Year: 2020
Food
Non-League Events
LWVGR Delivers Holiday Pizzas to Healthcare Workers
The League coordinated the delivery of Lino’s Pizza meals for healthcare workers for OSF Saint Anthony and UW Swedish American Healthcare Systems by Winnebago County Sheriff personnel. Workers at Mercy Health Systems are scheduled for New Year’s Eve delivery.
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Covid-19
Food
Non-League Events
Public Events
Donate Now to Bring Holiday Cheer to Local Hospital Staffs
Healthcare employees are stretched to the limit and beyond. We can’t all do what they do… But we can bring them pizza!
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News
Opinions & Editorials
Remembering Jane McAfee, a Servant-Leader
Former LWVGR President Jane McAfee was a social justice warrior before they even had a name for it.
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Electoral College
Voting
Biden is 46th President
The electoral college vote for President-elect Biden and Vice-President-elect Harris was certified by Congress on January 7, 2021 at 2:45 AM CST.
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Electoral College
Voting
The Mechanics of Potential Recounts
Recounts can be instigated automatically or requested by either candidate. How do recounts affect the final Electoral College results? There are many roads to a result.
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Electoral College
Voting
Patience, Please…Democracy is at Work.
The 2020 Presidential Election results will not be announced the evening of Tuesday, November 3. The Electoral College is a complicated, but time-honored path. Trust the process.
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Food
Voting
Voting Rights History
We’re Going to Need More Election Cake.
With almost 100,000,000 voters choosing to vote early, America is going to surpass the entire electorate of the 2016 election. The election cake is an old tradition from when election day still had a festive atmosphere. For the 2020 election, we will need more of those fruity, liquory cakes.
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