In this time of social distancing, in person voter registration is......challenging. If you are already a Deputy Registrar, you know that registering someone to vote is a satisfying task and one that is one of the most important things we Leaguers can do. But with in person training also put on hold right now, the Cook County Clerk's Office has stepped up to the challenge and made it possible for someone to still be trained as a Deputy Registrar online. First, you will need to send your name and address to Peggy Kell, LWV OPRF Voter Service Chair. Then you can go online to watch a video with all the training information. After watching the video and taking the oath, the Clerk's Office will send you a card with a Registrar number. You can read about this process here. Take advantage of this opportunity! Please contact Peggy Kell with any questions.

Though we have been largely staying at home, members of your Voter Service Committee also got outside for distribution of door hangers with mail-in voting information. These were placed on the door knobs of seniors in Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, and Elmwood Park. How did we know there was a graduate in the house? Well, the houses were marked with those yard signs, making them easy to identify. Thanks to Jane Hastings, Wendy Greenhouse, Elan Long, Kathy Balk, Marge Massarello, Margaret Prechel, Ed McDevitt, and Peggy Kell for getting more than 225 items delivered. And thanks to new LaGrange Area Leaguer, Kerry Lipitz, for coming up with this timely idea. There was a QR Code on the hanger that could be scanned to send them to the online mail-in ballot application. Brilliant!

Once or twice a month we share links to our sister Leagues' updates. Sometimes you receive emails from say LWV US or Cook County directly and sometimes emails are sent to our website administrator who then is supposed to share them with members. We don't want to overwhelm you with emails, we just want to keep you informed.

LWV US   July 30 update