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Date: 10/1/2024
Subject: News Blast October 1, 2024
From: League of Women Voters of McLean County


October 1, 2024
Congratulations Georgene!
Florence Fifer Bohrer Award Winner
 
Congratulations to Georgene Chissell who was presented with the Florence Fifer Bohrer Award at the September 24 LWV meeting. The award is named for the first female state senator in Illinois and founder of the McLean County chapter of the League of Women Voters.
 
Georgene was recognized for her extensive community service including as a League observer for the Bloomington Housing Authority and following the crisis of the unhoused in B-N. 

Georgene also chairs the Bloomington-Normal NAACP's political action committee, Precinct 13 committee person, and serves on countless other community organizations.
 
In accepting the award, Georgene shared that she has had to overcome big personal challenges, including her mother leaving the family just before her sixth birthday and overcoming a severe burn injury as a young adult.
 
She ran for Bloomington City Council but lost in a close election and she lamented that many people in her ward didn't vote. That has motivated her to work on voter registration. On a recent weekend, she registered 167 people to vote.  

Georgene credited her father with setting a great example for how to give back to your community. "That's why I do what I do," she shared.
Empower Voters! Poll Watchers Needed for Election Day
Poll Watcher Training on Thursday, Oct. 3
 
On Election Day, we would like to place poll watchers at key voting locations to help ensure that voters have appropriate access and that proper procedures are being followed. The LWV of Illinois is providing free online training for poll watching on Thursday, October 3. Choose from one of two sessions that best fits your schedule. Contact Georgene Chissell by text at (309) 808 - 9516 for questions and let her know you are interested in being a LWV poll watcher.
 
Join Us at LWV Board Meetings
Online or in person
 
Members are invited to attend the Thursday, October 3 Board meeting either online or in person at the YMCA, 202 St. Joseph Dr., Bloomington beginning at 6:00 pm. If attending in person you do not need to register. If you wish to attend by Zoom, you need in advance to log onto the LWV website as a member and register for the event in the calendar section. The Zoom link will then come to you in a follow up email.
 
Voter Information Events
 
Our League is co-hosting two events with the Peoria LWV, WGLT, WCBU, The Vidette, the ISU Center for Civic Engagement, and the Bloomington-Normal NAACP. 
Meet the Candidates
 
The candidates appearing on the fall ballot in McLean County, including the McLean County Board, State House, and State Senate. Confirmed candidates will be announced prior to the event. 
 
Candidates and campaign volunteers or staff will be present to meet with voters, discuss issues, and answer questions. 
State Senate Forum
 
WGLT, WCBU, and The Vidette will moderate a 60-minute Q & A with the Illinois State Senate District 46 candidates.
 
Submit questions prior to the event at WGLT.org/46thquestions.
Drinks and Dialogue
 
Our first Drinks and Dialogue for the new League year will be on "Election Decision Making: Facts or Emotion."
 
It's Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Gill Street Sports Bar at 3002B Gill St., Bloomington
Social Hour: 5:30-6:00 p.m
Information and Discussion: 6:00-7:00 p.m
 
Lane Crothers, Professor of Politics and Government at Illinois State University, will facilitate the discussion. Professor Crothers will talk about the way(s) narratives shape our thinking about social and political life. 
 
More about our facilitator:
Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at ISU, Managing Editor, Populism, 2017-,Thomas E. Eimermann Professor in Political Science, 2020-2022, Fulbright Bicentennial Chair, University of Helsinki, 2015-16, Eccles Centre Visiting Professor, British Library, 2007-08
 
We hope to see you there! Pre-register at the button.
 
Join Us at the Farmers Market
 
The League will have a table at the Downtown Bloomington's Farmers Market on Saturday, October 5, from 7:30 a.m. to noon.
 
We will be providing information about the League and offering voter registration.
 
If you would like to volunteer to help with the table, we will have two slots of time: 7:30 to 9:45 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. to noon.
 
If you are interested in volunteering, please go to the volunteer form.
 
If you have any questions, please reach out to Beth Porter or Chad Kahl.  
Need a Laugh?
 
Two opportunities to find the humor in politics.  Enjoy the "both sides" satire of the Capitol Fools (a new incarnation of the Capitol Steps).  Coming to the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, on Tuesday, 10/15, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. The BCPA is located at 600 N. East Street, Bloomington. 

Illinois Wesleyan Theater Department is performing "The Outsider." Is Ned Newley the worst candidate to ever run for office? Find out in this hilarious and timely comedy. 
 
Miss the Last Issue of The Voter? Click on the link below for the most recent issue.
 
League of Women Voters of McLean County
P.O. Box 932, Normal, IL 61761
info@lwvmclean.org
lwvmclean.org
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