League of Women Voters^®
of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. League membership is open to women and men. The League of Women voters values diversity, equity, and inclusion in our work.

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Democracy Is Worth Waiting For. Count All The Votes.

It's likely that the outcome of the election won't be known until after election night, due to the time needed to process all the ballots. Some states cannot process ballots until election day and some states will count mailed ballots received after November 3.

Remember: It's not over until all the votes are counted!

The New York Times has a chart of vote certification deadlines for every state and D.C. here.

LWVUS Speaker at UN on Elimination of Violence Against Women

The Global Institute for Women's Leadership at King's College in London and the Jo Cox Foundation commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Wednesday, November 25 with a panel discussion featuring League of Women Voters of the US Chief Observer to the United Nations Rosalee Keech. Take time to watch the broadcast recording, which is now available on demand on the Global Institute for Women's Leadership YouTube channel web site.

LWVUS UN Speaker: Bankrupting the Business of Human Trafficking

The United Nations will present "Bankrupting the Business of Human Trafficking" on Tuesday morning, December 1 with a panel discussion featuring League of Women Voters of the US Chief Observer to the United Nations Rosalee Keech on Tuesday, December 1 at 6:00 a.m. Mountain Time. For more information and to watch the broadcast, visit the United Nations Web TV web site.

Member Holiday Party

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties members, their families, their friends, and prospective members are invited to join us for our Annual Holiday Party on Tuesday evening, December 8. Join us and enjoy the fun!! This will be a remote meeting via Zoom. Details.

Program Committee Meeting

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties Program Committee will meet for their monthly planning session in December. The date is to be determined. This will be a remote meeting via Zoom. Details.

Education Committee Meeting

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties Education Committee will meet for their monthly planning session in January. The date is to be determined. This will be a remote meeting via Zoom. Details.

Voter Service Committee Meeting

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties Voter Service Committee will meet on Wednesday morning, January 13. This will be an online meeting using Zoom. More.

LWVCO Legislative Conference

The annual League of Women Voters of Colorado Legislative Conference will provide League members an opportunity to learn about the League's 2021 legislative priorities on Saturday morning, January 16. This is an online meeting using Zoom.

Registration in advance is required.

For more information and to register, visit the LWVCO web site.

January Combined Program Planning Meeting

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties January Combined Program Planning Meeting will be on Tuesday evening, January 19. Members are asked to provide suggestions for future program topics and to review our State and Local Issue Positions. This will be a remote meeting via Zoom. More info.

Management Team Meeting

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties Management Team will meet on Monday evening, January 25. This meeting will be online using Zoom. Info.

Homelessness Study Committee Meeting

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties Homelessness Study Committee will meet for a planning session on an evening in February. The date is to be determined. This will be a remote meeting via Zoom. Details.

LWVCO Leader of Democracy 2021 Event

League members, save the date! The League of Women Voters of Colorado invites you to their annual Leader of Democracy 2021 Event on Thursday evening, February 11. This event will be online using Zoom. Honorees include Former Colorado Senator Polly Baca, and Lauren Casteel of the Colorado Women's Foundation. For more information and to register, visit the LWVCO web site.

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Colorado General Assembly 2020 Special Session Begins Nov 30

The first day of the 2020 Special Legislative Session is November 30 at 10:00 a.m.and it is planned to last 3 - 5 days.
The Governor's web site with the press release announcing this special session is here.

Use this link for live video and audio streams, or to look up your legislator on the Colorado General Assembly web site.

LWVUS Speaker at UN on Elimination of Violence Against Women

The Global Institute for Women's Leadership at King's College in London and the Jo Cox Foundation commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Wednesday, November 25 with a panel discussion featuring League of Women Voters of the US Chief Observer to the United Nations Rosalee Keech. Take time to watch the broadcast recording, which is now available on demand on the Global Institute for Women's Leadership YouTube channel web site.

LWVCO Legislative Letter

Learn about the progress of bills in the 2020 Colorado General Assembly. The Colorado League of Women Voters Legislative Action Committee Legislative Letter is available on the State League web site here.

☆ Legislative Representative Directory ☆

Send A Message

Tip: This resource is available from the League of Women Voters: Send A Message is the directory of Colorado Directory of National & State Officials for 2019 - 2020. You can view it here.

