Dawn Smith, Co-Chair At May’s Voter Services meeting we were provided an update on the collaboration event we co-hosted on August 25 with the YWCA. Our League hosted a Sim-Vote for the kids in attendance; they were asked to vote for characters of K-Pop Demon Hunters who are running for political office. My favorite moment of the day was when an 8-year asked, “What does State Treasurer do?” The Sim Voting was such a hit with the kids who attended that the YWCA asked if we’d be

Dawn Smith, Co-chair Voter Services met the first Thursday of the month in April. We were hoping to start meeting in person but, due to some bad thunderstorms, we met via Zoom for one last month. The primary focus of the April Voter Services meeting was to discuss and get volunteers for the Empower the Vote event that our League co-hosted with the YW. At the event we helped at the registration table (and we had someone show up specifically to register), and we hosted a sim

Dawn Smith and Christine Lemerande, Co-chairs General Election years are always busy for Voter Services, and this year is no exception. We invited 50+ local candidates to submit ten-minute videos, asking them to answer two questions – · Why are you running for office? · What are the three top issues facing your community/district, and, if elected, what will you do to address those issues? Seventeen candidates submitted videos. Given that this was our first try ad

(Dawn Smith, Co-Chair) Voter Services met via Zoom in early December to start planning out the 2026 General Election year. With all the local races (City Council, County Board, Village Boards, etc.), and with the poor luck we’ve had getting all the candidates to participate in our forums, we’re taking a different approach this year. All candidates running for selected offices will be sent an invite to submit a 10-minute promotional video to the LWVGGB, which we will share o