Tuesday, October 30th: Chalk The Vote
Buy some chalk and get to work! Draw some creative voting reminders around your community (sidewalks, streets, college campuses, shopping centers, etc). If you’re in a state with early voting, remind people where their polling places are located.
This is another fun, refreshing way to encourage your neighbors to fulfill their civic responsibilities!
Volunteer to canvass any day, anytime!!! We need you!!
Call Cathy!
(928) 220-5391
[email protected]
Volunteer to canvass any day, anytime!!! We need you!!
Call Cathy!
(928) 220-5391
[email protected]
Join us on the corner of 89A and Coffee Pot
Bring a sign or use one of ours.
Stand up for Democracy and Progressive values.
Phone Banking
Wednesday, November 1st, 4-7 p.m.
Thursday, November 2nd, 4-7 p.m.
Also:
Monday, November 5th, all day
Tuesday, November 6th, all day
Join us at the DORR Office!
We will make calls to voters encouraging them to Vote!
EVERY THURSDAY!!!!!
Time: 5-7pm
DORR 1385 89A (across from Whole Foods)
Contact:
Leah Hammond
720.499.2872
[email protected]
Volunteer to canvass any day, anytime!!! We need you!!
Call Cathy!
(928) 220-5391
[email protected]
Phone Banking
Wednesday, November 1st, 4-7 p.m.
Thursday, November 2nd, 4-7 p.m.
Also:
Monday, November 5th, all day
Tuesday, November 6th, all day
Volunteer to canvass any day, anytime!!! We need you!!
Call Cathy!
(928) 220-5391
[email protected]
Join us to Canvass. Cathy makes it fun! You can go out with a friend or accompany an experienced canvasser. We need drivers too to help canvassers get to different locations. We need you! Please join us!!!
Cathy Rutherford
928.220.5391 or DORR (928) 212.1357
[email protected]
Join Us in getting out the VOTE!!!
We’ll meet at Judy’s house and canvass the Village of Oak Creek. You can go out with a friend or Judy will pair your with a partner. You can choose to drive people to different locations in the neighborhood and provide your car as a watering hole and cooling station. Contact Judy for info. FUN!!!
Please call Cathy for the location
(928) 220-5391
[email protected]
JOIN US!!!
Canvassing in Cottonwood on Saturday!!!!
If it’s your first time canvassing, we’ll make sure you go with an experienced canvasser.
Bring friend too!
Please contact Cathy for the meet up place:
Cathy
(928) 220-5391
[email protected]
Dear Friend,
We have decided to cancel our monthly meetings at the Cottonwood Library (the monthly NAZCCA meeting will continue to be held at the Library on the 1st Saturday of each month from 12:30-1:45). Thanks to all who have attended in the past.
Moving forward we will be using this email list to share important information with you on actions you can take to help restore our Constitution and democracy to our nation.
The MOST important thing you can do right now is encourage all of your friends and family (regardless of where they live) to register to vote and vote in the upcoming primaries and general election in November. And make sure you are registered to vote and that you cast your ballot in these so very important elections. This is the best way that you can make your voice heard.
You can also continue to write, text, fax, email your Members of Congress and let them know how you feel about specific issues. One way of doing this is to text the word RESIST to the number 50409.
Shelley
Join us to plan July strategies!
*Gather signatures on our petitions to local, state, and national leaders in Arizona.
*How can we support the
can Energy for a Healthy Arizona bill?
*We have some ideas! Come and share yours and Get Involved. Our planet depends on it!!!
Join us to Canvass. Cathy makes it fun! You can go out with a friend or accompany an experienced canvasser. We need drivers too to help canvassers get to different locations. We need you! Please join us!!!
Cathy Rutherford
928.220.5391 or DORR (928) 212.1357
[email protected]
Join Us in getting out the VOTE!!!
We’ll meet at Judy’s house and canvass the Village of Oak Creek. You can go out with a friend or Judy will pair your with a partner. You can choose to drive people to different locations in the neighborhood and provide your car as a watering hole and cooling station. Contact Judy for info. FUN!!!
