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Your Vote is Your Voice

Timely Topics Event

The Advantages and Limits of Ranked Choice Voting

October 2, 2024 6:30 pm

Greensburg Hempfield Area Library

Greensburg, PA

Click here to register

Dr. Paul Adams will explain how Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) works and how it has been expanding in many American states and municipalities as an alternative to single-member district (SMD) and plurality election systems.

Open to the public.

Call to Action
Use your talents and your voice to make an impact

Informing Voters Empowering People

Volunteer at

Voter Information Events

to be held at the following

Westmoreland County Community College locations

11AM to 1PM

WCCC Mt Pleasant on Sept. 16, 2024

WCCC Youngwood on Sept. 17, 2024

WCCC Latrobe on Sept. 18, 2024

WCCC New Ken on Sept. 19, 2024

Go to the September Event Calendar to pick your day and volunteer🙂

September 17, 2024

is National Voter Registration Day

Volunteer for

the Voter Information Event

Westmoreland County Community College - Youngwood

from 11AM to 1PM

where LWVWC will be registering voters

and sharing VOTE411 information.

Go to the

September Event Calendar

to volunteer🙂

Join Us For A

Rally For Reproductive Rights

September 17, 2024

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Mary Lou Campana Chapel & Lecture Center

University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

150 Finoli Drive

Greensburg, PA 15601

Special Guest Speaker

Sydney Etheredge

Board Member,

Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates

Free Webinar

Ballot Box Basics

Safety at the Polls

September 17, 2024, 5:30 PM

Click here to register.

The September program will feature

Veronica Degraffenreid,

Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships

with the Brennan Center for Justice

for a conversation on safety at the polls ahead of the general election.

The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania is pleased to present

Ballot Box Basics:

Information Every Voter Needs,

a free webinar series.

Open to the public.

Are you ready to vote?
November 5, 2024
is the General Election

Get more information about voting and the candidates at VOTE411

Election Dates and Deadlines

October 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM Deadline to register to vote/update registration at the Official PA Site. Vote.PA.Gov

October 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM Deadline for Mail-in or Absentee Ballot applications to be received by the County Election office. (Postmarks do not count.) Apply for Mail-in or Absentee Ballot at the Official PA Site. Mail-in or Absentee Ballot Request Application

November 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM Deadline for Mail-in Ballots to be received by the County Election Office. (Postmarks do not count.)

November 5, 2024 Polls open at 7:00 AM and close at 8:00 PM.

Timely Topics Events

Check the Calendar for upcoming Timely Topics

and
click on the links below to see videos of past events 🧐

See the video
of the most recent

Timely Topics
Event😃

"Disinformation in Local News, Social Media & Election Integrity"
(Click on the title link above to view the presentation on YouTube.)

Presented By Dr. Lara Putnam from the University Of Pittsburgh Disinformation Lab

(View videos of other Timely Topics presentations on YouTube.)

"What Closed Primaries Mean to Pennsylvania Voters"

"Election Integrity and All Other Things Election"

(View videos of other Timely Topics presentations on YouTube.)

"K-12 Governance and the Role of School Boards"

"Finding One Billion Dollars: Funding Westmoreland County Schools"

Making a difference in our community
Empowering Voters Defending Democracy

Scottdale Pride
Voter Information Event

2024 was our third year at this event in Scottdale engaging the attendees on voting issues and
sharing our new
VOTE411 QR coded bracelets and keychain tags.

Greensburg
Summer Sounds

It was a beautiful August evening for the LWVWC voter registration and information event at the Greensburg Summer Sounds concert.
Fix Harrisburg volunteers joined us to share how changes to the
PA legislature can help enact more bipartisan solutions to improve our communities.
Fix Harrisburg

Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival

LWVWC members spent a June 2023 day sharing VOTE411 and Fix Harrisburg information and collecting signatures for the petition to impact legislative rules so that bipartisan supported bills get brought up for a vote.

Want to Know More About Elections in Westmoreland County?

To watch the video on elections and election security by Greg McClosky, Director of Westmoreland County Operations and the Election Bureau, click on Election Integrity and All Other Things Election.

Get more information on our Voting Info page or at VOTE411

Common Misconceptions About Election Security
Responses are from the Official Pennsylvania Department of State Website

Misconception: "We need to use paper ballots for our elections"

Fact: As of June 2, 2020, all 67 of the Pennsylvania's counties have deployed voting systems that produce voter-verifiable paper records and meet 21st-century standards of security, auditability and accessibility.

Misconception: "The voting machines are being hacked over the internet and votes are being changed"

Fact: All certified voting systems in Pennsylvania, including the election management system and vote-tallying components, are never connected to or permitted on internet-facing networks.

