Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Sept 24th...National Voter Registration Day!

Drop by the Park Rapids Library on Tuesday September 24th to visit with League of Women Voters members about voting in Minnesota.

Many followers of our political scene are focused on the 2020 Presidential Elections, but some of our local government units do have elections in November of 2019. Also there is only about 170 days before Minnesota has its first presidential primary.  A new law changes how our political parties chooses the delegates to the party presidential nominating conventions. The Primary will be on March 3, 2020. Yes, there will also be a Precinct caucus held on February 25, 2020, one week before the Presidential Nomination Primary. (https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/how-elections-work/presidential-primary/)

League of Women Voters Park Rapids, as part of on going mission for the last 100 years of educating all voters, will be set up on Tuesday 9/24/19 at the Park Rapids Library all day from 9:30-5 to help people register to vote, check their registration, and help with any of your voting questions.

Our volunteers can also help you understand the multiple ways that we can vote in Minnesota from in person to absentee by mail..  National Voter Registration Day is a vital reminder to help us all prepare for our upcoming elections at any level of government.

League of Women Voters Park Rapids Area,  (LWVPRA), a non-partisan volunteer organization, whose mission is to encourage informed and active participation in government and influence public policy through education and advocacy. Help us celebrate our 100 year anniversary: (Minnesota granted women the right to vote in presidential elections on March 24, 1919, and later ratified the 19th Amendment on September 8, 1919.)
Please direct any questions about LWVPRA activities, events or on how to join LWVPRA (not for women only) by emailing   lwvparkrapids@lwvmn.org. Follow our activities, events on our website: lwvparkrapidsarea.blogspot.com/

Friday, September 13, 2019

Census 2020 Program

Nice turn out on Tuesday from Hubbard County residents to learn about Census 2020.  A big thanks to Headwaters Center for Life Long Learning for hosting the program.  Sarah Priest, partnership specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau, shared highlights of the 2020 Census preparation and ways we can partner to make sure we get a complete count in Hubbard County.  Sarah provided training the next day the local Complete Count Committee. She told us that Hubbard County needs 276 census workers. We have 51 people hired so far.

 League of Women Voters Park Rapids helped with advertising the program and provided some of the treats too.. Florence Hedeen is helping to organize our local Complete Count Committee.
Florence Hedeen, Nancy Carrol and Carol Moen discussing the program
















For more information about the Census follow this link:  https://2020census.gov/en