Please call Cathy for the location
(928) 220-5391
[email protected]
Phone Banking
Monday, November 5th, all day
Tuesday, November 6th, all day
Also:
Wednesday, November 1st, 4-7 p.m.
Thursday, November 2nd, 4-7 p.m.
Volunteer to canvass any day, anytime!!! We need you!!
Call Cathy!
(928) 220-5391
[email protected]
Tuesday, November 6th: #WalkoutToVote in partnership with the Future Coalition
Today’s the day! At 10:00 AM local time, students across the country will walk out of school or work to their local polling place. If you don’t have school or work on November 6th, just GO VOTE! Visit WalkoutToVote.org to register your walkout, get the #WalkoutToVote toolkit, and join the online community.
For #WalkoutToVote, March For Our Lives is partnering with the Future Coalition, a coalition of 20 youth-led organizations working together to create change. #WalkoutToVote is a collective action that will bring together the entire youth movement to go vote on election day.
In addition to March for Our Lives, the Future Coalition is led by Activism on the Road, B.R.A.V.E., Bridge the Divide, Bulletproof Ballot Project, Chicago Fuerte, Orange Generation, Indivisible Students, March on the NRA, Moco4Change, National Die In, National School Walkout, Parents Promise to Kids, Peace Warriors, Shattering the Silence, S.T.O.R.M., Student Voice, Team Enough, Zero Hour, and 50 Miles More.
(Remember: 50% off Lyft rides on Election Day).
LWVAZ stand on Propositions on Nov. 6 Ballot
No on Proposition 305
The non-partisan League of Women Voters of Arizona urges a NO vote on Proposition 305 in order to stop a law passed by the AZ Legislature in 2017. That law expands the AZ Empowerment Scholarship Account program (known as ESA) to all students in AZ.
Passage of Proposition 305 would result in a major step toward privatizing education in our state. The League of Women Voters and the AZ Constitution both speak to ensuring that the state provides adequate funds for a PUBLIC education for all AZ students. Neither the League of Women Voters nor the AZ Constitution speak to a state role in providing funds for private education.
Expanding Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA), also known as vouchers, to more students will take away public money badly needed for our already underfunded public schools both traditional and charter. The public schools monies given to the child for an ESA are put on a debit card and given to the parent for payment of private school tuition including religious schools, home schooling or other ‘qualified’ expenses. There is little or no accounting by the state of how these monies are actually used.
Also almost all private/religious school tuition is significantly more than the amount on the debit card. As a result, the ESA/voucher program has been used almost exclusively by wealthy families to subsidize the cost of the private education they would be using for their children in the first place. Passage of Proposition 305 will continue a frightening trend toward a dual education system – one for the very wealthy and one for those the rest of us.
The League of Women Voters believes a strong democracy includes a free and quality public education for all children. Vote NO on Proposition 305.
No on Prop. 306
The non partisan League of Women Voters of Arizona urges a NO vote on Proposition 306, the Arizona Legislature’s attempt to weaken the AZ Clean Election Law by limiting the independence of the AZ Citizens Clean Elections Commission and making it subject to partisan control.
The League of Women Voters helped draft the original initiative that created the AZ Clean Elections Law and worked for its passage in 1998. The AZ Clean Elections Law is a model nationwide for public financing of elections. It is the Voters’ Voice in the enforcement of our campaign finance laws and it provides objective and timely voter information to all Arizona voters.
The statewide Commission that oversees the AZ Clean Elections Law was intentionally created to be a nonpartisan and independent entity. The commission’s rule making authority granted to it by the initiative has maintained its independence while providing adequate opportunities for public comment on such rules.
The Arizona Legislature’s proposed revision to the AZ Clean Elections Commission’s rule making process will allow a totally partisan entity, appointed only by the Governor, to oversee the Commission’s rule making, thus removing its independence. Passage of Proposition 306 will likely weaken the commission’s ability to oversee the enforcement of campaign finance laws, to maintain adequate oversight of the funding it provides to Clean Election Candidates and could even curtail its valuable voter education program.
We need to Strengthen NOT weaken the AZ Clean Elections Law and keep partisan politics out of campaign financing. Vote NO on Proposition 306.
