League of Women Voters of Wyoming

LWV Laramie Board Meeting
2024-07-30 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver)
The LWV Laramie July Board Meeting will be Tuesday, July 30 at the Wyoming Women’s History House, 317 S 2nd St from 6:30 – 8 pm. Zoom access will be available. All Laramie League members are welcome to attend.

Joint Minerals Committee in Casper: LMOs on agenda
2024-07-30 00:00 - 23:59
Limited Mining Operations (LMOs) are operations for mining 15 acres or less. These small undertakings are exempt from permitting and don’t require a period of publice comment. New legislation would expand LMOs to include almost all minerals. One such LMO was the controversial gravel pit proposed on the edge of Casper. Mines with the intention of growing could start as LMOs.

The meeting begins at 8:30 am in Casper in the Thyra Thomson State Office Building, Round House Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Room 3024. Read more>>>

2-Day Interim Committee Meeting: Corporations
2024-07-30 00:00 - 23:59
These two days will be in Evanston. On the afternoon of July 30, starting at 1:30, housing policy will be discussed as well as draft legislation.
The Committee will review bill drafts concerning electricity production, housing, insurance, business fraud, trademarks and trade names, and executive orders. Among those invited to appear are Secretary Gray and the Department of Insurance.

To view the bill drafts, reports, and any other materials used to conduct the meeting, I usually start on the calendar page, find the meeting on the list, and then select the link at the far right of that row.

https://www.wyoleg.gov/Calendar/20240701/Meeting .

To speak, you must complete a public comment form. If you are chosen to speak, you’ll be e-mailed the Zoom invite from the Legislative Service Office Download meeting materials>>>

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics begin
2024-07-26 00:00 - 23:59
The Opening Ceremony will be July 28 and the last day will be August 11. Read more and see the schedule of events>>>

Virtual Debate: Abolish or Keep the Electoral College
2024-07-25 20:00 - 21:00
The Braver Angels sponsor this debate with their usual guarantee: “… structured conversation in which a group of people think together, listen carefully to one another, and allow themselves to be touched and perhaps changed by each other’s ideas. “
The national League of Women Voters is committed to attaining the popular vote. So too the majority of the state legislatures in 16 states. A small number of states — the so-called battleground states and shown in darker green on the map below — decide the presidency. An alternative twist — the Compact — would count all electors for the winner of the nationwide popular vote. Our Founding Fathers were suspicious of the common voter and the Electoral College was intended to overrule the majority when needed. You may submit questions. Read more>>>

LWV Laramie Primary Candidate Forum House Districts 13, 14, 46
2024-07-25 19:00 - 21:00
The non-partisan League of Women Voters of Laramie (LWV) and the Albany County Public Library (ACPL) are sponsoring Albany County Primary Election Candidate Forums on Thursday evenings, from 7 – 9 pm. The July 25 forum is the last Albany County Primary forum and will feature candidates for House Districts 13, 14 and 46. These will be hybrid events, in-person at ACPL (310 S 8th St) and live online and will be available for viewing afterwards on the ACPL, wyominglwv.org websites. This a great way to learn about each candidates’ stances and motivations for running for office and ask questions.

Mtg Laramie City Council: Bike lanes & traffic safety on agenda
2024-07-23 18:00 - 19:30
Attend in person — Council Chambers, 406 Ivinson Ave — or via Zoom —
https://cityoflaramie.zoom.us/j/87298794068?
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AARP leadership asks you let her know if you plan to attend.

Fremont County Primary Candidate Forums
2024-07-23 18:00 - 19:15
The League of Women Voters of Fremont County is joining in the sponsorship of Primary Election Candidate Forums at the Lander Library, Carnegie Room. Lloyd Larsen, candidate for HD54 and Ember Oakley, candidate for HD 55 are featured.

Wyoming Primary absentee voting begins
2024-07-23 12:00
Absentee voting for military & overseas voters begins July 5. For all other voters, it begins on July 23rd. It closes at the end of the day, August 19.

Campbell County Forums: County Commission
2024-07-22 18:30 - 20:00
Come hear what the candidates have to say about their positions on the current issues.

Natrona County Primary Candidate Forum
2024-07-22 18:30 - 20:00
The League of Women Voters of Casper is hosting the Natrona County Commissioners Primary Candidate Forum in the Crawford Room at the Natrona County Library, 307 E 2nd St, Casper.

Fremont County Primary Candidate Forums
2024-07-18 18:00 - 20:30
The League of Women Voters of Fremont County is joining in the sponsorship of Primary Candidate Forums at the Dubois Headwaters Art and Conference Center. The first from 6 pm – 6:50 pm is for Fremont County Commissioners, Larry Allen and Joel Highsmith. The second from 7 pm – 8:15 is for SD 26, Elizabeth Philp; and HD 34, Pepper Ottman and Reg Phillips.

Teton County Primary Candidate Forum
2024-07-18 18:00 - 20:00
League of Women Voters members are sponsoring the Jackson Town Council Primary Candidate Forum, with Mayoral candidates introducing themselves. The forum will be conducted at the Teton County Library Auditorium,125 Virginian Lane. The forum will be filmed by Pope Productions and links posted on JH News and Guide, KOHL, Buckrail, and Teton County LIbrary websites. The forum will also offer Spanish translation in person.