Communicating Effectively With Your Representative

On the subject of action alerts, here are some helpful tips on how to contact your representatives effectively from the Jefferson County League's newsletter:

A quick telephone call to your representative is easiest. Most legislators count calls supporting or opposing bills and those from their own constituents count the most.

Email is another good way to communicate with your legislator. Here are some tips to communicate your position to your representative:
• State the bill number in the subject line
• Keep the email short and to the point
• If you have a personal story relevant to the issue, include it
• Use bullets when possible to make it more readable

Climate Change Resolution is Adopted
       at June National Convention

We congratulate League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties members Amy Sherwood and Lena Brown. Because of their efforts, their strong climate change resolution was adopted by the delegates at the League of Women Voters of the United States's 2020 National Convention.

The resolution calls for "an immediate, wide-scale mobilization by the United States to restore, protect and fund an ecologically sustainable environment and climate, based on an interrelated approach that is environmentally sound, science-based, just and equitable, and dedicated to appropriately addressing the speed and scale of the global climate change emergency."

The resolution was based on the League's position regarding climate change, but additionally took into account the need for speed and a response based on science. According to Brown and Sherwood, this gives League a working document when it takes a seat at the table.

The resolution also addresses environmental justice and equity, which the League of Women Voters promotes as part of its diversity, equity and inclusion policy, as issues to be included when considering solutions.

Their success comes after two years of work toward adoption of this resolution.

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties Program Committee is working to arrange a climate change presentation by Sherwood and Brown explaining this important resolution.

Vote411.org Wins Webby Award

VOTE411.org has won a Webby People's Voice Award for Best Government & Civil Innovation Website as part of the 24th annual awards.

"We work to make critical election information more accessible to millions of voters every step of the way to the ballot box," said Virginia Kase, CEO of the League of Women Voters Education Fund. "To win the Webby People's Voice Award means so much because it is recognition from the public who value our site. This honor helps bring more visibility to VOTE411, a resource every voter can trust for accurate and unbiased information this and every election cycle."

Since 2006, VOTE411 has provided registration deadlines and tools, absentee and early voting information, polling place locations, voting hours, candidate information, and more. Late last year, the League of Women Voters launched the newly redesigned VOTE411.org, with the mission to serve every voter in America with critical election information in 2020. There is voter information in English and Spanish.

"The coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on primary elections, but it's never been more important for voters to make sure their voices are heard at the ballot box," said Jeanette Senecal, Senior Director of Mission Impact for the League of Women Voters Education Fund. "In this critical election year, VOTE411 is expected to reach one in five people in the United States before November 3. This award is a testament to the time and dedication our League volunteers around the country put into making sure voters have accurate election information."

For more information, see the Webby award page.

And you can read the League of Women Voters' press release announcing Vote411.org's Webby award here.

New! Choose LWV of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties
For Your Amazon Smile Donations

Help support the League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties' work in the community by designating us to receive your Amazon Smile donations.

There is no cost to you but Amazon donates every time you make a purchase from them.

Here's how:

Make it a habit to go to https://smile.amazon.com when you shop on Amazon. You can start shopping at amazon.com, but sometime before you click on 'Proceed to Checkout' you'll need to switch to smile.amazon.com.

You'll still see your order like before, but when you're in the 'smile.amazon.com' web page, your order will generate a contribution by Amazon.

Before you shop:

You need to sign up once in Amazon Smile before your first donation order and designate which charity you'll support, at https://smile.amazon.com.

Fill in the signup information. When asked to pick your charity, type in League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties in the charity name field and hit 'select'.

Now, when you're ordering from Amazon in smile.amazon.com, you'll see 'Supporting League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties' toward the top of the web page just below the Amazon product search box.

In the future, every time you order, as long as you are in smile.amazon.com before completing your checkout, your purchase confirmation will display 'You made a difference. Amazon will make a donation to the League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties.'

Please note: If you don't purchase via the smile.amazon.com web page, no donation will be generated. You cannot fix a missing donation if you forget and don't check out on the smile.amazon.com web page.

Fifty Years!

The League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties celebrated 50 years in 2019.

League of Women Voters 100th Anniversary!

Join the League of Women Voters as we celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2020. We proudly support democracy through voter registration, voter education, and encouraging civic engagement. More info.