LWVGVV stand on Yavapai and Coconino County propositions in the Verde Valley
Proposition 416 (Coconino County): Whether to change from a partisan election of superior court judges to a merit selection and judicial retention election of superior court judges. LWVGVV support this proposition.
Background:
• The Arizona Constitution, as stipulated in Article 6, §40, allows for counties with a population under 250,000 persons to choose to select its judges of the superior court as if it had a population of 250,000 or more persons.
• When a county’s population exceeds 250,000 as documented by the U.S. Census, that county automatically enters the merit selection system. Only Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties exceed that population threshold.
• Other counties may choose to adopt merit selection by popular vote. Currently, Superior Court Judges (in Coconino County) are elected in a partisan primary, then rarely face an opponent in general elections.
LWV position in support of this proposition: The League of Women Voters of Arizona supports the selection of judges by appointment, with voter approval for retention; a judicial nominating commission, responsible to the governor; and a competency review commission.
Proposition 417 (Coconino County): Shall the Coconino County Community College District be authorized to continue to levy the current secondary property tax in the amount of $2,226,000, beginning in tax year 2019, for seven years.
The incremental funding to be used to:
• Initiate new career and technical education and training programs that prepare Coconino County students for jobs in Coconino County including related costs; and
• Develop new programs to support veterans’ training for civilian jobs including related costs; and
• Develop new programs to train and re-train Coconino County workers, in conjunction with Coconino County employers and expand current job training programs including related costs; and
• Enhance educational services throughout Coconino County, including communities such as Page, Tuba City, and Williams, including related costs; and
• Encourage and support lifelong learning programs, including related costs.
LWV position in support of this proposition: Funds for education in Arizona are collected through district property taxes and equalized through state income and sales taxes from the State’s General Fund. In addition, the League supports: Bond and override funds determined by a majority of district voters. LWVGVV supports this proposition
Proposition 446 (City of Sedona): The proposal on the Nov. 6 ballot would establish a permanent expenditure limit of approximately $25.2 million. This proposition was brought to the ballot by a citizens’ initiative.
Background: Voter-approved expenditure limitations- azauditor.gov/reports-publications/cities-and-towns/faqs/voter-approved-expenditure-limitations
What is the difference between an alternative expenditure limitation (home rule), permanent base adjustment, and a one-time override?
Home rule—Arizona Constitution, Article IX, §20(9), allows a city or town to adopt an alternative expenditure limitation (home rule) with voter approval at a regularly scheduled election for the nomination or election of its governing board members. A home rule prescribes the method the city or town will use to calculate its own expenditure limitation each year. Voters must approve a home rule prior to the first fiscal year in which it applies. Home rules apply for 4 succeeding fiscal years, after which the constitutional expenditure limitation becomes effective, unless voters adopt a new home rule.
Permanent base adjustment—Arizona Constitution, Article IX, §20(6), allows a city or town to permanently adjust its base limit with voter approval at a regularly scheduled general election or at a nonpartisan election held for the nomination or election of its governing board members. The Economic Estimates Commission will use the adjustment to calculate the constitutional expenditure limitation beginning with the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year that voters approve the permanent base adjustment. Permanent base adjustments apply to all future years; however, voters may adopt additional adjustments.
May a city or town under home rule adopt a permanent base adjustment? Yes. A city or town under home rule may adopt a permanent base adjustment. The Economic Estimates Commission will use the adjusted base limit to calculate the city’s or town’s constitutional expenditure limitation for the year following a permanent base adjustment’s voter approval. However, the city or town is still subject to its home rule if the home rule has not expired.
Issues: Brought to the voters by initiative (which has never been done in AZ) with no fiscal background on calculation of expenditures limits and no involvement from the city government. If approved, it would effectively cap all future city’s spending to roughly half of the city’s annual expenditures for the past five years.
LWV believes that both home rule and permanent base adjustments are appropriate tools to be used by government entities when determining their expenditure levels. Both processes are invited public participation, are transparent and accountable to the public through approval of the governing bodies and voted upon by the public. This proposition was not created with public participation or approval of the city council to send it to the ballot. Because of lack of public participation and lack of transparency on the determination of the expenditure limit – LWVGVV opposes Proposition 446.
