Successful Voter Registration Drives and Outreach to Diverse Voters

When: Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT
Location: 

Berkmar High School, 405 Pleasant Hill Road, Lilburn, GA

The League of Women Voters of Gwinnett County (LWV Gwinnett) presents a special session on "Successful Voter Registration Drives & Outreach to Diverse Voters" featuring a panel of community leaders with broad and significant experience in voter registration, including problems citizens have experienced voting and registering to vote in Georgia.

Speakers:
Helen Kim Ho, Executive Director, Asian American Legal Advocacy Center (AALAC)
Jerry Gonzalez, Executive Director, Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO)
Krista Brewer, Executive Director, Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND)
Sharon Blackwood, Voter Registration Chair, League of Women Voters of Gwinnett County
Tracey-Ann Nelson, Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Georgia
Tricia Sung, President, League of Women Voters of Gwinnett County

Topics include:

  •  Organizing a Voter Registration drive & Voter Registration essentials
  •  Discussion about Successful Voter Registration Campaigns
  •  Successful outreach to Diverse voters
  •  Protecting Voting Rights
  • The Voting Rights Act and Helping America Vote Act
  • LWV Opposition Against SB86 - ID requirement
  • Language Access
  • What to do if you experience problems registering to vote, or with Election day voting

A program of the LWV Gwinnett Voter Services Committee

Contact: Dot Shaw, Chair – Voter Services Committee, lwvgwinnettga [at] gmail [dot] com
League of Women Voters of Gwinnett County (LWV Gwinnett), c/o League of Women Voters of Georgia,
100 Edgewood Ave. NE, Suite 1275, Atlanta, GA 30303