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In This Issue:

From Membership
Presidents' Letter
LWVBC Leadership Chart
Celebrating Our Voter Service Volunteers
VOTE411 Update
Fund Development Team
LWVBC's Peggy Leech on KGNU
Vote Yes on Prop 131 (Final-4 Voting)
What's Happening With the Climate Action Team

We held our election season kickoff meeting and member mixer on August 21 at the Boulder Junkyard Social club, and as you can see from these pictures, it was a huge success.

Introducing WHY I VOTE - VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITY

Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 6-9pm
Louisville Fire Station 1

As organizers and participants of community events, we have a responsibility to do our best to ensure that everyone feels welcome & safe.

A report and pictures from our annual meeting

We’ve been reporting about the proposed Final-4 Voting initiative for months now. Get the latest on Prop 131, learn about related ballot measures in other states and see what happened when LWV Estes Park conducted a Final-4 Voting election. In other news, Marcus Ogren has been making a name for themself in the voting methods world, and STAR Voting is up for adoption in Oakridge, OR. *Click here* for all that news and to see sample Final-4 Voting and STAR Voting ballots.

OUR SHARED REPUBLIC: The Case for Proportional Ranked Choice Voting in the United States House of Representatives

A Review of "The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes"

We all just participated in our annual November election, and the Voting Methods Team is here to analyze the election through the lens of voting methods. Boulder County election results are available here.

Let’s tackle some of the questions about local elections that we’ve heard during this election season. We’ll cover questions on Boulder (and touching on Broomfield), Longmont, and the St Vrain Valley School District (SVVSD), and conclude with general questions that pertain to multiple jurisdictions, including the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD).

"Candidate vote counts in multi-winner plurality contests should be reported as a percent of ballots for better public understanding of support for candidates."  So says our updated LWVBC’s Voting Methods position.  In the November election, Boulder County had 4 multi-winner contests: Boulder Council, Lafayette Council, Superior Home Rule Charter Commission and a vote-for-up-to-2 contest for Louisville Council Ward 3.