October 23, 2023: Last day to REGISTER TO VOTE in the November election
October 31, 2023: Last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot
November 7, 2023: GENERAL ELECTION DAY
Last day for County Boards of Elections to receive voted mail-in and civilian absentee ballots (must be received by 8:00 P.M. on election day – postmarks are not enough. )
November 14, 2023: Last day for County Boards of Elections to receive voted military and overseas mail-in and civilian absentee ballots (must be received by 8:00 P.M. on the 14th and submitted for delivery no later than 11:59 P.M. on November 6th)
General Election Polls are open from 7 A.M. to 8 P.M. on November 7, 2023.
Deadlines for returning your mail-in or civilian absentee ballot:
By mail: must be received by 8 P.M. on November 7, 2023.
In-person: must be returned to your county board of elections office or other designated location or drop box by 8 P.M.
The program priorities for 2023 are the following:
A resource for information on the candidates: candidate forums https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZApOJuNmZtmtM4cOqb5r-kKAGoZ9bLv8
Members of the League of Women Voters of Indiana County collaborate with community partners as well as lead voter registration events. Examples of voter registration events held in the past few years are listed below.
This official Pennsylvania government website contains information about all aspects of voting in Pennsylvania including the following:
This League of Women Voters of the United States website includes information about voting and elections including the following:
The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania provides an easy way for you to locate the contact information for your state and federal elected officials.
Members of the League of Women Voters of Indiana County (LWVIC) lead interviews with Indiana County legislators. The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (LWVPA) provides a series of questions focusing on the priority issues for the current legislative session. Prior to the scheduled meetings, interview questions are provided to our legislators.
The interviews are an important part of the League’s work. The LWVIC shares what we learn through the interviews with the LWVPA. These Legislative interviews afford us the opportunity to educate our legislators about issues, identify legislation we intend to support or oppose, and they assist us in building and maintaining relationships with our local legislators.
Click here for the Legislative Interview Summary with Rep. Jim Struzzi on March 7, 2022
Click here for the Legislative Interview Summary with Senator Joe Pittman on March 21, 2022.
Members of the League of Women Voters of Indiana County (LWVIC) host a forum titled “Candidates Night” to provide community members with the opportunity to learn more about candidates. This nonpartisan event allows candidates for office to respond to questions posed by audience members. A screening team of League members accepts written questions from audience members. The event is open to the public and is broadcast over radio station 1160 WCCS. Stayed tuned for 2021 events.
The Indiana Gazette published an article on the League’s Vote411 platform on September 16:
The League of Women Voters of Indiana County has been working on a project that will benefit everyone with no regard for one’s political leanings.
It’s called VOTE411, part of a nationwide program of the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy. The group aims to empower voters and defend democracy through advocacy, education and litigation at the local, state, and national levels.
The way we see it, it’s a win-win for Indiana County residents.
To read more, click here.
Letters to the editor are great advocacy tools. After you write letters to your members of Congress, sending letters to the editor can achieve other advocacy goals.
Here are some tips from ACLU on writing Letters to the Editor so you can get writing!
Read about the current voter legislation issues here.
Information about Indiana County can be found at www.indianacountypa.gov including a directory of county government departments, services, contact information for offices and county officials and information on voter registration, elections and voting machines.
The presentation by members of The Constitution Center on the Electoral College on January 26th was recorded and is now available online. To watch, click here.
The Citizen Education Subcommittee was formed in January 2021 and is working to increase public awareness of voting, civics and government with the aim of empowering citizens to participate in the democratic process.
The subcommittee members have discussed how to improve and expand our current programs (e.g., voter registration, legislative interviews, candidate’s forums) as well as developing new programs (e.g., age-appropriate educational materials for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 5, voter registration events for high school seniors, community speaker series).
Committee members are divided into teams focusing on the following four audiences: 1. Elementary school students; 2. Secondary school students; 3. Community members; and 4. Elected officials. If you would like to join a team, please contact the team leader by email (Elementary: Misty Nocco – mistynocco@yahoo.com, Secondary: Anne Simmons – annesimmons447@gmail.com, Community/Elected Officials: Joyce Rizzo – rizzojoyce6@gmail.com)
Academics, historians, teachers, school administrators and state education leaders are working together on the Educating for American Democracy initiative. They are discussing how civics and history are taught to American K-12 students. The Educating for American Democracy group is raising funds for curriculum development and teacher training. The group plans to release a 36-page report and an accompanying 39-page road map that will provide guidance for the reimagining of the teaching of social studies, history and civics. Click here to read the article.
Social Studies is the integrated study of human society and its contributions, influences and impact on the world. There are many content areas which combine to create the overarching concept of social studies. The commonwealth of Pennsylvania has delineated the disciplines and developed academic standards in the social studies areas to be civics and government, economics, geography, history, and student interpersonal skills.
Civics and Government is the teaching and presentation of the principles and ideals of the American republican representative form of government as portrayed and experienced by the acts and policies of the framers of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States and Bill of Rights. Click here for the PA Academic Standards in Social Studies.
Candidates Night participants
L to R: Gina Force, Maria Jack, Marlene Connelly, Patrick Dougherty
Candidates are vying for either Judge of the Indiana County Common Pleas Court (Patrick Dougherty, Gina Force) or County Register of Wills/Recorder of Deeds/Clerk of Orphans Court (Marlene Connelly, Maria Jack)
