Be Proud!
We all did so much this election season! |
Thank you! Your volunteer hours, donations, and membership dues helped make this a year when more Denver voters felt informed, welcomed, and confident casting their ballots. Here's what you made possible:
Reaching voters where they are
- We launched our Voting Is People Power (VIPP) campaign with a well-attended party at the Carla Madison Recreation Center.
- Our message that voting in Colorado is easy, secure, and accessible reached voters through radio ads, print ads, yard signs, and even bus shelter ads in neighborhoods with historically lower turnout.
- We mailed handwritten VIPP postcards to every voter we registered this year.
Connecting with voters, one conversation at a time
- Armed with "Ask Me About Voting" backpacks and pins, so many of you started conversations with voters across the city.
- Our 100 trained volunteers registered voters at events all over Denver.
- Our Youth Council registered voters and brought the "Educating Young Voters" program to their peers in high schools and colleges.
Making complex ballot decisions easier
- Over 3,000 Ballot Measures Guides were distributed, and voters viewed them on our website more than 18,000 times.
- We presented the ballot measures at our October Briefing and 25 more times to community groups. The Briefing was also viewed 187 times on our YouTube Channel.
- Our Program/Advocacy Committee presented a briefing on the League-supported Amendment 87 and Proposition NN (then viewed 265 times online).
- We hosted five candidate forums, including two for Colorado's 1st Congressional District (primary and general) and one for Denver City Council At-Large. All are available on our YouTube channel and through Denver Decides.
Celebrating the power of every vote
- On Election Eve and Election Day, we cheered on voters at two polling centers - Barnum Rec Center and the Denver Public Library downtown. We were so pleased to meet and celebrate so many young, first-time voters! See us in the news here with Micah Smith from Channel 7!
Because of you, our community is better informed and more engaged, and that makes our democracy stronger. |
| Good Vibes at our Voter Support Station on Election Day! |
November Briefing
The LWVUS' Position on Religious Freedom: Cultural and Legal Perspectives
Tuesday, November 17
5:30 p.m.
Zoom
Join us for a virtual briefing to discuss League's newly adopted position on Religious Freedom.
The League of Women Voters of Colorado formed the Religious Freedom Task Force to address concerns about the religious nationalist movement and its impact on the rights of non-Christian and nonreligious citizens. Last June, at the National Convention of the League of Women Voters US, our Colorado contingent proposed that the League’s position that supports the Constitution be modified to include specific language about the First Amendment’s separation of church and state clauses. Our proposal was adopted by consensus from the national body, which will enable the League’s legal staff to participate more fully in lawsuits about the separation of church and state.
Gunnison LWV member, Jeff Oster, who chairs the Religious Freedom Task Force will present League’s new position and discuss the ongoing work in our state related to upholding government neutrality in matters of religion as well as Colorado LWV’s plan to form coalitions with other organizations around this issue.
David Lane, a partner at Kilmer Lane law firm in Denver and a nationally well-respected civil rights attorney and Deborah Whitehead, Department of Religious Studies at University of Colorado Boulder will address the cultural impact of the religious nationalist movement and the legal landscape in this area of civil rights. |
SAVE THE DATE
Upcoming Denver League Events
11/17
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November Briefing - The LWVUS Newly-Adopted Position on Religious Freedom
Zoom | 5:30 p.m. |
Various
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Unit's Choice - Each Unit chooses an activity in December to do together
Contact the Unit Leaders (see the VOTER) |
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