ELECTIONS

         

ANNUAL MEETING
Providence League of Women Voters
Wed., June 5, 2013
7:30 pm

For more information, contact Joan Retsinas at joan.retsinas@gmail.com or (401) 272-0422.

SEE THE LEAGUE
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CONNECT TO PROVIDENCE
ProvConnex will link to information, forms, permits, applications, payments, and service requests. You can install ProvConnex free on your iPhone or Android.
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THE TRANSPARENCY PORTAL
 The LWV has long urged urged transparency in government. Look at Rhode Island up close, through the Transparency Portal, which details budget expenditures, open meeting law regulations, and asks for citizen input.
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FINANCING EDUCATION
 Financing Education Forum held in Newport.
 HIGHLIGHTS

UPDATE
 Position on Financing Public Education in Rhode Island
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West Bay League of Women Voters
Annual Dinner Meeting

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Crowne Plaza Hotel
801 Greenwich Ave., Warwick 02886

Guest Speaker: Mayor Vincent ("Buddy") Cianci
Business Meeting - 5.00 pm
Dinner - 6.00pm
Speaker – 6.45pm

RSVP by May 20, 2013
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For more information, call Millie Plouffe, Treasurer
401-884-9478

RI League of Women Voters
2013 Convention

Saturday, May 18, 2013
10:00am to 2:00pm
Portsmouth Library

$20 per person (includes coffee, lunch and materials).
Speaker: Ken Block, discussing efforts to repeal the master lever.

For more information, contact:
(401) 434-6440 or state@lwvri.org

While any League member can attend,
only delegates will get to vote

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Capitol Forum Brings Rhode Island High School Students to the State House

This year the LWV Education Fund once again supported
the Capitol Forum. High school students spend the year
studying international issues, end with debates at the
State House. Senators Reed and Whitehouse
opened the day-long conference.

Rhode Island students at the State House

The League in Pictures

Newport LWV Coffee with Legislators

Representatives Edwards, Finn, Martin, and Canario
chat with LWV member Patty MacLeish.

Mary Chace gives an update on gender
issues before the legislature.

League Action 2013
Speak Up! Speak with the League!

Our Priorities for 2013
Legislators pay attention to those who elect them, especially in a small state like Rhode Island. Armed with the facts and some background, you can be an effective spokesperson for the League.

The LWVRI advocacy priorities in 2013 are:

  1. Passing merit selection for magistrates.
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  2. Restoring the jurisdiction of the Ethics Committee over the legislature.
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  3. Supporting women's health and reproductive rights.
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  4. Eliminating the "master lever" (voting for a straight ticket by making one mark).
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  5. Improving gun control.
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  6. Counting addresses of prisoners where they lived when arrested to prevent skewing of populations in redistricting.
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  7. Establishing early voting in Rhode Island.
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  8. Repealing Voter ID
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  9. Education Finance
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  10. Marriage Equality — Passed and signed

The LWVRI will speak up on other important issues if they arise, even if they are not on our priority list.

RI LWV President Derwent Riding testifies
on Voter ID at Senate Judiciary Committee
February 28, 2013
TESTIMONY

RI  LWV President Derwent Riding testifies on changes
in election procedures at House Committee on Oversight
February 7, 2013
TESTIMONY

NEEDED: Volunteers

The Ethnics Commission, the Board of Elections, legislative committee session, the Environmental Council of RI... all need citizen input.

The LWV needs volunteers to attend meetings. If many volunteer, we would each attend a few sessions, and report back. If you can spare a few hours, contact Susan Escherich at 401-433-4896.

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

— Dwight Eisenhower

  

APPLY FOR THE 6TH ANNUAL SUSAN B. WILSON CIVIC EDUCATION MERIT AWARDS
The Susan B. Wilson Civic Education Merit Awards Committee is accepting nominations to honor Rhode Island's innovative teachers and their work in civic education.
APPLICATION & DETAILS

Deadline for applications:
April 30, 2013

A Grand Prize of $800, a Jury Prize of $500 and an Honorable Mention Prize of $200 will be awarded to three teachers or teams of teachers for work that has already been accomplished and whose impact has already been assessed.

Sponsored by the LWV of South Kingstown/Narragansett.

FOR PROVIDENCE DATA
 The Rhode Island Foundation site is a mine of data.
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THE BOOK CLUB MEETS MONTHLY

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SEE THE LATEST VOTER!
APRIL 2013 (pdf)

 

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