1-Day Interim Committee Meeting: Regulatory Reduction TF
2024-07-18 00:00 - 23:59
The meeting will be held at the Thyra Thomson State Office Building, Round House Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Room 3024, 444 W. Collins Drive, Casper, Wyoming. It will be live streamed.
Home rule is on the agenda. Among the materials to be discussed, please read the 4-page memo on the scope Legislative regulations of local land use. See the recent court examples. Also on the agenda are regulations concerning uranium, zoning, and building permits. Read more>>>

Teton County Primary Candidate Forum
2024-07-17 18:00 - 20:00
League of Women Voters members are sponsoring the Teton County Commission candidates for the Democrats, with Republican candidates introducing themselves (the Republicans go through to the general). The forum will be conducted at the Teton County Library Auditorium, 125 Virginian Lane. The forum will be filmed by Pope Productions and links posted on JH News and Guide, KOHL, Buckrail, and Teton County Library websites. The forum will also offer Spanish translation in person.

City of Casper Forum: City Commission
2024-07-15 18:30 - 20:00
Co-hosted in by the Natrona County Library and the Casper LWV. It won’t be live-streamed. A recording of the forum will be posted on YouTube.

City of Casper Primary Forum: City Council
2024-07-15 18:30
The League of Women Voters of Casper is hosting the Casper City Council Primary Candidate Forum in the Crawford Room at the Natrona County Library, 307 E 2nd St, Casper.

GOP 2024 Convention in Milwaukee
2024-07-15 12:00 - 2024-07-18 12:00

Dubois: Freedom Under Construction
2024-07-13 14:00 - 16:00
Meet at the Dubois Library for a community conversation.
Join LWVFC & the WY Humanities Council for a guided, nonpartisan discussion of the book
“Democracy Under Construction”
Read more about the project>>>

Degenfelder holds open house in Gillette
2024-07-11 18:00 - 19:30
The Open House will be held at the George Amos Memorial Building in Gillette.
Superintendent Degenfelder will update attendees on her 2023-2027 WDE Strategic Plan, Read more>>> here.

Fremont County Primary Candidate Forums
2024-07-11 18:00 - 21:00
The League of Women Voters of Fremont County is joining in the sponsorship of two Primary Candidate Forums at the Shoshoni Firehall. The first forum from 6 pm – 7:50 pm is for SD20, Ed Cooper and Tom Holmstead; and HD28, Kevin Skates and John Winter. The forum for Fremont County Commissioners follows from 8 pm – 8:50 pm, featuring Larry Allen and Joel Highsmith.

Cheyenne: Naturalization Ceremony
2024-07-10 10:00 - 11:30
The League of Women Voters of Cheyenne will help congratulate the newest citizens of the United States of America by providing them with U.S. and Wyoming constitutions. The ceremony will take place in the Capitol Extension of the Wyoming State Capitol, Public Meeting Room No. 6.

Wyoming Statehood Day
2024-07-10 00:00 - 23:59
1890 Wyoming becomes the 44th state. This was 20 years after the first year of women’s suffrage in the state, and at first the Congress pushed the Territory to remove suffrage from its Constitution as a condition for statehood. The state of Utah made several attempts to become a state with suffrage, but was denies. The Wyoming Women’s History House in Laramie proudly displays the WY response painted on its wall,
“[We shall] remain out of the Union one hundred years rather than come in without the women”.
During the 1880s, virtually the entire female population in Wyoming voted. Also in 1880, Mary Bellamy became the first women elected to a legislature.
In 1887, Utah revoked its suffrage and its Church renounced polygamy in 1890. Those two issues account for efforts to become a state spanning four decades. In 1896 gained statehood.

WyoGives: Hughes Foundation matches donations up to $1M on July 10
2024-07-10 00:00 - 23:59
For the first time, LWVWY will participate in WyoGives Day. Please remember where to find the donation links for each of the leagues in Wyoming:
Cheyenne Casper. Campbell County League. Fremont Co League Jackson. Laramie. Wyoming
There have been enough donations to impact many groups: since 2017, the Hughes Charitable Foundation has partnered with the WY Nonprofit Network to entice donors to give, and give more. In this time, Hughes has given more than $4M to 76 distinct nonprofits. Read more>>>

Campbell County candidate forums -- 1st night
2024-07-08 18:00 - 21:00

LWVWY State Board Meeting: Sunday Tonight
2024-07-07 19:00 - 20:30
A few links are included below.
proposed 2024 strategic plan

LWVWY State Board Meeting
2024-07-07 19:00 - 20:30

Meet Laramie LWV at Freedom has a Birthday
2024-07-04 00:00 - 23:59
Find our table in Washington Park! Voter registration can also be done nearby at County Clerk’s table.

Launch of Civics Education Center
2024-07-01 13:30 - 15:00
You must pre-register. Register here>>>

Laramie City Council: TBA session on downtown parking
2024-07-01 12:00