Proposition 447 (Sedona-Oak Creek School District): Adopt a General Maintenance and Operation Budget that includes an amount of up to 15% in excess of the revenue control limit for the 2019/2020 fiscal year and for six subsequent years (subject to certain reductions provided by statute in years six and seven). The District’s current 15% budget override is by law required to be reduced by one-third in each of 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. Because the existing override reduces by one-third in fiscal year 2019/2020, the proposed 15% override budget will be approximately $274,488 higher than the District’s 2019/2020 alternate budget and the District’s secondary tax rate required to fund this amount is estimated to be $0.05 per one hundred dollars of net limited assessed property valuation.
The total budget override amount is estimated to be $823,464 and would be funded by an estimated $0.15 tax rate, which is approximately equal to the current tax rate levied for the existing override. In future years the amount of the increase, if any, will be as provided by law.
Continued funding for programs currently serving district students – art/music, PE, school safety and security, technology enhancements, smaller class sizes, all day kindergarten.
LWV position in support of this proposition: Funds for education in Arizona are collected through district property taxes and equalized through state income and sales taxes from the State’s General Fund. In addition, the League supports: Bond and override funds determined by a majority of district voters. LWVGVV supports this proposition
VOTE!!!!
Actually, your vote does matter!!!
We’re thinking about 100% turnout!!!!!
Be there!!!!!
Voting Information for Sedona and VOC:
Yavapai County Recorder Elections Department: 928-771-3248
Coconino County Recorder Elections Department: 928-679-7860
General Election:
Last day to get on the Permanent Early Voting List (PEVL, mail-in-ballot) is October 26, 2018.
Mail-in-ballot need to be mailed by October 31st. Before or after October 31st,, ballots can dropped in drop box on East side of Sedona City Hall, or drop off at early vote center, or drop off at polling place on election day. Have the envelope sealed and no ID is required.
Early Vote Centers: Open: Wednesday, October 10 – November 2nd
Yavapai County: 10 South 6th Street, Cottonwood, AZ. Monday-Friday, 8 pm-5 pm
Coconino County: Sedona City Hall, Monday-Thursday, 7 am – 6 pm (Note ends November 1st as they don’t do it on Fridays.)
Election Day, November 6th
Vote Centers (Yavapai County only has Vote Centers, which are the same as polling places, except for the fact that voters can vote at any vote center that is in their county.)
Sedona or VOC (Yavapai County): Sedona Elks Lodge, 110 Airport Road open or VOCA Community Center 690 Bell Rock Blvd
Polling Place for Coconino (Coconino County has Polling Places by precinct. You need to live in that precinct to vote there and they also have Vote Centers where, as long as you live in that county, you can go to any Voting Center. Voting Centers have the ability to print any ballot for that county. That being said there are no Vote Centers in Sedona. See Below for Flagstaff Vote Centers.)
Polling Place: Chapel and Uptown: Christ Lutheran Church
Coconino County Vote Centers (Anyone who lives in Coconino County can vote at any of the Coconino County Vote Centers.)
NAU Walkup Skydome & VOTE CENTER, 1705 S San Francisco St, Flagstaff
Flagstaff Mall & VOTE CENTER, 4650 N US Highway 89, Flagstaff
Tuba City High School & VOTE CENTER, 67 Warrior Dr, Tuba City
JOIN US!!!!!
The election watching party/gathering will NOT be at Elks Lodge. There was a conflict with the polling location being in the same place.
So, it is at Olde Sedona Restaurant and Bar, 1405 89A, Sedona. Set up by DORR, it takes place on the restaurant side with a big screen TV for watching news and there is wireless for staying hooked up to the election results from the county.
Food and drinks are available for purchase, but Steve Segner is going to provide some food and drink from their menu.
It starts at 7 p.m. and ends at midnight or when we all go home happy as a lark because it was a great night.
We will post here any changes to the plans, but for now, this is the plan and we expect it will not change.
