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Erica Chenoweth is a political scientist at
Harvard University. Chenoweth directs the Nonviolent Action Lab and maintains the NAVCO Data Project, one of the world's leading datasets on mass mobilizations. Along with Jeremy Pressman, they co-direct the Crowd Counting Consortium, documenting political mobilization in the U.S. since 2017. Together with Steven Levitsky, Chenoweth hosts the monthly webinar series The Breakdown, which explores the ongoing struggle for American democracy.

Dr. Nicki Gonzales will dive into this history with us.

Dr. Gonzales is a professor of History and Vice Provost at Regis University. She is a member of History Colorado’s State Historian’s Council and in July 2020 was named by Gov. Jared Polis to the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board.
Saturday, February 21 from 10 – 11 am
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go to www.lwv-estespark.org for your Zoom invitation

Documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) supporters are making every effort to impose requirements for voters to prove their citizenship when they register to vote through any possible channel. The Make Elections Great Again Act was introduced in the House last week to require photo ID to vote, require DPOC to register to vote, change voter list maintenance in states, require mail-in ballots to be received by election day, ban universal vote by mail, and more.

Boulder County, CO – The Boulder County Elections Division is conducting outreach to ask residents where they believe Vote Centers should be located. We are also seeking feedback on 24-Hour Mail Ballot Drop Box locations.

To capture public input and comment, the Elections Division has designed an online survey. The statutory deadline to submit official comments to Boulder County Elections regarding these locations is April 27, 2026. However, the Elections Division would appreciate your input sooner – ideally by March 1 – to potentially act on any recommendations.

As communities across the country continue to voice valid concerns about ICE, it is crucial that people understand
their rights in Colorado and the many ways we can protect ourselves and our immigrant communities.
Every person has constitutional rights, regardless of immigration status.

The Boulder County District Attorney’s Office is reissuing guidance about ‘the many ways we can protect ourselves and our immigrant communities.’

The Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of Colorado (LWVCO) today issued a formal letter to Governor Jared Polis calling on him to stand firm against improper federal interference that threatens Colorado’s constitutional authority to administer free, fair, and secure elections.

Learn about the new law in CO that impacts immigrant communities, learn about new requirements for local agencies, handling personal information, and interactions with federal immigration authorities.

Our LWVBC Voting Methods position states, “Candidate vote counts in multi-winner plurality contests should be reported as a percent of ballots for better public understanding of support for candidates." Colorado’s Election Night Reporting software misleadingly only reports percent of the total vote. And unfortunately, the county clerks typically don't report crucial information (the number of ballots cast in each contest), until after certification, making it impossible to know the rate of undervotes or overvotes, or the average number of votes per ballot in council races, until after the audit.

If we had a presidential election based on the national popular vote instead of on Electoral College victories in each state, then, especially in a close presidential contest, voter turnout would increase because people would feel like their vote really matters and is visible in the final tally.

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 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

Make an informed decision about whether to sign petitions about ballot measures.