There is no evidence that Pennsylvania’s voter rolls or vote results have ever been hacked or compromised.

Misconception: "The election results are not audited."

Fact: "To ensure votes are counted correctly, Pennsylvania counties currently conduct two types of post-election analyses: a statistical sample required by law and a statewide risk-limiting audit.

Misconception: "More people voted in the last election than were eligible to vote"

Fact: A layered set of protections is in place to secure voter registration databases.

To see that more voting age people are eligible to vote than actually voted in the last election in PA, check out the current PA Voter Turnout and Voting Age Population numbers from the PA Department of State at Voting and Election Statistics

Misconception: "How can we be certain that votes aren't being changed?"

Fact: Local election officials employ physical protections, cybersecurity techniques and pre & post election examinations. Once the polls close on election day, official precinct election results are hand-delivered to county election officials.
Watch this video from the PA Department of State on Election Security at the Local Level

The LWVWC encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

The LWVWC is nonpartisan and committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Timely Topics Event

The Advantages and Limits of Ranked Choice Voting

Open to the public.

Call to Action Use your talents and your voice to make an impact

Informing Voters Empowering People

Volunteer at

Voter Information Events

to be held at the following

Westmoreland County Community College locations

11AM to 1PM

WCCC Mt Pleasant on Sept. 16, 2024

WCCC Youngwood on Sept. 17, 2024

WCCC Latrobe on Sept. 18, 2024

WCCC New Ken on Sept. 19, 2024

﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿

September 17, 2024

is National Voter Registration Day

Volunteer for

the Voter Information Event

Westmoreland County Community College - Youngwood

from 11AM to 1PM

where LWVWC will be registering voters

and sharing VOTE411 information.

Are you ready to vote? November 5, 2024 is the General Election

Get more information about voting and the candidates at VOTE411

Election Dates and Deadlines

Timely Topics Events

Check the Calendar for upcoming Timely Topics

and click on the links below to see videos of past events 🧐

See the video of the most recent

Timely Topics Event😃

"Disinformation in Local News, Social Media & Election Integrity" (Click on the title link above to view the presentation on YouTube.)

Presented By Dr. Lara Putnam from the University Of Pittsburgh Disinformation Lab

(View videos of other Timely Topics presentations on YouTube.)

"What Closed Primaries Mean to Pennsylvania Voters"

"Election Integrity and All Other Things Election"

(View videos of other Timely Topics presentations on YouTube.)

"K-12 Governance and the Role of School Boards"

"Finding One Billion Dollars: Funding Westmoreland County Schools"

Making a difference in our community Empowering Voters Defending Democracy

Scottdale Pride Voter Information Event

Greensburg Summer Sounds

Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival

Get more information on our Voting Info page or at VOTE411

Common Misconceptions About Election Security Responses are from the Official Pennsylvania Department of State Website

Misconception: "We need to use paper ballots for our elections"

Fact: As of June 2, 2020, all 67 of the Pennsylvania's counties have deployed voting systems that produce voter-verifiable paper records and meet 21st-century standards of security, auditability and accessibility.

Misconception: "The voting machines are being hacked over the internet and votes are being changed"

Fact: All certified voting systems in Pennsylvania, including the election management system and vote-tallying components, are never connected to or permitted on internet-facing networks.

There is no evidence that Pennsylvania’s voter rolls or vote results have ever been hacked or compromised.

Misconception: "The election results are not audited."

Fact: "To ensure votes are counted correctly, Pennsylvania counties currently conduct two types of post-election analyses: a statistical sample required by law and a statewide risk-limiting audit.

Misconception: "More people voted in the last election than were eligible to vote"

Fact: A layered set of protections is in place to secure voter registration databases.

To see that more voting age people are eligible to vote than actually voted in the last election in PA, check out the current PA Voter Turnout and Voting Age Population numbers from the PA Department of State at Voting and Election Statistics

Misconception: "How can we be certain that votes aren't being changed?"

The LWVWC encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The LWVWC is nonpartisan and committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

LWVWC DEI Resources

🧐 Remember to log in for
access to Member Only content

Call to Action
Use your talents and your voice to make an impact

Are you ready to vote?
November 5, 2024
is the General Election

and
click on the links below to see videos of past events 🧐

See the video
of the most recent

Timely Topics
Event😃

"Disinformation in Local News, Social Media & Election Integrity"
(Click on the title link above to view the presentation on YouTube.)

Making a difference in our community
Empowering Voters Defending Democracy

Scottdale Pride
Voter Information Event

Greensburg
Summer Sounds

Common Misconceptions About Election Security
Responses are from the Official Pennsylvania Department of State Website

The LWVWC encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

The LWVWC is nonpartisan and committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.