Vote Nevada Supporters,

We are entering the final stretch of the 2022 election cycle, so, here are some useful resources to help as we start receiving our ballot questions booklet and Sample Ballot.

As I have done in the past, I created a short video explanation of this year’s three ballot questions: https://vote-nevada.news/2022-Ballot-Questions-Review

If you have any questions about the ballot questions or anything else election-related, please contact me directly, or you can log into my Office Hours with Dr. Cosgrove Zoom sessions on Sunday evenings in October between 6 pm and 7 pm.  You can receive the link by RSVP’ing here: https://vote-nevada.news/Election-2022-Office-Hours

I will be available on 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, and 11/6.

If you are interested in upcoming events hosted by our community partners, please follow Vote Nevada on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I will be cross-posting partner organization events on our social media accounts.

https://www.facebook.com/VoteNevada21/

Twitter: @VoteNevada21

Instagram: @VoteNevada

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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Here are upcoming events:

Wednesday, September 14^th: Nevada Center for Civic Engagement: Ask the Expert

       “What is Stare Decisis & How Does Legal Precedent Impact Judicial Decisions?”

                Register here: https://nvcce.org/asktheexpert?fbclid=IwAR2Ji4nnxut0DpDgCCrdo3dymReatW_zzJ0Cl4pp1AxeHcY5cNLUySnlknM

Friday and Saturday, September 16^th and 17^th: National Constitution Center

September 17^th is National Constitution Day, so the National Constitution Center is hosting online events on Friday and Saturday to celebrate.  You can register for online events here: https://constitutioncenter.org/

Friday, September 16^th: Open Primaries “Nevada 2022: Betting Big on Reform”

                Register for the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pdOiupz4tGtbwBV8m1j8ktMR5nncqGgDa

Friday, September 16^th: Women Leading Women Rise 

 Panelists: Kamilah Bywaters, Tracy Lewis, and Minister Nika Barker

  West Side Oasis Lounge 808 West Lake Mead 89106

Saturday, September 17^th: Historic West Side Education Celebration and Parade 10 am to 12:30 pm.  The parade starts at Wendell P. Williams elementary school and ends at Edmond Town Center.

Saturday, September 17^th: Multicultural Festival

Clark County Government Center Amphitheater 500 S. Grand Central Parkway 89155.  Free Admission Food, Music, and Art from 2 to 8 pm. 

Tuesday, September 20^th: National Voter Registration Day

Join the CSN Social Justice League for a Lunch and Learn Zoom session: “Why you should vote…it’s not what you think!”  Register: t.ly/nZ5W  

Tuesday, September 20^th: Vote at Nevada Behavioral and Mental Health Committee Meeting.  We will hear a presentation from Michelle Howser from CSN on the new mental health training pathway.  The meeting is from 6 to 7 pm via Zoom: Meeting ID 864 3090 2093

Saturday, September 24^th: Women and Nontraditional Careers Summit. College of Southern Nevada Women’s Alliance & Nevada Women & Trades.  9 am to 4 pm at the CSN North Las Vegas Campus Student Union Ballroom 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. 89030.

                RSVP here: https://vote-nevada.news/Women-in-Trades-Summit   

Saturday, September 24^th: Civic Engagement Candidate Forum.  Vote Nevada and CSN Student Government are hosting a civic engagement candidate forum.  5 to 7 pm at the North Las Vegas Campus in the Student Union Ballroom 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. 89030.  It will be an open mic for candidates to share how they will help keep voters civically engaged.  

In-person RSVP: https://vote-nevada.news/Civic-Engagement-Candidate-Forum

Zoom RSVP: https://vote-nevada.news/Civic-Engagement-Candidate-Forum-Zoom-RSVP

If you are interested in ballot questions:

Nevada NOW is hosting events to support Ballot Question 1, you can view upcoming meetings and events here: https://www.nevadanow.org/new-events

Indivisible Northern Nevada is hosting an event to cover all three ballot questions on September 22^nd from 5 to 6:30 pm. 

