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In response to Attorney General Ken Paxton’s August 21, 2024announcement of an investigation into unnamed nonprofits for setting up booths outside unidentified Texas Department of Public Safety offices to allegedly assist noncitizens to register to vote, the the League of Women Voters of Texas and the undersigned organizations issued the following letter and statement.

State of Texas: Scrutiny into voter rolls brings concern of chilling effect

Josh Hinkle, et al, KXAN| Published on 8/31/24

With recent data showing more than 2-million voters appearing on the state’s voter suspense list, as well as the Governor’s announcement of the recent removal of more than a million people from Texas voter rolls, the League of Women Voters of Texas addresses concerns from voters and detail what they need to know and what they need to do now to make sure their vote counts in November.

Click here to watch the video.

Texas election officials face multiple challenges to voter registrations

Erin Davis, Spectrum News Austin| Published on 8/20/24

Nearly 13% of voters have their registration in suspense, an increase from this time in previous presidential election cycles. Of the 17 million registered voters in Texas, 2.1 million have a suspended status.

“It’s a reason why everybody should go check their voter registration before they go to vote,” said Joyce LeBombard with League of Women Voters of Texas.

Click here to read the full article.

The League of Women Voters of Texas is excited to host presenter Numa Dhamani for a one-hour webinar to discuss Digital Literacy for Democracy.

The webinar will take place over Zoom on Friday, Sept. 13th, 12:00-1:00pm CST.

Ms Dhamani's presentation will cover:

• Common tactics used to spread false narratives during election periods, including social media manipulation, deepfakes, and coordinated disinformation campaigns
• Psychological and societal factors that make populations vulnerable to these tactics
• Strategies for empowering citizens with critical thinking skills and media literacy to recognize and challenge misleading or false information
• Tools and techniques for fact-checking, verifying sources, and understanding the role of social media in amplifying misinformation

Numa Dhamani is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and an "All Tech is Human" affiliate. She is contributing to an international study on hate speech and is an industry mentor for STEM Muse.

Got a burning question about mis- and disinformation? Submit your questions ahead of our webinar on Friday, Sept. 13th. We may not be able to get to all of the questions, but we will do our best to answer as many as possible during the Q&A time.

Register for the webinar here.

When was the last time you checked your voter registration? You need to update your registration if you've changed your name or address, but you should also double check your voter registration before every election just to make sure everything is correct!

Visit VOTE411.org to check your voter registration today!

Orders for printed LWV Texas Voters Guides are due Sept 6th! Order here.

Printed Guides will be shipped by Oct 6th. PDF versions of the Guide will be posted on LWVTexas.org in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Simple Chinese, and the online, interactive version of the Guide will be available at VOTE411.org.

For races covered in the LWV Texas Voters Guide, all candidates on the ballot with opponents on the ballot are invited to participate. Our team makes at least three attempts to reach each candidate via phone, email, social media, and, when necessary, by direct mail. When candidates refuse to participate in opportunities for their future constituents to learn more about them, it hurts voters! Please contact the candidates in races that are important to you to make sure they are participating in the Guide! Call them, message them, post on their website or social media pages. We want ALL candidates to give voters information they need to confidently cast their ballots in November!

Want to help Get Out the Vote? We have bookmarks and graphics you can use here.

Voters Guide Sponsorships

It is so important that we get the Voters Guide into the hands of as many Texas voters as possible! Please help us by sponsoring the 2024 General Election Voters Guide. The deadline for Voters Guide sponsorships Sept 6th!

Action Taken for Equality

LWVUS and Leagues from all 50 states and DC sent a letter to Congress and the White House urging action for the immediate publication of the Equal Rights Amendment.

The League of Women Voters of Texas, along with other voting rights organizations, sent a letter to Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson. The letter reminds the secretary that systematic purging of voters from Texas rolls within the 90-day period before a federal election and targeting naturalized citizens for removal from the voter rolls violates the National Voter Registration Act. The letter also demands Texas promptly provide records as to recent removal of thousands of voters from the state’s rolls, given the potential for erroneous disenfranchisement of many Texas.

Leagues across Texas have vibrant activities planned for National Voter Registration Day, which is September 17th, 2024. The League of Women Voters is the biggest nationwide partner engaging in National Voter Registration Day! This is a nonpartisan civic holiday celebrating our democracy. Celebrated every September, National Voter Registration Day involves volunteers and organizations from all over the country hitting the streets in a single day of coordinated field, technology, and media efforts.

According to U.S. Census data from 2020, as many as 1 in 4 eligible Americans are not registered to vote. Every year, millions of Americans find themselves unable to vote because they miss a registration deadline, don’t update their registration, or aren’t sure how to register. National Voter Registration Day efforts are designed to ensure every eligible voter has the opportunity to vote, creating broad awareness of voter registration opportunities to reach tens of thousands of voters who may not register otherwise.

Click here for more information.

We urge you to sign up to be a poll worker and to recruit your family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, and community members to sign up as poll workers, too! Use this customized link to sign up and learn more: powerthepolls.org/lwvtexas.

Be the eyes and ears of democracy and join us as an Election Protection Poll Monitor. Volunteer to help ensure every voter can safely and confidently cast their ballot. Your voice and vigilance make a difference!

Throughout October, Poll Monitor training will take place every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Volunteers only need to attend one training session.

• Tuesday, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
• Thursday, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
• Saturday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

What does a nonpartisan Poll Monitor volunteer do?

• Signs up for a shift at a polling center during Early Voting and on Election Day.
• Stands 100 feet away from polling center during their shift
• Answers voters’ questions
• Documents voting/polling center issues or concerns
• Elevates systemic issues
• Provides rapid ground response
• Shares the Election Protection hotline 866-OUR-VOTE with the voters
• Collects data on the type of voter questions asked
• Completes and returns a checklist provided by the Election Protection Coalition

Poll Monitors are not Poll Watchers! Poll Watchers are observers inside the Polling Center and belong to a political party.

Go to the Poll Monitor Training website to view training dates and to sign up!

For more information or questions, please contact mminnaar@lwvtexas.org.

• Tell your senators to enshrine sex-based equality by affirming the Equal Rights Amendment as part of our Constitution!
• Demand bipartisan cooperation on voting rights!
• Support the expansion of voting rights!
• Urge Congress to address the climate crisis and protect our youth!
• Ask Congress to decrease the influence of dark money with the DISCLOSE Act!
• Demand that Congress end voter discrimination and support the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act!

Many local Leagues across Texas celebrated Women's Equality Day, including LWV Dallas, LWV Corpus Christi, LWV El Paso, LWV Hill Country, LWV Wichita Falls, and LWV Williamson County. Click on the links to read more and see more pictures.

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