Tag: League of Women Voters
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Lawrence Community Day at Central Park set for Oct. 2
Lawrence Community Day aims to introduce residents and visitors “all that the township has to offer” from businesses to community groups. The celebration will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 2 at Central Park off Eggerts Crossing Road. More than 80 vendors have signed up for Community Day. There will be entertainment for…
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League of Women Voters sets Lawrence school board candidates forum Sept. 28
Seven candidates for three open seats on the Lawrence Township school board will make their case for election at a special candidate’s forum sponsored by the Lawrence Township chapter of the League of Women Voters. The forum, which starts at 7 p.m., Sept. 28, will be livestreamed on the League of Women Voters Facebook page,…
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Drinking water at risk with proposed development in Colts Neck
The League of Women Voters has long supported low and moderate income housing policies as well as protections for clean drinking water. The Fair Housing Act and the State Planning Act, passed together and legally linked, established how to build affordable housing without endangering public health and critical environmental resources. In particular, the league is…
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LWV congratulates county on successful election while overcoming challenges
We are writing as the presidents of the League of Women Voters affiliates in Monmouth County to acknowledge and congratulate our county clerk, Christine Hanlon, Superintendent of Elections Mary DeSarno and Board of Elections Administrator Robin Major for their hard work and dedication in meeting the challenges of this election year. Implementing new election equipment…
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Forum addresses racism, defunding police, injustice
Blacks have made some strides in overcoming racism since the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, but more needs to be done to bridge the gap and to achieve full societal equity and equality. That’s the assessment of four panelists who spoke at a roundtable discussion on how to make New Jersey an equitable place…
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Opinion: Support teaching civics in middle school
We support A3394/S854 to provide a civics course for middle school pupils in New Jersey public schools. We urge the NJ Assembly Education Committee to approve this legislation. The League of Women Voters has spent 100 years empowering voters and defending democracy. Most people agree that Americans should know how our democracy functions, but a…
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Citizens on parole, probation will make their voices heard in 2020
Jesse Gallagher, 40, of Freehold, has never voted in an election. Although he has been on parole three times and faces more than four years of Drug Court, a form of probation, Gallagher plans to vote in his first election in November. That is because late in 2019, lawmakers in New Jersey passed a bill…
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Screening of ‘Dark Money’ Sept. 23 in Monroe
The League Of Women Voters, in conjunction with the Monroe Township Library, will show the movie “Dark Money” at 1 p.m. on Sept. 23 in the Monroe Township Municipal Building Courtroom, 1 Municipal Plaza, Monroe. A discussion will follow. For more information, visit www.lwvmonroetwpnj.org
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Online trivia quiz emphasizes the importance of voter registration
The League of Women Voters of New Jersey-Greater New Brunswick Area (LWVNJ-GNBA) is celebrating National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 24 by sponsoring an online trivia quiz. All New Jersey residents 17 years of age or older are eligible to participate. The contest begins on Sept. 3 at midnight and ends on Sept. 24 at…