Join us for our holiday fundraiser at Ten Thousand Villages on Thursday, December 3rd. Our benefit shopping hours span 5-8p, followed by a 'socially distant social hour' on Zoom for League members to raise a toast to ourselves for getting nearly all the way through 2020! Members only, please.

So....between 5 to 8pm, come for a sweet surprise for League members and shop at Ten Thousand Villages at 503 Penn. Ave in Glen Ellyn. 15% of the evenings profits will be donated to the League. Social distancing and masks required.

Post Election Impact: Opportunities for Illinois and DuPage

MISS THE EVENT? You can watch it on HERE.

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Join the League of Women Voters of Glen Ellyn for our November Community Meeting. We’ve assembled a panel of local experts, with village, county and state government perspective. We will discuss the impact of the 2020 election on life in DuPage County and in Illinois and the opportunities for the future.  We are looking forward to a forward-looking, positive and productive conversation. 

Panelists include: 

• Keith Boeckelman, is the Chair of the Political Science Department at Western IL University.  He has a background in public policy focused on state and local government.

• Mary FitzGerald Ozog represents District 4 on the DuPage County Board. She has long been active in local politics such as D87 School Board President and Village Zoning Board member.

• Bill Enright is currently a GE Village Trustee as well as a political science adjunct professor at the College of DuPage.

The 72-Year Struggle for Women's Suffrage, An Illustrated Lecture by Leslie Goddard, held via a virtual Zoom presentation. Free event, everyone is welcome.

REGISTER HERE.

Click HERE to find a video of the event.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization and holds the copyright on this video. If you would like to seek permission to post this video in its entirety on a political party or candidate's website or social media, please email info@lwvge.org to receive written approval and disclaimer wording.  

Join the League of Women Voters of Glen Ellyn in a double feature forum for DuPage District 4 candidates for the County Board and the Forest Preserve. The first 30 minutes will feature Tim Elliott and Lynn LaPlante, candidates for DuPage County Board District 4. At 7:30 we will hear from Jeff Gahris and Tim Whelan, candidates for the Forest Preserve, District 4.

The forums will be moderated by Barbara Yong, LWV of LaGrange Area, and constituents will hear directly from all candidates on the ballot. The goal of non-partisan candidate forums is for voters to gain an understanding of the candidates' views in preparation for casting your ballot.

Know your ballot, be informed, and vote!

Come out to the Glen Ellyn library on National Voter Registration Day to get registered or ask questions you may have about voting for this year's election. Registrars from the League of Women Voters of Glen Ellyn will be there to help! Social distancing and masks required. See you there!

Thanks to our candidates, the moderator and all who joined us. Please click here to watch the recording of the forum.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization and holds the copyright on this video. If you would like to seek permission to post this video in its entirety on a political party or candidate's website or social media, please email info@lwvge.org to receive written approval and disclaimer wording.  

Register or check your registration at the Glen Ellyn French Market. The League will have registrars on hand to register you to vote or answer any questions you might have.

For a video of the IL-48th forum, please click here.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization and holds the copyright on this video. If you would like to seek permission to post this video in its entirety on a political party or candidate's website or social media, please email info@lwvge.org to receive written approval and disclaimer wording.  

How a Candidate Forum Works: All candidate forums are run by trained, non-partisan moderators. Equal time is given to all candidates to answer each question. The candidates will have two minutes to present an opening statement, in turn, alphabetically. Questions will be vetted in advance by the League for appropriateness and relevance from those solicited from League members as well as community members and non-partisan groups. The moderator will ask questions in rotation so that each candidate will have the opportunity to be the first to answer. Candidates will each have up to one minute to answer each question. After the questions are completed, each candidate will have one minute to provide a closing statement, in turn, alphabetically. No surrogates are permitted to participate.

Thank you to Gretchen Coleman of Ballot Z (a Palatine LWV member) who held a zoom presentation hosted by the Glen Ellyn League of Women Voters — helping us to better understand Gen Z (current teens and young adults) and how we can reach them and encourage a life-long voting habit. The zoom recording can be found here. Her presentation is available here. For more information, visit the Ballot Z website or this information page.