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This is an ideal opportunity for you to make a real difference and to support our critical voter education efforts. With a laptop or similar device and some computer skills, this job can be done at home on your own time. Busy seasons occur twice a year, in the Spring ahead of the June Primary, and Fall leading to the November General Election. Training and support are provided by LWVUS and LWVNJ. Each cycle begins with creating or choosing candidate questions from a suggested list, obtaining candidate lists from the County Clerk’s Office and loading onto the Vote411 website, developing and sending email invitations to candidates, coordinating follow-up communications (with fellow volunteers) to increase candidate participation, and fielding questions from candidates.
Janet Fisher-Hughes has been managing Vote411 for LWVCC since 2018 while taking on additional roles and responsibilities for both our local and state League. Janet will train you; p

Green Amendments are self-executing provisions added to the bill of rights section of a (state's) constitution that recognize and protect the rights of all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or income, including future generations, to pure water, clean air, a stable climate, and healthy environments. (www.delawareriverkeeper.org)

Passing a Green Amendment is a priority advocacy issue of LWVNJ. In September, LWVCC formed an action team to advocate for this amendment, focusing our efforts in Camden and Gloucester Counties.

Current bills in NJ - ACR72/SCR15 – initially introduced in 2017/18, were reintroduced in 2022. Each was referred to committee, but no further action has been taken.

The team’s current focus is to get out in the community to build strong support that we can demonstrate to legislators to lobby for getting action on these bills.

Please contact Joan Divor to learn more.

Planning Ahead: 2024 is a Presidential Election year and we anticipate being called on to moderate more candidate forums at various levels. We need members trained and ready to step in. If you or anyone you know is interested, please contact Ed Gracely at: Edgracely@verizon.net