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Voter Services

Voter Services activities are primarily focused on informing voters and promoting citizen participation in government, including voting. Voter Services encompasses multiple LWVGT programs and direct services.

Voter Services volunteers are trained and supported to provide nonpartisan, reliable information about voting and elections to the residents of Southern Arizona, and conduct activities to register voters and increase voter turnout. Voter Services creates partnerships with other nonpartisan community organizations to reach area residents and increase the League’s impact.

Contact email: voterservices@lwvtucson.com, except as noted below.

Voter Services subcommittees and activities:

Voter Registration
Candidate & Issue Forums
Ready. Set. Vote! (previously called Get Out The Vote)
Online Tools to Inform Voters (Ready. Set. Vote! website and Vote411)
Educational Publications
Library Liaisons
Nongovernmental Election Assistance
Running & Winning (high school workshop)

Voter Registration

The Voter Registration team is active year-round, promoting and assising voter registration, and providing information to citizens about the voting process. LWVGT is especially interested in reaching new voters and those who might have difficulty registering to vote or updating their registration.

Volunteers receive all needed training, materials and guidance. As a trained member of the Voter Registration Team, you will have opportunities to register voters and provide voter information at:

Voter registration tables at community sites and events
High schools
Senior housing and assisted living facilities
Naturalization ceremonies, in collaboration with the Pima County Recorder’s Office

Contact email: voterregistration@lwvtucson.com

Candidate and Issue Forums

Prior to elections, LWVGT hosts or sponsors public forums where citizens can hear from candidates or learn about ballot issues. The Candidate and Issue Forums Committee plans, promotes, and conducts those forums.

Experienced Forums Committee members train League volunteers to serve as forum moderators, timers, question sorters, and other roles. Volunteers can serve on the planning committee for any or all of the forums, and/or help at the events. Training is also offered to other community organizations that want to plan and conduct their own forum events.

Contact email: candidateforums@lwvtucson.com

Ready. Set. Vote!

Ready. Set. Vote! (RSV) is a LWVGT project that conducts activities in the weeks before elections to encourage registered voters to cast their vote. Past voter turnout activities, previously called Get Out The Vote, have included phone banking, postcard writing, distribution of information packets, and targeted media campaigns, especially where voter turnout has historically been low. League members who sign up will be notified when planning begins. Training is provided.

Contact email: voterservices@lwvtucson.com

Online Tools to Inform Voters

The League of Women Voters is a trusted source of reliable information about voting and upcoming elections. LWVGT provides this information to the public in a variety of ways, including two voting-specific websites. League volunteers maintain these websites, including researching and contributing content.

Ready. Set. Vote! is the LWVGT user-friendly website dedicated to voter education, which is active in the months leading up to elections.

Vote 411 is the national League of Women Voters' "one-stop-shop" for election related information, which state and local Leagues can contribute election information to. Volunteers duties may include: obtaining and contributing information about Pima County and Tucson elections, candidates and ballot issues; providing requested information, such as LWVGT positions; providing links to recorded LWVGT candidate and issue forums; contributing to content on state ballot measures; and promoting Vote411 through LWVGT social media channels.

Contact email: voterservices@lwvtucson.com

Educational Publications

The Educational Publications Committee publishes and distributes two LWVGT informational pamphlets: “A Guide to Voting in Pima County” and “A Citizens Directory of Elected Officials”. The “Citizen’s Directory” is updated after each election. Volunteers may research information, write and edit content, and/or assist with distribution through the area. Committee members may also be called upon to create new materials for Voter Services programs.

View Publications.

Contact email: publications@lwvtucson.com

Library Liaisons

League members who serve as Library Liaisons are responsible for keeping Pima County public libraries stocked with League materials about voting and elections, for public dissemination.

Contact email: voterservices@lwvtucson.com

Nongovernmental Election Assistance

The LWVGT Nongovernmental Election Committee is available to oversee and monitor elections for groups such as Homeowners Associations (HOAs), resident councils, labor unions, and community organizations, upon request. The League may be asked to produce ballots, staff and monitor polling locations, count ballots, or administer the entire election. Training and support from experienced members are provided.

Contact email: voterservices@lwvtucson.com

Running & Winning

The Running & Winning Committee plans and conducts a one-day interactive workshop at one area high school each year in order to inform female student leaders about the process of conducting an election campaign and serving in public office. The girls meet with women in elected positions, create a mock campaign, have the “candidate” give a speech on an important topic, and vote for the best “candidate.”

For more information...
Running & Winning

Contact email: voterservices@lwvtucson.com