Phone Banking
Monday, November 5th, all day
Tuesday, November 6th, all day
Also:
Wednesday, November 1st, 4-7 p.m.
Thursday, November 2nd, 4-7 p.m.
Volunteer to canvass any day, anytime!!! We need you!!
Call Cathy!
(928) 220-5391
[email protected]
Dear Friends,
We are having a vigil!
If you have been following the news you may be aware that President Trump called for the “resignation’ of Jeff Sessions. This firing is a blatant attempt to obstruct justice and we will not stand for it!!!
Meet at 5:00, Thursday, November 8 with your candle or flashlight. This is a Constitutional crisis and we are in solidarity with activists across the country who want to restore accountability to our government.
JOIN US!!!!!!!
Veteran’s Memorial Park
25 Northview Rd. (89A and Northview)
Sedona
Contact:
Toby
[email protected]
Click here to find and pledge to attend an event near you!
Join thousands across the country who are pledging to take the streets should Trump fire Mueller, demanding immediate action to hold Trump accountable—click here to find an event near you!
Thanks for all you do.
Women’s March Sedona
JOIN US!!!
New Member Gathering
Call or email for location.
(928) 274.0443
[email protected]
Join Us!!!
Monthly meeting
DORR breakfast
8:00am
November 15, Thursday
Olde Sedona
1405 89A, Sedona
$15
This month we will be hearing two speakers from organizations supporting immigrant and refugee rights.
When we work together,
freedom cannot be detained.
The mission of the Florence Project is to provide free legal and social services to detained adults and unaccompanied children facing immigration removal proceedings in Arizona. The Florence Project has grown from one office with a staff of two people to three offices with 70 staff. With your support, we continue to provide free legal and social services to thousands of immigrant men, women and children detained in Arizona on any given day. We remain a national leader in creating innovative service models and legal strategies to increase access to justice.
More info at:
https://firrp.org/
We are America. The Somos America Coalition is a group of community organizations, religious organizations, non-profits and individuals partnering to advocate for immigrant rights in our community. Sharon Kopina will be addressing us on the work of this organization. They work with released detainees and will be providing a list of needed items DORR members may bring to the breakfast to assist their work — watch for a following email
More info at:
https://www.facebook.com/SomosAmericaCoalition
ELECTION TRENDS DISCUSSION AT
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ANNUAL FALL LUNCHEON
FEATURING MIKE NOBLE, CHIEF POLLSTER, OH PREDICTIVE INSIGHTS
The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley (LWVGVV) annual Fall Hot Topics Luncheon will feature Mike Noble, Managing Partner and Chief Pollster of OH Predictive Insights, one of Arizona’s leading public opinion survey firms. The luncheon will be held on Thursday, November 15, at the Elks Lodge of Sedona, 110 Airport Road, Sedona.
“We are pleased to have Mike Noble join us to discuss election results and voting patterns in our state. As involved citizens, it is important that we gain an understanding of emerging trends. Mike’s expertise will help provide that insight,” said Kathy Kinsella, President of the League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley.
Prior to polling, Noble was a key adviser to many of Arizona’s Public officials. He has consulted on more than 200 political campaigns ranging from U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races to ballot initiatives. His polling and timely release of results on “hot-button” issues have been featured in the media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Politico, The Hill, The Guardian, Huffington Post, LA Times, Bloomberg, and the Arizona Republic.
The luncheon cost is $25. Tickets can be purchased at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3738820
LWV Board Meeting
Following Luncheon
1:30-3:30
Elks Club, Sedona
Political Book Club
“A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
Call for location:
Barbra Litrell
(928) 649.0135
There is meeting on Climate Change that you might be interested in attending on November 28, 5:30, Yavapai College, Sedona, Room 34.
NAU Prof. Stefan Sommer presents the latest Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change Report. His goal is to simplify, summarize, and amplify the major points of this recent, somewhat difficult to understand, research. It’s an interesting topic and can keep you informed.
Cosponsors include Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and Verde Vally League of Women’s Voters. This meeting is Part I. Th next part II is being planned for Cottonwood in around mid December or early January.