September 17 is National Voter Registration Day. Celebrate by exercising your right and duty to protect our democracy with your vote. Democracy depends on citizen voting. It is the most American thing you can do! So please register and vote.

Where to Register? The League of Women Voters’ Vote411; at the Colorado Secretary of State website; or your County Clerk and Recorder’s office or website.

How? Provide simple, basic information, online or in person. Important: if you're already registered check your status, address, or affiliation on file. Ballots are mailed beginning Oct. 11 to the address on file. They will not be forwarded, so make sure your information is correct. If you don’t receive your ballot timely, call your County’s Clerk and Recorder’s office.

When? Coloradans can register to vote at any time, including Election Day, November 5, with ID such as those listed on the Colorado Secretary of State website. To receive a mail-in ballot, the county clerk must receive a voter registration application on or before 8 days before the 2024 General Election. Check locations, dates and times for drop boxes and polling centers at your County Clerk’s website. To mail your ballot back, remember to add postage.

Again, you can submit a voter registration application up to election day. Go to the nearest Voter Service and Polling Center. The county clerk’s office will process the application and provide a ballot to be completed on site. Whether you vote by mail or in person you can track your ballot’s receipt and progress. Find instructions to enroll here: BallotTrax

Every election is important. Vote all the way down the ballot. The more local – the further down the ballot – the closer the issue or office comes to your kitchen table, the greater the impact on your daily life.

Candidate and ballot information are available at Vote411. Candidates can choose to respond to the League’s questions directly onto the VOTE411 site. Our League serves a three county area - Delta, Montrose and Ouray. We provide local candidate forums and ballot issue presentations, often both in-person and virtually. Watch your local media for more information or visit our Events Page.

The League of Women Voters supports informed voting for all citizens, regardless of party affiliation. While we are indeed a political organization, the League does not promote any political party or candidate. Visit our website to stay informed. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and X (formerly Twitter). Finally, please consider becoming a League member.

Thank You,

Jan Edwards, Voter Service Chair

What the League does.

• Inform and educate: We carefully curate sources of information that help make sense of issues and candidates.
• Turn out the vote: We encourage citizens to exercise their hard won right to vote. As a nonpartisan organization, we do not support or oppose any political party or candidate. We are focused on promoting democracy and the common good, regardless of political affiliation.
• Build trust in our election system: Colorado has one of the most solid election systems in the nation. It is reliable and secure.

What you can do.

• Get out and VOTE! Remind and encourage your family, friends and neighbors to vote.
• Volunteer: Your involvement directly contributes to making democracy work. Whether it's through voter registration drives, hosting candidate forums, or working on specific projects, your efforts have a real impact.
• Donate: We need dollars to fund our activities this fall — specifically our Energizing Young Voters initiative. Become a member or renew your membership. Encourage your contacts to join the League.

For Your Consideration During A Time of Breaking News

It’s a good reminder to check multiple news sources, be wary of content that would make you or others especially emotional, and only share accurate info– don't repeat disinformation, it just gives it more oxygen.

Be the person your family, friends and community looks to for reliable and responsible information. We encourage you to spot and fight disinformation now.

How to Spot It

👉🏼 Be skeptical: Seem too extreme to be true? We live in wild times, if it seems bonkers, it probably is.

👉🏼 Look at multiple sources: Don't just count on one news or information source- verify what you're seeing by checking around.

👉🏼 Beware of emotional content: There's lots of real info that's upsetting, but disinformation counts on our emotions overruling our reason- things that make us angry create division.

How to Stop It

👉🏼 Share accurate information: Seems obvious, but this means both being a reliable source for your friends and family AND not sharing disinformation in order to disprove it- that just gives it more oxygen.

👉🏼 Know the reliable information sources: Government websites provide accurate information, so look for websites that end in .gov. But don't stop there- look at scholarly articles that are peer reviewed and news sites that cite their sources.

👉🏼 Call out friends and family with kindness and respect: Be that reliable source in your own networks, but let people know when they've made a mistake- something we all might do- start by sharing the correct info privately. If that doesn't work, just share the right info without being emotional or rude.

A tip of the hat to our sister league in Ohio.

Latest edition of The Voter, published 7/1/24.
    * Leadership Message
    * June LWV-UV Annual Meeting Report
    * Welcome New Members
    * Fundraising Announcement
    * Facts and Figures

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Great information from the Delta County Library Online Library Tutorials: Is That True? Video Primer on Why We Believe False Things Online. View here.
 
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Complete the Member Interest Survey.

When you need a dose of inspiration, view this video.