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2020 West Hartford VOTERS GUIDE The League of Women Voters of Greater Hartford (LWVGH) is pleased to bring you the online version of the Voters Guides for West Hartford and for Bloomfield. These guides cover the 2020 races for the CT Legislature: Senatorial 5th and 2nd, and Assembly 15, 18, 19 and 20. The guides provide information on the named races in one section and also include sample ballots that show all of the races and candidates including the presidency and 1st Congressional District.   All of the candidates received questions developed by the LWVGH; they provided answers and short biographies in 350 words or less.  The League believes that by reading the candidates’ thoughtful responses citizens can make their own informed decision on election day, Tuesday, November 3.  Download the entire Voters Guide letter to voters West Hartford voters can view our 18th Assembly candidate debate done in cooperation with West Hartford Community Debate on YouTube You will also find helpful information on voter registration deadlines and how to check if you are registered at http://myvote.ct.gov/lookup. Additional election information can be found at: West Hartford Registrars of Voters Bloomfield Registrars of Voters Compare the Candidates: West Hartford 2020 Voters Guide West Hartford 2020 Sample Ballot Bloomfield 2020 Voters Guide (includes Sample Ballot)

Planning to vote absentee? Here is a step by step pictorial instruction sheet developed by the League of Women Voters of Connecticut to help make sure the process is correctly and completely followed. CLICK HERE Make your vote count. Mail yoru ballot two weeks before November 3 OR put it in the Drop Box in your town (often at or near town hall).

The 100th Anniversary of Woman’s Suffrage in Connecticut The CT Centennial Celebration of women getting the vote is occurring throughout 2020. T his year also marks the 100th anniversary of the League of Women Voters, the establishment of which grew out of the suffrage movement.

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100th Anniversary of 19th Amendment Womens Suffrage This cheerful image is a sheet music cover from 1916, four years before the 19th Amendment was passed and ratified. SUFFRAGE, the right to vote (this time for women) was definitely a part of the popular culture but generations of women and men had struggled to see this happen. Written to honor the spirit and actions of our FOREMOTHERS and their supporters. by Elisa McCarthy Many thanks to: Mary Everett for inspiration and information. The Demke Sisters, Shelby and Abigail, for their technical skill and support. CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTIRE STORY

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Voters in West Hartford had the opportunity to hear the 12 candidates for Town Council debate on October 10. They are pictured here. The candidates discussed topics that were raised by the live audience including the fire department study, affordable housing policies, taxes, energy conservation, town development, diversity in town and taxes. The debate was moderated by the League of Women Voters of greater Hartford and each candidate had his or her own timer.
WHC -TV taped the debate for future showing on WHCI (interactive )television, our West Hartford community based television station.  Voters can view this discussion among the candidates most evenings between October 15 and the election on November 5. Profiles of each of the candidates are also on WHC-TV. Viewing is possible also on WHC-TV YOU TUBE. Please  remember to get out to vote on November 5th and exercise your civic responsibility as a voter in your community. 

LWVGH is also providing a Voters’ Guide in the issue of West Hartford LIFE that will be delivered to every home in West Hartford starting October 25. Be sure to look for it and let us know what you think.

The LWV is celebrating its 100th anniversary of informing voters in 2020! Help keep Voters informed and active - JOIN LWVGH.

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The Annual Meeting was held on May 16, 2018 Pond House, Elizabeth Park Hartford/West Hartford Speaker: Sarah Bronin CLICK HERE for more information Recent League events NEW MEMBER MEETING The League of Women Voters of Greater Hartford held a new member breakfast meeting in April.  It was an opportunity for veteran League Board members to converse with the seven women and men new to the organization about the activities that our Chapter is involved in and find out what activities would be of most interest to each of them. Over a continental breakfast, an overview was given of the voter service activities and advocacy that the League has been engaged in over its long history. Opportunities for involvement in voter registration and moderating of debates was explained by the Voter Service chair. An important focus was on LWV role as a non-partisan, political organization which encourages informed and active participation in government through education and advocacy of issues.  League study of current issues and its consensus positions in many policy areas, such as election law, voters’ rights, environment, health care, net neutrality, and education, were explained by Board Members and led by Libby Swietek. Libby also explained a number of the sub-committees in which members can participate to make the best use of their interests and abilities. They are: Voter Service, Advocacy, Communication, Social Media, Events and Programs, Fund Raising, and Administration. Contact Libby Swietek at lib5410@gmail.com if you are interested in finding out more about the League of Women Voters of Greater Hartford.   March For Our Lives LWVGH members participated in March For Our Lives in Hartford at the Capitol.  Many League members from around the state were there to march and we were present also to register voters at the request of the organizer of the event Tyler Suarez, a student at the University of Bridgeport. Seen here in the accompanying photo is LWVGH member June Rosenblatt who provided this student with the voter registration form that he filled out on the spot in the middle of the rally.  The registrants are informed that they should receive an official letter from the registrar confirming registration and providing the location at which to vote. The League delivers the voter application form to the designated town registrar in person or by mailing it as a service for the new voter. The thousands of students and supporters at this event were an inspiration.  As many voices said, “this is what democracy looks like.” This was an enthusiastic yet peaceful declaration for gun safety and gun control.  The League of Women Voters takes a very real stand on guns in its position statement regarding gun laws.  It states, “ [we] Support: protection of the health and safety of citizens through limiting the accessibility and regulating the ownership of handguns and semi-automatic weapons.”   LWVGH members June Rosenblatt and Tim Sullivan and Joe Mulready raised the sign forleague during the Saturday march.   Lots of men help support the League of Women Voters.         2017 ELECTION RESULTS [CLICK HERE]

The League of Women Voters is a national non-partisan political organization, which was established in 1920, the same year the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women's suffrage.

Our Greater Hartford League was established in 1923, pursuing the same goal: to produce informed voters. The League is organized on the national, state, and local levels, with appropriate "study" and "action" activities taking place on one or more levels at the same time.

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