Monthly Archives: August 2020
Commemoration of the Centennial of the 19th Amendment – August 26, 2020
19th Amendment Centennial Celebration
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Here is a link to the program:
https://youtu.be/
Centennial of Ratification of the 19th Amendment!
19th Amendment Centennial Celebration
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
at 7:00 p.m.
on Zoom*
Program
Welcome
Marilyn McLeod, president
Guest Speaker
Professor Catherine Rymph, chair, MU History Department
“Uses of Suffrage”
Annual Meeting
The Eleanor Goodge Award for Exemplary
Service to the LWV – Presentation to Pam Springsteel
Congratulations to Linda Brown – 50 Year Member
Virtual Tour of the “She Got the Vote” historical exhibit from the
Boone County History and Culture Center
“The 19th Amendment”
A Song by Dolly Parton
Performed by Martha Stanton
Accompanied by Sam Buffaloe
August 26, 1920
The date of the final ratification of the 19th Amendment when women won the right to vote!
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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August 4, 2020 Primary Election
Election Information
Election Information available at:
Vote411.org
https://www.showmeboone.com/CLERK/
August 4, 2020 Primary Election
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Polling hours: 6 am – 7 pm CT
- Voting-by-mail
- The deadline to request a ballot by-mail has passed (July 22), but voters can request absentee ballots in-person at their local election office until 5 pm on Monday, August 3.
- Absentee ballots must be received by election officials by 7 pm on Election Day.
- Make sure the form on your absentee ballot envelope is completed, signed, and notarized (unless the voter is using an official health related excuse).
- If you requested your absentee ballot, but want to vote in-person, you may go to your polling place and spoil your ballot before voting provisionally.
- Polling place look-up: https://voteroutreach.sos.mo.gov/PRD/VoterOutreach/VOSearch.aspx
- Please note that many polling places have been changed or consolidated. Contact your local election authority to ensure that you’re going to the right polling place: https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/goVoteMissouri/localelectionauthority
- Voters must bring an ID with them to vote in-person (does not have to be a photo ID)
- Voters without ID can cast a provisional ballot
- In-person curbside voting is available for voters who request it
VOTER PROTECTION HOTLINE
This is a hotline to call if you observe problems with voting.
- Election Protection: 866-OUR-VOTE
INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS OF LWVCBC PROGRAMS RELATED TO THIS ELECTION
Here is a link to a video of the candidate forum with the Republican candidates for Northern Boone County Commissioner
Here is a link to a video of the Forum on Medicaid Expansion held July 14
Amendment 2 – Pro/Con – August Election 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPu5ur6RMYc&feature=youtu.be
that was held on Zoom on July 16, 2020.