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The League of Women Voters of Maine published its Easy-to-Read Voter Guide, a staple publication, to be distributed across the state.

It's Indigenous People’s Day. Join the Wabanaki Alliance and partners to celebrate the release of a new report “Wabanaki Studies Law: 21 Years After Implementation" in a live webinar.

Our online voter database, Vote411.org, is live for the November 8 election! ??️

First, hello fall! ??? Second, we're inviting you to check out tomorrow's (September 27) Portland Greendrinks.

Tomorrow, September 20, is National Voter Registration Day. The best way to celebrate is to check on your voter registration — have you moved recently? — and make a voting plan for the November 8 election.

Election clerks deal with more frivolous requests than they used to. We were recently quoted in the Maine Monitor, speaking about the added stress clerks face in the era of rampant election misinformation. The "Big Lie" has been slow to trickle up into Maine, but it's here.

Happy labor day! Voting rights and worker's rights have a shared and long history. Let's celebrate activists past and present who have  sacrificed and contributed to these movements so that we can create a more equitable future.

Here's our next Volunteer Blitz with plenty of opportunities to work with the League. Summer's almost over, pumpkin spice products are making their annual appearance, and election season is quickly approaching. Let's do this! 

This week's email is a reminder to make sure your voter registration is up-to-date. We've also got a line up of volunteer opportunities — take a training on how to canvass and register voters or a training on how to upload data to our online voter database, Vote411.org.

Towns across Maine will have an election on Tuesday, November 8, which means the League of Women Voters is prepping for the election season. To keep our members and community informed, we're launching a limited weekly series on election updates.