosted by LWV San Jose-Santa Clara)
Wednesday, September 21st, 6:00 to 7:00 pm
MVLA High School Board
Thursday, October 6th, 7:00 to 8:00pm
Santa Clara Valley Water District #7
(hosted by LWV Southwest Santa Clara Valley)
Thursday, October 6th, 7:00 to 8:30pm
Congressional District #16 (Eshoo and Kumar)
(hosted by LWV Southwest Santa Clara Valley)
Friday, October 7th, 7:00 to 8:30pm
CA Assembly District # 23 (Berman and Dec)
Sunday, October 9th, 4:00 to 5:00pm
Los Altos City Council
Monday, October 10th, 7:00 to 8:00pm
Los Altos School District Board
Tuesday, October 11th, 7:00 to 8:00pm
Mountain View City Council
Wednesday, October 12th, 7:00 to 8:00pm
| Ballot Measure Analysis: Pros & Cons
Join the League of Women Voters for an unbiased review of the ballot measures. Our League's Pete Stahl will summarize each measure, outline its pros and cons and the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions.
Pros and Cons with Pete Stahl
Tuesday, October 18th 7:00-8:00pm
Register for Pros & Cons
This event will be recorded and a link to the recording will be available on the Election Events page of our website.
| Are you ready to vote?
Check out these helpful hints to make sure that you are ready to vote.
| End of Year Financial Report
The following documents represent the end of the year financial report that, as per our bylaws, the League must send to our members within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year.
| Upcoming and Ongoing Events | One Time Events
Green Home Tour: Learn About Healthy Home Electrification
Learn about electrification firsthand. See homes throughout the Peninsula and South Bay that have switched from gas to clean electricity.
- Saturday, September 24, 2022, 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM
- Register to Attend: Green Home Tour
Talk with homeowners about how they chose energy-efficient water heaters, furnaces, dryers, induction cooktops, stoves and more. Learn about the cost — and the rebates you can get while improving your home's comfort with healthy, indoor air quality. Learn whether to select a contractor — do-it-yourself — create a plan that fits your family's finances.
As you visit each home, you'll find QR codes you can scan for details about each feature. Student volunteers will also be on hand to share more information. With 20 homes on the tour, you can pick a route based on how much time you have and which communities you'd like to visit.
| State of the Nation: US Elections
What can the League of Women Voters—and you—do to improve our elections? The LWV of SCC is sponsoring this webinar “State of the Nation: Threats to Our Election Systems/Security and How We Can Better Engage Voters.
- Saturday, October 8th 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Virtual - Zoom registration is required
- Register to Attend
Keynote speaker Kim Alexander, President of the California Voter Foundation (CVF), will explore what some major election problems are and offer possible solutions. In response to growing threats and harassment of election officials, Kim and CVF are leading a nationwide, nonpartisan network of leaders across multiple sectors working to support and protect election officials and election administration. Current priorities include improving election workers’ safety and security, curtailing election mis- and disinformation, increasing funding, and support for election administration.
One of the promising approaches to improving elections, Ranked Choice Voting, will be explored more in-depth at a second event on still-to-be-confirmed October 22nd or 29th.
For additional information contact, LWV SWSCV |
Ongoing Meetings
Voter Services
- Thursday, September 22, 2022, 3:00-4:30 pm
- Virtual meeting via Zoom hosted by Pamela Baird
- Contact Pamela Baird for instructions to join meeting.
LWV LAMV Voter Services committee registers new voters at citizenship ceremonies twice a year; registers and pre-registers high and community college students; and provides voter education services for elections.
Book Group
- Next meeting: Saturday, September 24, 2022, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
- Book: Her Honor: My Life on the Bench - What Works, What's Wrong, and How to Change It by LaDoris Cordell
- In-person meeting
- Contact Sue Graham to confirm interest and meeting place.
Our Book Group reads books that enlighten us about topics of today. Our bi-monthly meetings allow us to add our own experiences and ideas to the discussion. Join us.
Board Meeting
- Monday, September 3rd 7:00 - 9:00pm
- Virtual meeting via Zoom
- Contact Karin Bricker for instructions on joining this meeting.
Housing Committee Meeting
- Monday, September 10th, 2022, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
- Virtual meeting via Zoom.
- Contact Sue Russell, Housing Committee, for instructions on joining this meeting.
Our chapter's Housing Committee regular meeting is the second Monday of the month. The committee works locally in Mountain View and Los Altos to promote more Below Market Rate units and other city zoning and commercial development policies that increase affordable housing.
| Postcard Writing was a Great Success - all postcards have been claimed!
Thank you to those who volunteered to help reach out to voters in Georgia, Alabama and Virginia. We will have sent 1200 postcards out to under-represented voters encouraging them to use their voice at election time. It is especially important to reach out to voters in areas where states are making it more difficult to vote. We worked with Reclaim Our Vote because they had a 70% turnout of people contacted for the 2020 election and they follow up on the cards with calls and visits.
Since postcard writing was so successful, we plan to offer this opportunity to our members in the future.
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