LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The League of Women Voters of Nevada and partners hosted a five-hour voter education day at the library Saturday.
Organizers put on four different events, starting with a creative arts session where kids worked on crafts, books and crayons while adults made signs for their next rally or protest.
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Barbara Wells, president of the League of Women Voters of Nevada, said the goal is helping voters sort fact from misinformation, know their rights, and feel confident that their ballot counts just as much as anyone else’s.
“We want them to have all the information possible at their disposal. And one of the other things that we want them to know is what is factual information versus dis and misinformation. Sometimes people are very well-meaning and saying, well, this is what I heard. And, you know, people take it for granted that this is true, but not always,” Wells said.
Lunch and learn, bridge-building workshop and candidate forum
The event also featured a midday “lunch and learn” with Athar Haseebullah, executive director of the ACLU of Nevada, who spoke on the session’s theme that “democracy is not a spectator sport” and how people can get more involved.
At 1 p.m., Braver Angels conducted a workshop aimed at bringing people together and establishing common ground, Wells said.
From 2 to 4 p.m., the event featured a “speed dating” candidate forum involving candidates for the state Assembly and state Senate. Wells said the candidates went table to table answering pre-prepared questions and, if they chose, questions from attendees, followed by a mingling session.
Wells said the League of Women Voters, participating as part of the Las Vegas Save Democracy Coalition, plans additional events before November in Mesquite, Carson City and Reno.
Wells said people need to cast their ballot and know that it counts as much as anyone else’s, calling the vote “the great equalizer.” She encouraged voters to drop off their ballots in person this season to avoid uncertainty related to U.S. Postal Service delivery.
Book giveaway promotes citizenship
Nichole Beer, executive director and co-founder of Read Freely Nevada and a Clark County School District librarian for 26 years, said her organization was at the event sharing books provided by Spread the Word Nevada, another local nonprofit.
Beer said the books focus on citizenship, not in terms of documentation, but on what people can do as citizens, including taking care of each other and leading with kindness. She said the goal is to help raise children who are aware of both their rights and their responsibilities. The books were given away for free to children at the event.
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