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://bit.ly/3TXkmKt 

Indivisible Northern Nevada is also hosting an event with Secretary of State candidate Cisco Aguilar on October 13^th from 5 to 6 pm, PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtdu-vrjMuE9P5JYf6ZP-IflR_bt891CD-

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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Vote Nevada Supporters,

As you know, pumpkin spice season is already here, which means the general election is right around the corner.  If you are interested in some wonky election information, you can watch the Nevada Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy meeting recording here: https://vote-nevada.news/ACPD-August-29-2022

September is filling up with even more events than we saw in August, so, now is the time to mark your calendar with opportunities to connect with your candidates.  Facebook Events is a good place to look for local organizations that are hosting candidate forums and meet and greets. https://www.facebook.com/events/

We do not have as many judicial candidates this cycle as we did in 2020, which thankfully means our mail-in ballots won’t be pages long; but, Vote Nevada continues to recognize how important judicial races are for us all.  So, just like last election cycle, we are inviting judicial candidates to participate in our Video Voter Guide.  Invitations to participate are going out today.

If you missed our “Why Do We Elect Judges?” meeting, you can watch the recording here: https://vote-nevada.news/Why-We-Elect-Judges

There are three events I would like to highlight for this update:

               On September 17^th, from 2 to 8 pm, at the Clark County Government Center Amphitheater, at 500 Grand Central Parkway, 89155, a coalition of organizations is hosting a Multicultural Festival that is free and open to the public.  There will be food, music, and live entertainment as well as information about voting and the upcoming election.  Here are the flyers: 

               On September 24^th, the CSN Women’s Alliance is partnering with Nevada Women in Trades to host a summit on nontraditional careers.  The summit is from 9 am to 4 pm at the College of Southern Nevada North Las Vegas Campus, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 89030, in the Student Union Ballroom. 

The event includes information and presentations on apprenticeships and CSN nontraditional careers in areas such as light manufacturing.  The focus is on empowering women through good-paying jobs.  You can RSVP here: https://vote-nevada.news/Women-in-Trades-Summit

               Also on September 24^th, Vote Nevada, the CSN Women’s Alliance, and Nevada Women in Trades are also hosting a Candidate Forum from 5 to 7 pm.  This will be in the same room as the summit on nontraditional careers, CSN North Las Vegas Campus 3200 Cheyenne Ave., 89030, Student Union Ballroom.

The forum will focus on how civic engagement empowers Nevadans.  Just as a solid paycheck creates power, understanding and engaging in civic processes empowers Nevadans to make change happen.  We are specifically inviting students and anyone who feels like they vote, but nothing changes.  And we are inviting candidates to stop by for our Civic Engagement Open Mic, either in-person or through Zoom.

Candidates can stop by to let us know how they will encourage more civic engagement after being elected.  It is not enough to win elected office, we need elected officials who empower their constituents to take part in governance.

You can RSVP to attend in person here: https://vote-nevada.news/Civic-Engagement-Candidate-Forum

You can RSVP to attend via Zoom here: https://vote-nevada.news/Civic-Engagement-Candidate-Forum-Zoom-RSVP

If you are a candidate who plans to attend, please email me at sondra.cosgrove@gmail.com to ensure we reserve time for you to speak.  It is a short event, so we are reserving 2 minutes per speaker.

Lastly, seeing pumpkin spice everything is already back on the shelves, I am starting my birthday Vote Nevada fundraiser a little bit early too.  We have a busy year ahead with the election and then our legislative session, and while we are very frugal at Vote Nevada, we could use a few donations to keep our efforts going.  If you are so inclined, here is our donate service: https://vote-nevada.news/Donate-Vote-Nevada

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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Vote Nevada Supporters,

Here are more resources and event reminders:

You can watch our Vote Nevada Zoom meeting on why we elect judges in Nevada and the types of questions to ask judicial candidates here: https://vote-nevada.news/Why-We-Elect-Judges

National Constitution Day is September 17^th, so the National Constitution Center has a wide array of resources available on the U.S. Constitution and current constitutional issues.  You can view these resources here: https://constitutioncenter.org/

If you missed the Affordable Housing Coalition’s Lunch and Learn meeting on August 25^th, you can view the meeting recording here: https://youtu.be/5MJGTkuZRQw  

You can view upcoming meetings and events related to affordable housing here: https://nvhousingcoalition.org/events/

Upcoming meetings and events:

TODAY: The Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy meets via Facebook Live at 1 pm.   You can view the agenda here: https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/Home/Components/News/News/3300/309?backlist=%2fsos

You can watch the meeting through the Secretary of State’s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/NVSOS

On September 20^th, 6 to 7 pm, via Zoom, the Vote Nevada Behavioral and Mental Health Committee will be hearing a presentation from CSN professor Michele Howser about a new CSN program to improve the number of mental and behavioral health professionals who enter the workforce each year.  Please respond to this message if you would like the meeting’s login information.

