For 100 years, the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island has been a nonpartisan organization encouraging informed and active participation in government.
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LWVRI League of Women Voters of Rhode Island retweeted
7 Jun 2022
Today is the special Providence referenda election. Polling locations will be open from 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM for in-person voting. Visit providenceri.gov/board-of-ca… to find your polling location.
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Ever wish you had a "nutshell" version to explain redistricting? Thanks to @LWV, you can learn about redistricting in 60 seconds! Check out their video below. #PPFM #FairMaps #Redistricting #Census2020
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REDISTRICTING WATCH: Join us tonight at 6p (State House, Room 35) -- this will be the only hearing dedicated specifically to the prison gerrymandering issue, so let's make it count!
Click below for livestream and TV viewing options: status.rilegislature.gov/doc…
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LWVRI League of Women Voters of Rhode Island retweeted
12 Nov 2021
It was the movement that made LBJ move on civil rights, & it will be the movement that makes President Biden move on voting rights. Were putting it all on the line to make sure he gets our message: We need #VotingRightsNow! Join us on 11.17 ➡️ bit.ly/3kwivvU
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[1/2] Find yourself wondering how redistricting affects you on the granular level? Join the Providence League Mon, Nov 29 at 6:30 @provcomlib (Rochambeau) for Redistricting Providence: Counting Our City, Dividing Our City, feat. Committee on Ward Boundaries Chair @JessCigna. ...
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[2/2] To RSVP, please email LWVRhodeIsland@gmail.com
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PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST BE VACCINATED AND MASKED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT.
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Is it your Election Day? Visit vote.sos.ri.gov to find your polling place and view a sample ballot.
Central Falls: Special Election
District 3 (Providence): Special Election
Portsmouth: Special Election
District 6 (Pawtucket): Special Election Primary (Election Dec. 7)
LWVRI League of Women Voters of Rhode Island retweeted
18 Oct 2021
Dixie Sampson of the @LWVRI points out the Commission hasn’t created any hierarchy of the redistricting principles.
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3p TODAY: @RISenate @RIHouseofReps Special Commission on Reapportionment will review and discuss racial data, its collection/application in redistricting, and the mapping system consultant Kimball Brace Election Data Services will utilize. (1/2) status.rilegislature.gov/doc…
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➼Thursday, September 16, 2021 - 4pm ET
➼Room 313 – State House
PUBLIC COMMENT WELCOME, no prior sign-up necessary.
➼CAPITAL TELEVISION: Cox channels 15, 61, 1061 HD, Full channel 15, Verizon channel 34.
➼Live stream: rilegislature.gov/CapTV/Page…
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How can extreme partisan and racial gerrymandering impact health outcomes, public policy, voting rights, and more? Join CHARGE Hub & the authors of Gerrymandering the States Weds 9.15, 3pm ET, for a discussion on the public policy and social consequences of unfair maps. (1/2)
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Join @LWVRI @commoncauseri @letrivote & more at the State House (room 313) as we testify to the @RIHouseofReps @RISenate Special Reapportionment Commission. It's up to all of us to ensure we are heard, so join us at *4p tomorrow* as we speak up and speak out about #fairmaps
LWVRI League of Women Voters of Rhode Island retweeted
3 Sep 2021
“I know you have never faced those choices, nor have you ever been pregnant, but for women out there who have faced those choices, this is an incredibly difficult thing.”
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"Shadow-docket cases can let the court act quickly and also shield individual justices from criticism: [...] no signed opinion for legal scholars to pick apart, and no single justice is personally associated with the virtual end of legal abortion in Texas" nyti.ms/3tf6rTh
LWVRI League of Women Voters of Rhode Island retweeted
Bertha Higgins, a Providence civil rights activist, co-founded the “Providence Colored Women's Democratic and Political League of Rhode Island" and @LWVRI following the ratification of the 19th Amendment. This thread explores her legacy in Rhode Island⬇️
#WomensEqualityDay
#OTD in 1936, nine women including Bertha Higgins, Elizabeth Dyer, and Alice Brannon filed for the creation of the "Providence Colored Womens Democratic and Political League of Rhode Island."
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LWVRI League of Women Voters of Rhode Island retweeted
25 Aug 2021
If you missed the TCI forum put on by the LWVs of CT, MA and RI, this one is coming up. Even if you didn't miss it, join this one. @LWVCT @LWVMA @LWVRI
25 Aug 2021
The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (#TCI) is a cap-and-invest program: it caps transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions and auctions those allowances to fuel suppliers and wholesalers.
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“What used to be a dark art is now a dark science,” said [@mcpli, a redistricting expert at @BrennanCenter]. “Before, you weren’t sure about the data, but now you’re much more certain so you’re able to draw things in ways that can be more aggressive.”
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