On September 24^th, the College of Southern Nevada Women’s Alliance is sponsoring a Women In Trades summit at the CSN North Las Vegas Campus, in the Student Union Ballroom, between 9 am and 4 pm.  If you are interested in attending, here is the flyer: 

Women in Trades Summit

SAVE THE DATE:

Also on September 24^th, Vote Nevada is co-sponsoring a Candidate Forum at the CSN North Las Vegas Campus, in the Student Union Ballroom, between 5 and 7 pm.  We are working with the CSN student government, the CSN Women’s Alliance, and an array of community organizations.  Candidates will be invited to speak about the role of elected officials in promoting civic engagement.  There will be a Zoom option for virtual participation.

I often hear from Nevadans who have stopped voting that they do not feel their voices are heard after elections.  We hope to partner with elected officials to help make these voters feel that they can be engaged in civic processes after the election to ensure their voices are heard.

I will send more information about this Candidate Forum later this week.

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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Here is the recording from our Vote Nevada event with Civil Talk’s co-founder Matt Cremins.  I am sure you will find this new civic engagement tool as interesting as I have: 

https://vote-nevada.news/Civil-Talk-Recording

Our Mental and Behavioral Health Committee heard a presentation on the pilot program in this article that describes how we are helping rural law enforcement provide services to community members experiencing mental health issues: https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/pilot-project-equipping-rural-police-with-telehealth-tools-for-mental-health-crises

It is a fascinating program that is being funded by a time-limited grant, so, if it works, we will need to engage in sustainability advocacy in three years.  Here is the committee meeting recording: https://vote-nevada.news/Mental-Health-Pilot-Program

You can read about some of the issues with the new 988 crisis program here: https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2022/08/18/a-month-into-988-call-volumes-up-but-state-behavioral-health-infrastructure-isnt/

And you can read about the Legislative Interim Finance Committee allocating quite a lot of money to children’s mental health here: https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/parents-lawmakers-praise-200-million-investment-in-public-and-mental-health-funding

 Here are event reminders and some new events:

Tomorrow, 8/19/2022, a Nevada Voters First team, consisting of myself, Doug Goodman, and Cesar Marquez, will host a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) about Ballot Question 3, which will create open primaries with ranked choice voting in the general election in 2026.  You need to create a Reddit account to ask questions, which you can do here: https://www.reddit.com/

You can ask questions in the AMA here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nevada/comments/wm1tkp/ama_open_primaries_rcv_0819_at_2p_pt/

You can see the AMA questions and answers without becoming a Reddit member at the above link as well. 

On August 24^th, 9 to 11 am, Vote Nevada is hosting this month’s Shepherd’s Breakfast. The Shepherd’s Breakfast happens at the Wealthy Place Ministries on the Historic West Side of Las Vegas.  Community members, representatives from various nonprofit organizations, and candidates all attend the breakfast.  There is no charge and no need to RSVP, but the room fills up quickly, so I always arrive by 8:30 am.  The address is 902 West Owens Ave. 89106 and here is the flyer:

Also on August 24^th, from noon to 1 pm, via Zoom, the Nevada Housing Coalition is hosting a lunch and learn on advocating for affordable housing.  You can register to participate here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2816384820281/WN_LxijjtcCT9O2yzYofdX08w 

On August 25^th, 5 to 7:30 pm, via Zoom, Indivisible Northern Nevada is hosting a candidate event with statewide candidates Ellen Spiegel and Zach Conine, and CD 2 candidate Mercedes Krauss.  You can register for the event here: https://bit.ly/3JGmce8

On August 26^th, 1 to 2:30 pm, via Zoom, the American Association of University Women is hosting a Women’s Equality Day event to discuss Ballot Question One, which will add an equal rights amendment to our state constitution.  You can RSVP here: https://vote-nevada.news/AAUW-Equality-Day  Here is the flyer. 

On August 27^th, 9 to 10:30 am, via Zoom, Vote Nevada is hosting an event to explain why we elect judges in Nevada and best practices for asking judicial candidates questions.  You can RSVP here: https://vote-nevada.news/Judicial-Elections If you are a judicial candidate, please join us!

On August 29^th, at 1:00 pm, via Facebook Live, please join the Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy to hear from Deputy Secretary of State for Elections, Mr. Mark Wlaschin, about our recent primary election, our upcoming general election, and any possible issues to address in the 2023 legislative session.  You can watch the meeting and ask questions from here: https://www.facebook.com/NVSOS

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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More event and meeting updates! August is turning into a very busy month, hopefully, this will translate into high voter turnout in the upcoming election and eager advocates engaging in the legislative session.

Sunday, August 14, 2022, 10:00 to 11:30 am, via Zoom

Join Vote Nevada to meet Matt Cremins, co-founder of a new civic engagement networking platform called Civil Talk.  Civil Talk allows nonprofits to network nationally and allows civically engaged volunteers to find matches with nonprofits working on their issues. https://www.civiltalk.com/  

RSVP: https://vote-nevada.news/Networking-With-Civil-Talk

Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, via Zoom

Join Northern Nevada Marches Forward for a review of Ballot Questions 1 & 2.  Ballot Question 1 will add an Equal Rights Amendment to our state constitution and Ballot Question 2 will add to the state constitution that Nevada’s minimum wage cannot drop below $12 by 2024.

You can review more information and RSVP here: https://fb.me/e/6jFQ7RDGr

Wednesday, August 17^th, 2022, Noon, via Zoom

The ACLU of Nevada is sponsoring a review of recent US Supreme Court rulings and their possible impact on civil liberties and rights.  You can RSVP here: https://aclu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dekn5uKmTP6InF13ZDZCLA

Thursday, August 18, 2022, 6:00 pm, via Zoom

The ACLU of Nevada is sponsoring a discussion on Reparations.  This is a great opportunity to learn more about this very important topic.  You can RSVP here: https://aclu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O5Yt88GuRwSMUMm5xsqzjg

Friday, August 19, 2022, 2:00 to 3:30 pm, via Reddit

The Nevada Voters First team is hosting a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything).  The username is Nevada Voters First (u/NevadaVotersFirst).  You will need a Reddit account to participate, which you can do here: https://www.reddit.com/  You can review the purpose of an AMA here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/IAmA

The team will answer questions related to Ballot Question 3, which will implement open primaries with ranked choice voting in the general election.

Saturday, August 27, 2022, 9:00 to 10:30 am, via Zoom

Join Vote Nevada to review why we elect judges in Nevada and best practices for questions to ask judicial candidates.  Please invite judicial candidates to join us.  You can RSVP here: https://vote-nevada.news/Judicial-Elections

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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Vote Nevada Supporters,

My August calendar is filling up with important events, so, I want to share these events with you!

August 14^th, 10:00 am until noon, via Zoom, Civil Talk: A New Civic Engagement Platform

We will meet with Matt Cremins, a co-founder of a new online platform called Civil Talk, which allows nonprofit organizations to network nationwide as well as to ask for volunteers. 

Volunteers can use the platform to find nonprofit organizations that engage on the issues that interest them the most.  You can visit Civil Talk here: https://www.civiltalk.com/

Nonprofit organizations that attend this meeting will also have an opportunity to share their work and volunteer needs.

RSVP: https://vote-nevada.news/Networking-With-Civil-Talk

August 16^th, 6:00 to 7:30 pm, via Zoom: Northern Nevada Marches Forward’s “What Women Want” Panel

The event will feature information on Ballot Questions One and Two from a panel of experts on these two questions.

You can read more about the event and RSVP here: https://northernnevadamarchesforward.org/event/what-women-want/

Nevada National Organization for Women is organizing volunteers to work on Ballot Question One, which will add an Equal Rights Amendment to the Nevada Constitution.  You can sign up for volunteer activities here: https://www.nevadanow.org/nevada-now-volunteer-meeting

August 27^th, 9:00 to 10:30 am, via Zoom: Everything you need to know about electing judges in Nevada (AKA Why the heck do we elect judges?!)  

Judicial candidates are welcome to attend to help with this discussion.

RSVP: https://vote-nevada.news/Judicial-Elections

 August 29^th, 1:00 to 2:30 pm, via Facebook Live.  The Advisory Committee on Participatory Democracy to the Secretary of State will meet via Facebook Live. Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Mark Wlaschin will provide an update on our just completed primary election and the information we need to ensure voters can easily participate in our upcoming general election. 

You can watch the meeting through the Secretary of State’s Facebook page, here: https://www.facebook.com/NVSOS

You can watch previous advisory committee meeting recordings here: https://www.facebook.com/NVSOS/videos

I will send information as more events are scheduled.

Thank you for being Nevadans with me,

Sondra

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